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Regular Council
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Meeting:Regular Council - Nov 14 2024
Staff Contact:James Trube, Fire Chief Department:Fire
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Fire Department Report
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Fire Department Report for the November 14, 2024 Council Meeting
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Council Standing Report 11.14.2024 FINAL
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Agenda Item #14.
FROM: James Trube, Fire Chief/Director ofEmergency Management
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SUBJECT: Fire Rescue report for Village Council meeting November 14, 2024
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Report Prepared on October 31, 2024 Pages: 1 of 6
Fire Rescue Activities
Meetings
10/2,10/16,10/30 EMS/MC On boarding Meetings (EMS Billing)
(Attended by Chief Trube, Admins. Jones/Zimmerle)
10/8 Fire Training Officers of the Palm Beaches
(Attended by Capt. Harris)
10/16 Village Council Meeting (Chief Trube)
10/24 Fire Chief’s Association Meeting (Chief Trube)
Operations, Training and Special Events
10/1,10/2 EMS Billing Conference (Admin Ashleah Zimmerle)
10/4 National Night Out (on duty crew participating)
10/9-10/10 Hurricane Milton Declaration/Response (Page 3)
(Fire Chief James Trube, Admin Zimmerle, Lt. Dodd, Admin
Jones, Assist. Police Chief McGrew, Police Chief Medina, Sgt.
Yildez, Police Admin Daniele)
10/14 Fire Prevention Training (Hood Systems)
10/16 Badge Pinning Ceremony ( FF’s Hobin and Fishman)
10/19 Fire Fest @ JD State Park (Page 3)
10/21,10/22/-10/23 Palm Beach State College Class (Command
and Control) (Page 4)
10/26 Fall Fest Events at various churches
10/31 Operation Candy Toss
10/28, 10/29,10/30 Palm Beach State College Class (Command
and Control, part 2) (Page 4)
Upcoming Operations, Training and Special Events
11/9 Tequesta Chili Cook-Off 2-6pm (Page 5-6)
Operation 300, Wounded Veterans Relief Fund, Renewal Coalition,
SE Florida Honor Flight and Tequesta Friends of Public Safety.
11/13 EMS In Service (Dr. Ventzek, First In-Service)
11/13 Dr Tanabe’s retirement Lunch
11/18 – 11/22 Swift Water I and II Hosting
11/25,11/26,11/27 Palm Beach County Fire Rescue Training
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Class (Fire Behavior, includes live fire)
Working on renewal of State ALS License (Dec.2024)
11/20 Emergency Managers Meeting (Chief Trube)
Emergency Management Operations
Hurricane Milton Declaration, Response and EOC Activation
Monitoring the Tropics for Hurricane development
Other Information
Operations
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Chief Trube to retire on Feb. 3 2025
10/6-10/12 Fire Prevention Week (disrupted by Hurricane)
10/7-10/9 Fire Fighter Health and Safety Conference (FF’s
Wichert and Powell)(Cancelled due to Hurricane Milton)
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 winter(Feb/March
2025).
e are coordinating with Federal, State and Local
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agencies
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Hurricane Milton Declaration/Response
Our Tequesta Emergency Management Team on 10/09/2024 in response to Hurricane Milton.
Fire Fest
Our firefighters had an amazing time at Fire Fest this year! We are thrilled to connect with our
community and share important, life-giving skills, including Hands- Only CPR and Stop the Bleed
training.
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Palm Beach State College Class (Command and Control)
This extensive 6-day training covers critical topics including strategy and tactic differentiation, tactic
priorities, and problem identification. From responding to commercial fires to tackling high rise
structure incidents, our team is gaining valuable experience through various roles and realistic
simulations
Palm Beach State College Class (Command and Control) Part 2
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Tequesta Chili Cook Off
It that time of year again the Tequesta Chili Cook-Off is back November 9th 2-6pm at 1 Main
St Tequesta 33469. We have another amazing year planned to raise money for 5 great
charities, Operation 300, Wounded Veterans Relief Fund, Warriors Renewal Coalition,
Southeast Florida Honor Flight and Tequesta Friends of Public Safety.
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