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Southern California Association of Foresters & Fire Wardens Newsletter SouthernSouthern CaliforniaCalifornia AssociationAssociation ofof ForestersForesters && FireFire WardensWardens OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 2014-2015 An Association dedicated to the OFFICERS Training and Safety of Southern President Dan Snow—BDF Training Safety of Southern First Vice President Steve Reeder—SLU California Wildland Firefighters Second Vice Pres.– Vaughan Miller—VNC Secretary Gordon Martin—CNF for over 84 years. Treasurer David Leininger—LAC retired DIRECTORS Frank Vidales—LAC Robert Michael-RRU Troy Whitman—SCE Nathan Judy—ANF Bart Kicklighter—SQF Kurt Zingheim—MVU Ken Cruz—ORC Dave Witt—KRN Tim Ernst—LFD Ron Janssen—BDU Chris Childers - SBC Dan Johnson—CSR Ed Shabro—Vendor Representative Paul H. Rippens—Newsletter Editor Doug Lannon—Arrangements Don Forsyth—Safety We, the members of the Southern California Association of Foresters and Fire Wardens, do band together for the purpose of strengthening inter-agency cooperation, fire safety coordination, and fellowship. Article on page 6 Minutes of the Board of Directors meeting of the Southern California Association of Foresters and Fire Wardens 1971 Conference Recap—Page 8 December 5, 2014, Bakersfield, California 1 Fire Whirls If you look on the front page of this news- letter, you’ll find that every wildland agency in From President Southern California is represented on the board Dan Snow of directors. I ask each of you to take a few minutes to reflect on this past fire season. If you Fire Season 2014 have any ideas for a topic or presentation you has been very slow, would like to see, please share your ideas with almost to the point of your agency’s director; or any other director boring here in Southern listed. On December 5, the Board met for our California. Many of you first planning meeting for the upcoming 2015 have been supporting conference, and we welcome your thoughts. It’s incidents all across the for you, the firefighters of southern California that west and have seen the we do what we do. fire behavior of drought stricken fuels. But just Have a good safe because the season in Southern California has Holiday season. been slow doesn’t mean we should let our guard down. As the Santa Ana wind season enters we need to be more vigilant than ever. A few sprinkles across the southland in late October only moderated the fuels for a few days. Hey guess what, the weather is getting hotter and dryer. Dead fuel moistures across our landscapes are at Kelley Gouette Retirees from CALFIRE critical levels. One ignition in the wrong place will On October 21, Kelley Gouette, Staff Chief— send us all to work. Operations, CAL FIRE Northern Region, retired from CALFIRE after 32 years of service. Retired Assistant Last May Tom Rolinski (Forest Service Chief Doug Lannon (CALFIRE) represented the South- Meteorologist) presented his Santa Ana Wildfire ern California Association of Foresters & Fire Wardens th Threat Index to us at the 84 conference. This fall at the retirement luncheon and presented Kelley with his it was unveiled and is up and running. Take a few Life Membership certificate, card and pin. Kelley served minutes to see the product and save it in your as Director to the SCAFFW Board from San Luis Obispo favorites for quick access. County and as President in 2003. Happy retirement Kelley! I want to take a moment to re-emphasize what the Southern California Association of Foresters and Fire Wardens is all about. In 1930 the idea of a few forward thinking fire officers was to get various wildland agencies of southern Cali- fornia together, spend a few days getting to know each other and talk about the past fire season. Through this idea and commitment, we have evolved into the most dynamic fire safety organiza- tion in the state of California. We (the board) are committed to bringing you, the firefighters and of- ficers of Southern California the best possible con- ference. 2 2015 ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FORESTERS AND FIRE WARDENS In December, the Board of Directors began the process of selecting programs for the 85TH Annual Wildland Fire Training and Safety Conference that will be held on May 7 & 8, 2015 at the Irvine Ranch Outdoor Education Center in Orange County, California. If you have any suggestions or comments, please contact us through our e-mail address at [email protected] Foresters & Fire Wardens contact information: Mailing—SCAFFW, c/o Gordon P. Martin 1147 E. 6th Street, Corona, CA 92879 E-mail: [email protected] You can now go The DC-Web10 Airtanker Site: www.scaffw.org dropping retardant onto directly to our web structures in Weed, California (Siskiyou County) in site by scanning the an effort to stop the advancing fire front from burning any further into downtown Weed. QRC (quick response code) with your smart Foresters and Fire Wardens Contact Information phone. Mailing: SCAFFW c/o Gordon P. Martin 1147 E. 6th Street, Corona, CA 92879 E-mail: [email protected] Web Site: www.scaffw.org Cover Photo In recognition of pilot Craig Hunt and CalFire Tanker 81. Story on page 6 of this newsletter. “Like” us on Facebook at Foresters & Fire Wardens SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FORESTERS AND FIRE WARDENS Did you or are you thinking of 85TH ANNUAL WILDLAND FIRE changing your E-mail address? TRAINING AND SAFETY CONFERENCE. Please remember to contact the SCAFFW at [email protected] and let May 7 & 8, 2015 us know so we can send you your newsletters and other important Check our web site for further information. information www.scaffw.org 3 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION Leadership Under Fire Inc. (Speaker Fee) $1,692.00 Gordon Martin (Plaque Outgoing President) $18.89 of FORESTERS & FIRE WARDENS- PayPal (Refund) $140.45 IROEC (Conference Fees-2014) $12,435.00 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING IROEC (Deposit 2015 Conference) $3,933.75 December 5, 2014 Total Disbursements: $21,475.09 Balance on hand: $25,534.63 The meeting of the Southern California Association of Forest- Last year at this time: $26,771.50 ers and Fire Wardens was called to order by President Dan Treasurer Leininger explained that the refund to PayPal was Snow at 0900 hours at Kern County’s Olive Drive Training for a member who got a refund through PayPal after the one Center, Bakersfield, California on December 5, 2014. Presi- week deadline for getting refunds. This will be corrected by dent Snow led the meeting in the Pledge of Allegiance. shutting down the online registration one week prior to the conference this year. Motion by Director Ernst, second by Director Witt introduced Brian Marshall, Chief of the Kern Director Childers, to approve the treasurer’s report as County Fire Department who welcomed the Association and presented. The motion was approved. thanked us for all that we do and pledged the support of his department. Committee Reports: Officers and Directors Present: Arrangements: Chairman Lannon reported that he and Dan Snow – San Bernardino National Forest Treasurer Leininger had visited the IROEC and talked to Chris Childers – Santa Barbara County Fire Dept Michael Jacobus, IROEC Executive Director, off and on since Gordon Martin – Cleveland National Forest. the end of the last conference. The AV and PA systems are Kurt Zingheim – CAL FIRE – San Diego County still having issues so, we need to make sure that we have a David Leininger – Treasurer backup system. They are looking into putting in a road direct- Vaughan Miller – Ventura County Fire Dept. ly from Santiago Cyn. Road to the center without going Doug Lannon – Arrangements Chair through the park road/gate system. There was damage to the Tim Ernst – Los Angeles Fire Dept. sprinkler system at the center that after investigation we do Frank Vidales – Los Angeles County Fire Dept. not feel was caused by anyone attending the conference. Steve Reeder – CAL FIRE – San Luis Obispo Co. They are looking forward to us coming back and are ready for Don Forsyth – Safety Officer us. David Witt – Kern County Fire Dept. Program: First Vice President Reeder led a discussion on Paul H. Rippens – Newsletter Editor the proposed programs for the 2015 conference. The Bart Kicklighter – Sequoia National Forest proposed programs and tentative speakers are: Ken Cruz – Orange County Fire Authority Ron Janssen – CAL FIRE – San Bernardino Co. Color Guard/Pipes & Drums/ Bell Ceremony: Orange County Troy Whitman – Southern California Edison Fire, CALFIRE, USFS Nathan Judy – Angeles National Forest Keynote Speaker: Kim Zagaris/Cal OES Officers and Directors Absent: Robert Michael – CAL FIRE – Riverside County Master of Ceremonies: Doug Allen, Dan Dulitz, Chad Cook. Dan Johnson – CAL FIRE – Southern Region Ed Shabro – Vendor Representative Programs: Yarnell Incident—Truitt/Willis Guests: Beaver Fire Shelter Deployment—Tom Browning Anthony Caezza – Ventura County – Life Member King Fire Near Miss—Corey Rose/Jim Snow Dave Allen – CAL FIRE – San Diego County – Member Military Helicopter Use—Ray Chaney w/Military Rep. USMC Trevor Johnson – Ventura County – Member Leadership—Popodich Rapid Terry Raley – Ventura County – Life Member Extrication Module Weather/ Rod Megli – Ventura County – Past President Fuels/Fire Behavior—Tom Rolinski Radio Di- rectional Finding (RDF) - Sam Carney Fireline Minutes: President Snow presented the minutes of the April Explosives by Helicopter—Brian Economy Northern 30 and May 2, 2014 meetings for consideration. Motion by Operations—2014 Fires—Kelley Gouette Southern Treasurer Leininger, seconded by Director Whitman to ap- Operations—2014 San Diego Fires WUI Fire prove the minutes as presented.
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