HomeMy WebLinkAboutEmergency Services Committee Minutes 03.24.2025MINUTES
CITY OF LAUREL
EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMITTEE
MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2025
The Emergency Services Committee meeting was called to order at 6:00pm on Monday, March
24, 2025 by Chair- Heidi Sparks
Members Present: Heidi Sparks- Chair, Jodi Mackay- Vice Chair, Richard Klose, Iry Wilke,
Bruce McGee, Jim Irwin
Others Present: Ambulance Chief Lyndy Gurchiek, Fire Chief JW Hopper
Public Input:
General Items:
1. Approval of Emergency Services Committee minutes of February 24, 2025. Jodi moved
to approve the minutes; Iry seconded- Motion carried 5-0.
2. Update from Emergency Departments
a. Ambulance Chief Gurchiek- Report attached
i. Busy month- 7 missed calls, all were due to being on a previous call, 6
additional times a second crew was able to respond
ii. 1 volunteer has resigned due to scheduling issues. Will re-evaluate staffing
once 2 full time individuals have completed training.
iii. Stop the Bleed interdepartmental training on March 26
iv. Iry asked about responding to calls for mutual aid and how our calls get
handled. Chief Gurchiek stated that if we are out on a mutual aid call and
get another call that we can't cover, we will call for mutual aid. Has not
had a problem with mutual aid coverage. Has been able to build good
relationships with mutual aid partners.
b. Fire Chief JW Hopper- Report attached
i. Beginning Wildland training for the season
ii. Bridger Fournier has been hired by Billings Fire Department and will be in
Rookie School for 15 weeks
1. He will continue on the volunteer fire department on weekends
during rookie school and is planning to stay as a volunteer
iii. Working on filling the boards for the fire districts
iv. Travis Nagel is headed to Indianapolis for FDIC, a Fire Department
Convention
v. Reno Olvera is headed to Texas to help with fires for 14 days
1. Chief Hopper will be going down the following 14 days with the
Columbus crew to assist with fires
2. This is part of DNRC
New Business:
Old Business:
Other Items:
Announcements:
3. Next Meeting will be Monday, April 28, 2025, at 6:00pm in Council Chambers
Meeting adjourned at 6:17pm
LAUREL FIRE DEPARTMENT
215 West 1st Street • Laurel, Mt •59044.Office 406.628.4911 • Fax 406.628.2185
Emergency Services Meeting 2/24/2025— 3/24/2025
Calls-
• Responded to 32 Total Calls for 2/24/2025 - 3/24/2025.
• Total Hours on Calls -
o Firefighters — 309
o Officers -216
o Combined Hours — 525
o Training Hours - 1223 HRS YTD
Traininb
■ Joint Training with PD/EMS/Fire
o Stop the bleed.
• Structure Fires
• Car Fires
• Wildland Training
• DNRC Training will continue over the next three months.
o Chiefs Certification is complete.
Rookie School Training-
• Vehicle Extrication
• Car Fires
• Structure Fires
Department News -
Current Numbers
o 31 Members
• One member resigned for personal and work reasons.
■ 7 firefighters currently in various stages of rookie school.
• Appointments
o Assistant Chief — Travis Nagel
o Battalion Chief — Corey Mcllvain and Shane Willis
o Fire Marshal — Ryan Robertus
■ In March we will appoint the following.
• Captains
o KC Bieber and Henry Fox
• Lieutenants
o Evan Bartram and Jonathan Gotschall
• Assistant Fire Marshal
o Sara Naylor
• Deputy Fire Marshals
o Jonathan Gotschall
o Abby Nagel
• Training Officer
o Reno Olvera
• Maintenance Officer
o Jake Vannoy
• Misc.-
o Congratulations to Bridger Fournier hired by Billings Fire Department
o Montana State Fire Fighter Memorial
o Working to fill fire districts.
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