Several events are on the horizon that may be of interest to members. On April 10 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm will be the annual meeting of the Archipelgo CISM Society at Langford Fire Station 1. Of particular note will be presentations on the Critical Incident Stress aspect of those involved in the Hudson River Plane Crash in New York, workers in the Haitian and Chilean Earthquakes as well as some information on military members returning from active duty overseas. This could be quite informative.
The District of Sooke will be hosting an Open House at the Community Hall on April 14th. They have invited all of the volunteer emergency services to put on a display. Lets try to get some good ideas together. Maybe something on the FD (recruiting, 1ooth anniversary ???) Pub Ed could do something on preparing homes for forestry season (Fire Smart or ???????) ESS could do a presentation on Earthquake Preparedness or ?????????? Anyway, if you have an idea or want to attend, let me know.
The Officer Board met last night and had a good meeting discussing many issues. Some ideas that will be investigated include updating our recruiting procedures, working on new preplans with a new drawing program recently installed, more weekend training events, health and safety concerns, an update on the situation with the current fleet, Performance testing to be integrated with fit testing and lung testing (all coming up this spring) and all members MUST participate.
Don't forget that next week is the annual general meeting of the Sooke Firefighters Association as well as the Sooke Fire Rescue Society. Election of officers will take place. Instead of complaining about what people do or don't do, why don't you try serving on a committee this year and helping out. The more people involved, the better the Association becomes.
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