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Regular Council
STAFF MEMO
Meeting: Regular Council - Jul 11 2024
Staff Contact: James Trube, Fire Chief Department: Fire
Fire Department Report
Fire Department Report
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Agenda Item N.
Village of Tequesta
Department of Fire-Rescue Services
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357 Tequesta Drive �`1 561-768-0500
Tequesta, FL 33469 t � A www.tequesta.org
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James Trube, Fire Chief
FROM: James Trube, Fire Chief/Director of Emergency Management
SUBJECT: Fire Rescue report for Village Council meeting July 11th, 2024
Report Prepared on June 28th, 2024 Pages: 1 of 5
Fire Rescue Activities
• Meetings
➢ 6/5,6/12,6/20 and 6/26 EMS/MC On boarding Meetings (EMS Billing)
(Chief Trube, Capt. Giblin, FF Wichert, Admins.
Jones/Zimmerle)
➢ 6/11 Fire Training Officers of the Palm Beaches (Capt. Harris)
➢ 6/12 Medical Director Ride Time (Dr. Tanabe)
➢ 6/13 Village Council Meeting (Chief Trube)
➢ 6/18 Safety Committee meeting (Chief Trube/Lt Spurgeon)
➢ 6/20 Fire Chief Association of the Palm Beaches (Cancelled)
➢ 6/20 Emergency Medical Services Providers Meeting (Lt Dodd)
➢ 6/24 Budget Workshop (Chief Trube)
➢ 6/25 Meeting with PBSC (ref. Tower 85 sale)
➢ 6/27 — 6/28 Meeting with Texas FD (ref. Tower 85 Sale)
• Operations, Training and Special Events
➢ 6/4 Firefighter Badge Pinning
o FFs Terrell, Powell, and Trotter (page 3)
➢ 6/4 — 6/7 Florida Fire and Life Safety Conference (FF/Inspector Wichert)
➢ 6/14 Web Site Development Training class (Admin Zimmerle)
➢ 6/27 Hose Testing (page 4)
➢ 6/28 - 7/5 Social Media Outreach for Fire Works Safety(page 5)
➢ 6/29 Public Safety Awards Banquet (FD/PD)
• Upcoming Operations, Training and Special Events
➢ 7/4 Freedom Run "Believe in Me"
➢ 7/12 Surface Water Rescue Drill
➢ 7/15-5/19 Hosting Dive Rescue (REDS) class.
➢ 7/22-7/24 Palm Beach State College Engine Company Operations class
Emergency Management Operations
➢ Completed and shared the After Action Report for Hurricane "Korah"
Exercise
➢ Working on Point of Distribution Agreement with St Jude's Church(POD)
➢ On Going Social Media Outreach to promote Hurricane Preparedness
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Agenda Item #6.
Village of Tequesta
Department of Fire-Rescue Services
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357 Tequesta Drive �`1 561-768-0500
Tequesta, FL 33469 t � A www.tequesta.org
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James Trube, Fire Chief
Other Information
• Operations
➢ New Apparatus delivery dates
o Build time on New Rescues projected to be 24-30 months. We
should consider discussing at Work Shop.
o New Rescue currently budgeted for in FY 26
➢ BLM Prescribed Burn has been ppd. until next winter.
o We are coordinating with Federal, State and Local agencies
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Agenda Item N.
Village of Tequesta
Department of Fire-Rescue Services
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357 Tequesta Drive �`1 561-768-0500
Tequesta, FL 33469 t � A www.tequesta.org
J9�a65GQ
James Trube, Fire Chief
Badge Pinning Ceremony
On Tuesday June 411 2024 Tequesta Fire Rescue conducted a Badge Pinning Ceremony for
three firefighters. Firefighters Lara Powell, David Terrell, and Kyle Trotter completed more than
a year of probation with Tequesta Fire Rescue. Pictured below from Left to right are Firefighter
Kyle Trotter, Fire Chief James Trube, Firefighter David Terrell, and Firefighter Lara Powell.
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Agenda Item N.
Village of Tequesta
Department of Fire-Rescue Services
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357 Tequesta Drive �`1 561-768-0500
Tequesta, FL 33469 t � A www.tequesta.org
J9�RISC,
James Trube, Fire Chief
Fire Hose Testing
Hose testing was completed on June 271" for all Tequesta Fire Rescue fire hose.
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Agenda Item N.
Village of Tequesta
Department of Fire-Rescue Services
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357 Tequesta Drive �`1 561-768-0500
Tequesta, FL 33469 t � A www.tequesta.org
J9�RISC,
James Trube, Fire Chief
"Fire Works Safety"
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