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CITY OF SAN RAFAEL
FIRE COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Fire Station 54
46 Castro Ave, San Rafael, CA 94901
Meeting called to order at 3:59 PM.
Present:
Chair David Fonkalsrud
Commissioner Ken Johnson
Commissioner Stan Burford
Commissioner John Chung
Commissioner Donna McCusker
Commissioner Brian Waterbury (Virtual)
Chief Sinnott
Chief Roman
Captain Giusti
Thomas Wong
1. Open Time for Public Expression
No public comment.
2. Approval of Minutes – March 12, 2025
Chair Fonkalsrud asks if there are any corrections or objections, hearing none .
Commissioner Burford moves to approve, Commissioner Johnson seconds and the
minutes are adopted unanimously.
3. Fire Foundation – Verbal Update from Commissioner Donna McCusker
Two new board members including current medical director, Dr. Jordan Sax and Kyri
Mcclellan. The foundation is still looking for new members.
4. 150th Anniversary Sub Committee – Verbal Update from Commissioner Chung
75th Anniversary of Mar Vista Motors firefighter fatalities. Preparing a short
ceremony for that with Chief Alviso. Working with Captain Alvarez on another 9/11
memorial ceremony similar to last year.
5. Chair and Commission Member Reports:
David Fonkalsrud – Chair
Ken Johnson - Vice Chair – Met with the Mayor and City Manager and they
both back and supported the Fire Chief. Talked about ISO ratings.
Stan Burford – Commissioner Burford also met with the Mayor and City
Manager at the same time as Commissioner Johnson. Asked to have back
two pages of the recreation magazine. Both the Mayor and City Manager
agreed to have the fire department put public information in the last two
pages. Commissioner Burfurd will work with Deputy Direct Gardner on this.
John Chung – Met last week at PSC to look at deployment study and look at
we can finance the redeployment of Truck 54. Asked Councilmember Gulati
on getting another ambulance. Commissioner Chung is going to find time to
meet with the Councilmember.
Donna McCusker – Suggest networking with firefighters at your local station.
Commissioner McCusker gave an update on Big Mac the drone. It will be
launched on April 24!
Brian Waterbury – Met with Councilmember Kertz and asked her what
information do you need to make decisions? I wanted to make sure I
understood what they needed. She asked that I contact the South San
Francisco Fire Chief who lives in Terra Linda and attend a Fire Wise meeting
in Loch Lomond.
6. Fire Chief Report
Chief Roman provided an update on the Ad-hoc committee between Marinwood
and San Rafael. They are still working on getting an agreement together. There is
mutual benefit to both agencies to get an agreement together.
Chief Sinnott discussed incidents that occurred last month that were of interest
including a car that landed on top of a car port.
Captain Giusti relayed a successful conversion of a cardia patient.
Meeting adjourned at 5:19 PM
