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Staff Contact: John McLoughlin Department: Fire
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Agenda Item #10.
Village of Tequesta
Department of Fire-Rescue Services
57 Tequesta Drive , 561-768-0 00
Tequestap FL 33469 www.tequesta.org
o hn C. McLoughlin, Fi re C h i of
FROM: John C. McLoughlin, Fire Chief/Director of Emergency Management
SUBJECT: Fire Rescue report for Village Council meeting March 13t", 2025
Report Prepared for March 3rdtt", 2025 Pages: 1 of 3
Fire Rescue Activities
• Meetings
➢ 2/10 Met with Lori McWilliams for Emergency Mgmt. roles and
responsibilities (McLoughlin and Lori)
➢ 2/12 Palm Beach County Health & Safety Meeting (Chief McLoughlin)
➢ 2/13 Emergency Medical Providers Meeting (Capt. Ray Giblin)
➢ 2/13 Meeting with Building (Cameron & McLoughlin)
➢ 2/13 Village Council Meeting (Chief McLoughlin)
➢ 2/20 5 Bugle Meeting (Chief McLoughlin)
➢ 2/20 Fire Chiefs Association (Chief McLoughlin
➢ 2/20 Meeting with Palm Beach State College and Director David Hamel
regarding Fire Training (Chief McLoughlin)
➢ 2/25 Meeting with Finance (McLoughlin & Snyder)
➢ 2/28 Meeting with A Zimmerle, Wichert, Chief McLoughlin to discuss
past EMS Billing and JUSTFOIA responsibilities for Public Records
Requests
• Operations, Training and Special Events
➢ 2/21 Public Records Training (McLoughlin, A Zimmerle, J Jones &
Grieser)
➢ February-Driver-Engineer training across all 3 shifts
➢ Walk----Run Search & Rescue/Rapid Intervention Training
o Phase 1 in-house
o Phase 2 at PBSC Fire Academy
➢ Water Rescue Team training and swim test beginning
➢ Upcoming Operations, Training and Special Events
➢ Retiree Breakfast 3/7/25
➢ Easter Open House Event—4/12/25 gam — 11:30 am (See Picture page
3)
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Agenda Item #10.
Village of Tequesta
Department of Fire-Fescue services
57 Tequesta Drive , 561-768-0 00
Tequestap FL 33469 www.tequesta.org
John . McLoughlin, Fire Chief
Emergency Management Operations
➢ Reviewing operations and procedures
➢ Met with Lori McWilliams to discuss EOC roles and responsibilities
Other Information
➢ New Apparatus delivery dates
o Build time on New Rescues is projected to be 24-30 months. We
should consider discussing it at the Workshop.
➢ Significant Incident Responses (all traumatic)
o 16 Eastwind Circle
■ Chainsaw accident w/upper extremity injury
■ Airlift via PBCFR Trauma Hawk to St. Mary's
■ Patient was stable upon arrival
o 100 Waterway Road
■ Chainsaw accident w/upper extremity injury
■ Transported via ground to St. Mary's
■ Patient was stable upon arrival
o Turtle Creek
■ Golf cart accident w/head injury
■ Transported via ground to St. Mary's
➢ ISO
o Preparing for ISO visit mid-year
■ On-Call Fire Investigation SOG & Program
■ Fire & Life Safety Educator x2
■ Community Risk Reduction & Fire Prevention Public
Education Program
• On-demand
➢ Public Information Officer and Public Records Request Training
o Ashleah Zimmerle & myself
➢ Past medical billing updates given to Finance & will be updated every 2
weeks
➢ Compensation Survey personally given to each Fire-Rescue member
➢ Letter for exceptional service for Lt. Dodd and his crew for a recent
medical run
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Agenda Item #10.
Village of Tequesta
Department of Fire-Rescue Services
57 Tequesta Drive , 56 1-768-0 00
Tequesta, FL 33469 www.tequesta.org
,John C. McLoughlin, Fire Chief
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