Kankakee Times

City of Watseka Public Safety Committee met Oct. 8.

Here is the agenda provided by the committee:

1. Call to Order 

2. Roll Call 

3. Public Comment 

4. Auxiliary Department Report 

   a) Monthly Meeting- 7 of 9 attended, met at Auxiliary Building to winterize the generator, and the boat. Then went to Police Department for further training on traffic control at night using flashlights and hand signals. 

   b) September calls: Big Boy Train for traffic and crowd control. 

   c) Prepared for Harvest Daze 10/4 - 10/6, discussed patrol for Trick or Treat on 10/31 

5. Fire Department Report 

6. Fire & Police Commission Report 

7. Police Department Report 

8. Other 

   a) Committee Members Inquiries 

9. Adjournment 

Fire Department Report 

1. Calls for September 

   Fires (Structures, Brush, Car) 5

   First Responder(assist Riverside/lift) 2

   Ambulance 27

   MVA's 3

   Automatic alarms 4

   Auto aid calls 0

   Mutual Aid Calls 

   Other (CO, Gas leak, Lines Down) 8

        TOTAL 49

2. Training for September 

-Fire Behavior 

-Building tour (Lyons) 

-Building tour (Hicks Gas) 

-Farm equipment entrapment 

3. Personnel: 

-New personal 

      1. Justin Posey, 

4. Equipment: 

-Station walk through doors are being worked on 

-Annual Flow testing completed on all air packs 

-Annual Pump testing completed 

-Annual ladder truck, and ground ladders tested. 

-A automated CPR device has been purchased. 

5.Miscellaneous: 

-WFD did a pork burger supper with Open house. 

-All School Fire drills completed, they did very well. 

PUBLIC SAFETY POLICE TOPICS

1) CFS (CALLS FOR SERVICE) 

   a. TOTAL CALLS 

      i. SEPT 370 calls 

2) MISC 

   a. Public Camping Ordinance 

   b. E-Force Software 

   c. OTHER 

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