Monthly General Meeting schdule

FCAM FY 13  and FY 14  Meeting schedule for Board of Directors and General Membership meetings
General Membership meetings begin at 10:00 AM
Board Meetings at O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston St. – Worcester – meetings start at 9:30 A.M.  BoardConference call meetings – start at 10:00 A.M. – for the convenience of others on the conference call – turn off or turn down radio’s and scanners – if you need to leave the call don’t put your phone on hold but hang up and call back in – this is to avoid music and hold messages being transmitted during the conference call.

APRIL - 2013

BOD - Tuesday -2 April 2011 –  09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street – Worcester

General Membership Meeting – Wednesday 17 April – 10:00 -  Four Points Sheraton – Leominster – 99 Erdman Way –– Election of Officers for FY 14 – contested race for 2^nd Vice President

Chief Jonathan Brickett – Amesbury               Chief Richard DeLorie - Wellesley

EMS Program:  8:00 – 10:00 provided by Critical Knowledge

Committee Reports
    * Board of Building Regulations and Standards – Chief Kevin Gallagher – Acushnet,
    *Fire Prevention/Fire Protection subcommittee of the BBRS – Chief Gary McCarraher – Franklin,  Chief Richard Arruda – Dartmouth Fire District 3
    * Technical Rescue Committee – Chief Kevin Nord-Duxbury, Chief Michael Mansfield-Andover
    *State Fire Mobilization Plan – Chief Edward O’Brien – Holbrook

 May  - 2013
Board of Directors – Tuesday  - May 7^th –  09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street – Worcester

General Membership Meeting – TUESDAY - May 14^th -   10:00 -  Bridgewater State University – Rondileau Campus Center – 19 Park Avenue – Grand ball Room – 11:00 AM – installation of officers for FY 14

No EMS Program

June - 2013

Board of Directors – Tuesday – June 4^th – 09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street – Worcester

General Membership Meeting – 12 June – 10:00 - Cranwell Resort – Golf and Spa – 55 Lee Road – Route 20 – Lenox, MA

EMS Program – 08:00 - 10:00 - Provided by Critical Knowledge

Committee Reports
  * Critical Incident Stress (CISM) Chief Andy Reardon, Norwell

July - 2013 – no Board meeting – no General Membership Meeting

August – 2013

No BOD – scheduled

General Membership Meeting – Wednesday – 21 August – 10:00 -  TENTATIVELY SCHEDULE FOR  Boston Marriott - 1000 Marriott Drive – Quincy, MA 02169 - hosted by the National Fire Protection Association

EMS PROGRAM – 08:00 – 10:00 – Provided by Critical Knowledge

Committee Reports
    * Board of Building Regulations and Standards – Chief Kevin Gallagher – Acushnet,
    *Fire Prevention/Fire Protection subcommittee of the BBRS – Chief Gary McCarraher – Franklin,  Chief Richard Arruda – Dartmouth Fire District 3
    * Residential Fire Sprinkler Coalition – Chief Paul Zbikowski (Chair) – Ashburnham
(other committees as needed to keep membership informed
    * Technical Rescue Committee – Chief Kevin Nord-Duxbury, Chief Michael Mansfield-Andover
    *State Fire Mobilization Plan – Chief Edward O’Brien – Holbrook

SEPTEMBER - 2013

BOD  - Tuesday 3 September – 09:30- O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street – Worcester

General Membership – Wednesday – 18 September – 10:00 – Clam Bake – Tuck’s Point – Manchester-by-the-Sea

NO EMS PROGRAM

Committee Reports
   *Board of Fire Prevention Regulations and Standards – (Chief Kevin Robinson-Marshfield,              Chief Stephen Burkott-Chicopee, Chief Eric Madison- Longmeadow)
    * Mass. Fire Training Council – Chief Charles Foley (Chair) – Randolph, Chief Mario Orangio-Watertown, Chief Timothy Grenno – Whitman, Chief Robert Pray – Rehoboth
     *Statewide Emergency Telecommunications Board (E-911)  Chief Gerry Dio, Worcester – Chief Robert Silvia, Cohasset.
(Other committees as needed to keep membership informed)
 

OCTOBER - 2013

 BOD –  1 October – 09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street - Worcester

General Membership Meeting -   Nantucket – Noon - date and place to be determined – this will probably be a Friday – noon luncheon meeting

NOVEMBER - 2013

BOD - Tuesday 5 November – 09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street - Worcester

General Membership Meeting – Wednesday – 20 November – 10:00 - WPI Worcester

DECEMBER - 2013

BOD – Tuesday 3 December 2011 – 09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street, Worcester

General Membership Meeting – Wednesday -18 December – 10:00 -  Log Cabin – 500 Easthampton Rd. – Holyoke, MA 0140 –

Committee Reports
 * Critical Incident Stress – Chief Andy Reardon - Norwell   

One day left to send notification to Secretary if you are running for FCAM office – deadline is December 19 – (90 days prior to the March meeting)

JANUARY 2014

BOD – Tuesday – January 7^th – O’Connor’s Restaurant – 09:30 - 1160 West Boylston Street - Worcester

General Membership Meeting – Wednesday 15 January – 10:00 - Kowloon’s Restaurant – 948 Broadway (Rte. 1) Saugus

Committee Reports
    * Board of Building Regulations and Standards – Chief Kevin Gallagher – Acushnet,
    *Fire Prevention/Fire Protection subcommittee of the BBRS – Chief Gary McCarraher – Franklin,  Chief Richard Arruda – Dartmouth Fire District 3
    * Residential Fire Sprinkler Coalition – Chief Paul Zbikowski (Chair) – Ashburnham
(other committees as needed to keep membership informed
    * Technical Rescue Committee – Chief Kevin Nord-Duxbury, Chief Michael Mansfield-Andover
    *State Fire Mobilization Plan – Chief Edward O’Brien – Holbrook
 

FEBRUARY - 2014

BOD –   Tuesday – 4 February – during Professional Development Conference

General Membeship Meeting – Professional Development Seminar – Holiday Inn Boxborough – 24 Adams Place – Boxborough – the Monthly meeting will be held during the Conference –

Committee Reports
  * Hazardous Materials Mitigation Emergency Response Policy Advisory Board – Chief Tim Bailey, Walpole (Chair) – Chief Robert Czerwinski, Pittsfield
  * Joint Labor Management Committee (JLMC) – Chief Tim Francis, Fairhaven
  * EMAC Committee – Chief Gerry Dio, Worcester, Chief Gary McCarraher, Franklin
  *Fire Service Commission – Chief David Butler (Chair) –Everett, Chief Michael Morrissey – Russell,  Chief John Nash – Winchester, Chief Alan Roy- Palmer)
  *Fire Safety Commission – Automatic Sprinkler Appeals Board – Chief Tom Coulombe, Ware 
  *EMAC Committee – Chief Gary McCarraher, Franklin (Chair),  Chief Gerry Dio, Worcester
 

MARCH -2014

BOD – Tuesday 4 March – 09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street - Worcester

General Membership Meeting – Wednesday – 19 March (TBA) – 10:00 - nomination of officers for FY 15

Committee Reports  
    *Board of Fire Prevention Regulations and Standards – (Chief Kevin Robinson-Marshfield,              Chief Stephen Burkott-Chicopee, Chief Eric Madison- Longmeadow)
    * Mass. Fire Training Council – Chief Charles Foley (Chair) – Randolph, Chief Mario Orangio-Watertown, Chief Timothy Grenno – Whitman, Chief Robert Pray – Rehoboth
 

APRIL - 2014

BOD - Tuesday – 1 April 2011 – 09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street – Worcester

General Membership Meeting – Wednesday 16 April (TBA) –– 10:00 - Election of Officers for FY 14 – site will be neutral geographically for candidates running for office

Committee Reports
    * Board of Building Regulations and Standards – Chief Kevin Gallagher – Acushnet,
    *Fire Prevention/Fire Protection subcommittee of the BBRS – Chief Gary McCarraher – Franklin,  Chief Richard Arruda – Dartmouth Fire District 3
 (other committees as needed to keep membership informed)
    * Technical Rescue Committee – Chief Kevin Nord-Duxbury, Chief Michael Mansfield-Andover
    *State Fire Mobilization Plan – Chief Edward O’Brien – Holbrook

May 2014 –

BOD - Tuesday –  6 May 2011 – 09:30 - O’Connor’s Restaurant – 1160 West Boylston Street – Worcester

General Membership Meeting - tentatively scheduled for May 21 – location to be announced – Milton – installation of officers for FY 15.