SAFER Meeting Minutes
January 20, 2017
SAFER Board Attendees: Pres Fortman, VP Weise,Past Presidents Dolan, Seely, Quinn, Gurrola, Vender Liaison Sposato
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Fire Camp 2
1010 Meeting called to order - President B/C Fortman LAFD welcomed SAFER and opened the meeting, Thanks to Los Angeles County Fire Department for use of the facility for morning snacks and coffee.
SAFER will introduce todays program and forego the usual business meeting as the annual Board of Directors meeting will be held immediately after the scheduled monthly SAFER meeting.
Pres Fortman related the importance of SAFER and the relationships it fosters to further safety in the Fire Family”. He congratulated Board Member Scott Quinn on his recent promotion to Battalion Chief with the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Pres Fortman introduced our program presenter, Chief Kirk Owen, relating his appreciation for the assistance he provided in developing the LAFD PPE program.
1015 VP Dick Weise opened the SAFER meeting and led the flag salute and moment of silence to remember our fallen brothers and sisters in the fire, police and military.
SAFER email : SAFER.Members@gmail.com, twitter, facebook etc.
Program: NFPA 1851
Past, Present and Future
Presenter: Chief Kirk Owen, Plano Texas Fire Department (Retired)
Former Chair of NFPA 1971 / 1851 Committee, Regional Sales Manager, Veridian
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1877 – Selection, Care and Maintenance of Wildland PPE
1851 covers PPE found in the 1971 Standard
Vender’s, Manufacture’s and Consultants represented at this meeting:
Meeting Attendees (Sign-ins)
Agency / Co NAME PHONE # EMAIL (s)
Downey Fire (Retired) Chuck Seely (949) 492-7993 firebiz@att.net
PLYMOVENT/AIR EXCHANGE steve harris 909-973-8211 steveh@airexchange.com
PLYMOVENT/AIR EXCHANGE JIM CLEAERY 909-720-7064 jtc1@roadrunner.com
ASTI Tony Duran 626-590-2991 Firetiger2013-SAFER@yahoo.com
Allstar Fire Stuart Lovi 626-255-0433 stuartl@allstarfire.com
Los Angeles County Fire Dick Weise 951 807-1914
City of Downey Fire Pete Browne 562.243.3393 pbrowne3473@gmail.com
Municipal Emerg. Services Lazaro Martinez 562-320-2385 lmartinez@mesfire.com
CAL FIRE Bob Wood 951-757-8331 robert.wood@fire.ca.gov
Kern County Fire DepatmentSteven Salkeld 661-645-2020 smsalkeld@co.kern.ca.us
LAFD Retired James Dolan 562-400-1298 jsdolan123@aol.com
LAFD John A Cardenas 661-917-7019 john.cardenas@lacity.org
Torrance Fire Jon Henderson 310-977-5619 Jhenderson@torranceca.gov
Allstar Joe Sposato 626-652-0900 joes@allstarfire.com
Bestway Laundry Eric Higgins 951-532-7700 ehiggins@bestwayls.com
Veridian Kirk Owen 712-260-3547 kirk@veridian.net
CAL FIRE Riverside County Barry Owens 951-218-4309 barry.owens@fire.ca.gov
CAL FIRE Riverside County Scott Bethurum 951-575-5391 scott.bethurum@fire.ca.gov
Fillmore City Fire Keith Gurrola 805-377-1491 keithg@ci.fillmore.ca.us
Ventura County Fire Michael Weisenberg805-990-4326 michael.weisenberg@ventura.org
Vernon Fire Craig Peltier 661.618.1779 cpeltier@ci.vernon.ca.us
Vernon Fire Bob Farrell 951-741-6695 rfarrell@ci.vernon.ca.us
Curtis Scott Marshall 626-840-7589 smarshall@lncurtis.com
LAFD/SAFER Pres Ellsworth Fortman 213-700-0668 ellsworth.fortman@lacity.org
Western States Fire Equip. Louie Garcia 909-510-4266 lgarcia@vvgtruck.com
Ventura City Fire Brandyn Johnson 805-551-6086 bjohnson@ci.ventura.ca.us
Curtis Ashley Silcott 626-250-1772 asilcott@lncurtis.com
Ventura City Fire Lou Manzano 805-256-8522 lmanzano@cityofventura.net
Curtis Charles Turansky 818-398-6818 cturansky@lncurtis.com
Tencate Bart McCool 541-221-5002 b.mccool@tencate.com
ECMS Bob Mercurio 562-266-8465 bmercurio@ecmsinc.biz