The Washington Fire Mechanics held a meeting on January 13, 2015 hosted by the Lakewood Fire Maintenance shop. We approved minutes of the November meeting and distributed the WFC financial report for review. 2014’s conference was a success and will add to our ability to provide an even better training opportunity at the 2015 conference. Two representatives attended and reported on the WFC’s recent strategic planning event. The education committee reported an exciting and growing new lineup of classes to select from. Our legislative representative reported that the vehicle weight bill change indorsed by your group is moving forward and expected to be signed into law soon. Bio-fuel discussions are ongoing and research is currently being conducted by a subcommittee working on the bill to recommend certain exemptions. We intended to make a few improvements in the coming months to our website and our new WFM window decal has been finished and will be available for sale at the conference. This year’s conference shirt will incorporate the new bold design as well. We reviewed draft fire mechanic testing material which will go into a pilot program that may be available in the future. The program would allow expectations and evaluation criteria to be known by applicants and a repeatable, but randomly selected practical evaluation to be available to employers. The next regularly scheduled meeting will be Tuesday, March 3rd 2015 at Camano Island Fire.