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OPERATIONS TEAM MEETINGORANGE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT

JANUARY 30 AND 31, 1985

In Attendance: M. Scherr, OES (Chainman)R. Manzo, OES (Minutes)F. Borden, LFDJ. Bryant, USFSK. Boyd, LACK. Harmnond, VNC (Task Force

Chainman)

J. Radley, ORCR. Barrows, OESM. Sellers, VNCG. Wayne, CDFP. Delaney, LAC

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I. Opened Meeting and reviewed Minutes from last meeting.

M. Scherr (Chairman) called the meeting to order and informed thegroup that there was no contact from Santa Barbara County about notattending the meeting.

The State Fire Marshal's representative did call and cancelled onattending.

A draft copy of the December 13, 1984 minutes was handed out to eachmember for review.

F. Borden requested the second sentence in the first paragraph underitem "D" on page 4, be changed to read; He recommended to the groupthat the OES Fire Advisory Committee be the coordinating body betweenFIRESCOPE and the Northern Group.

M. Scherr provided each member with a copy of the minutes from theDecember 6, 1984 meeting of the OES Fire and Rescue Service AdvisoryCommittee.

II. Task Force Report (Addendum #1)

K. Harmnond of the Task Force was present to discuss Addendum #1 to theProgram Report.

Program Administration Component

K. Harmnond informed the Operations Team the Task Force felt therehas been a void in the areas of Research and Development, andalso in the management of the program.

This matter was discussed and resulted in a motion made byG. Wayne that the Program Administration Component be re-writtenby a committee consisting of two (2) Task Force members,C. Creasey and K. Boyd, and two (2) Operations Team members,M. Scherr and F. Borden. This component would be presented atthe next Operations Team Meeting. M. Sellers seconded the motionand all members approved.

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• Incident Command System Component

F. Borden suggested the following sentence; "ICS has been modified andadopted by some agencies for High Rise Fires, Multi-Casualty andHazardous Material Incidents." be added as the fifth (5th) sentence tothe "Where Are We" portion of this component.

It was also suggested the "Recommendation" forchanged to read; "Seek the commitment of nationalthe State of California."

this component beorganizations and

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A motion was made by R. Barrows, OES that the ICS component as changedbe accepted. P. Delaney seconded the motion and all approved.

Multi-Agency Coordination (MACS) Component

It was recommended that under the Cost portion the "(M)" be changed toindicate thousands and that the source verifying amount for Policy andProcedures development on Board of Directors goal statement be noted.

Another recommendation was the addition of the following sentence "FIMSand MACS extensions to Northern California are being made possiblethrough the purchase and insta11 at i on of a new computer by OES.", tothe "Where Are We" portion •

A motion to accept the component as modified was made by J. Bryant.M. Sellers seconded the motion and all approved.

All Risk Component

F. Borden recommended the sentence "ICS has been modifiedby some agencies in Hazardous Material, High RishMulti-Casualty Incidents". be added to the "Where Are We"

and adoptedFire and

portion.

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It was recommended the word; "Statewide" be inserted into sentencenumbered 1'3" between the letter "a" and the word "system". Also the"Recommendat i on" be changed to read; So 1icit and encourage OES supportto accomplish the concerns expressed in this report.

R. Barrows made a motion the All Risk Component be accepted asmodified. P. Delaney seconded the motion and all approved.

Task Force Business

K. Hammond had asked the group a question concerning the Newsletterconcept. He mentioned the PIO Group was unsure of what the Newsletterwas going to contain or what kind of distribution was desired.

K. Hammond was informed the Newsletter should simply make the publicand other agencies aware of what FIRESCOPE and its member agencies aredoing concerning FIRESCOPE concepts.

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R. Barrows said he personally would prefer a semi-annually or quarterlyreport on the status of projects being worked on by the SpecialtyGroups.

K. Boyd mentioned that such a Newsletter concept was not a good ideabecause of costs.

K. Boyd and K. Hammond were then informed that the Operations Teamwould like a proposal and/or recommendation on the concept for aFIRESCOPE Newsletter.

It was recommended by the Operations Team that item #5 on page 10 ofAddendum #1 be removed as a No Cost Item.

III. Old Business

A. Letter - State Board of Fire Services

The group was informed the letter was mailed and at this time therewas no response due to the uncertainty and status of the FireMarshals Office.

J. Bryant informed the group his agency (USFS) is providing aperson to assist the Fire Marshall in dealing with training. Hemade it clear the person will be considered a Fire Marshalemployee.

R. Barrows recommended Chief G. Newcombe of San Bernardino FireDepartment be considered to attend Operations Team Meetings as anAssociate Member. M. Sellers seconded the motion and all approved.

B. Minimum Criteria

M. Scherr informed the group a cover letter and the criteria wasmailed out for review and he is currently waiting for response.

C. Reduced 201

M. Scherr informed the group on the current status of Reduced 201and what agencies will be testing them.

D. ICS New Form

M. Scherr informed the group the form is currently going throughthe FIRESCOPE Control Process.

•E. Support Services Manager Position

M. Scherr informed the group a candidate for the Support ServicesManager position has been selected and interviewed. John Linder,retired Chief of Big Bear Fire District has accepted the job and iscurrently awaiting the response from personnel about his physicalstatus. He is due to report on or about February 11, 1985.

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qualified and a new list ofhave been scheduled for

candidates.

Programmer II PositionF.

The first three (3) candidates were notcandidates was requested. InterviewsFebruary 13, 1985 for the three (3) new

G. GHQ Room and Displays

M. Scherr met with Claude Creasey and Herb McElwee to plan out thedisplays of the GHQ Room and how they may go about implementingsuch plans.

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IV. Proposal Regarding Wildland Arson ADP Program

The Wildland Arson Response (WAR) Group presented the Operations Teamwith a proposal to allow a computer program be developed andimplemented on the FIMS Computer. Such a program would assist ArsonInvestigators in cross referencing definite arson fires, suspiciousfires, and undetermined fires.

•Agencies involved in this group are Orange County, California Deparmentof Forestry, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management,Los Angeles County Fire Department, Los Angeles City Fire Department,Kern County, Marin County, the state of Oregon and Nevada.

M. Harris (CDF Arson Group) suggested the FIRESCOPE Program pick up thecost of this program, since almost all FIRESCOPE agencies are involved.

The Operations Team was informed that USFS has offered to providepersonnel to do the development and implementation of the program underthe supervision of the System Administrator.

M. Sellers said he felt his agency would be willing to contribute toand participate in such a program.

A motion was made by J. Radley that the Arson Group submit a formalwritten proposal to the Operations Team suggesting and detailing theprogram. G. Wayne seconded the motion and all approved.

V. Closing

The group felt all the presentations were good.

F. Borden suggested the Board of Directors see the video tape ofCADMAS.

•R. Barrows suggested that FIRESCOPE should create a video tape of itsown for public relations purposes.

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• VI. Agenda

A. No Cost List of Addendum #1

B. Program Administration Component

C. Proposal from WAR

D. ESRI Presentation

VII. Next Meeting

March 5, 1985Meeting starts at 0800At the Riverside Operations Coordination Center

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