2020-08-14 Standardization Committee Minutes

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Chief Okinaka — There might be. The only reason we would go outside of this particular or similar model would be for our specialty field stations such as our Hazmat and Rescue stations. If we needed to go outside of this model are we able to? With standardization, do we have to use only FLIR? Ms. Nakagawa — Is it for one specific type of use or the brand you're asking to standardize be for multiple uses which means using multiple products under the FLIR brand? Chief Okinaka — The majority of purchases would be for this specific firefighting use. We could even use this type of camera for search and rescue; it's just that the distance or range that can be captured with that particular model would vary. We could, in the future be looking for models for different uses. Right now, we're just looking to use it mainly for firefighting which is the K series model. Mr. Hunt — What's the expected life of these? I see the K55's run about $6,000 and how many do you have throughout the Fire department. Chief Okinaka — We've had the FLIR K50 series since 2015 and we haven't had any issues with those yet. I would say upwards of 10 years if not, longer. We also purchased more of the same type of thermal imaging cameras over the years through the Sayre Foundation. Mr. Hunt — You're staggering the purchases of the cameras and not purchasing them all at the same time? Chief Okinaka — Yes, that's correct. We purchased S initially, last year we purchased 6 more, we're hoping to get a couple more this year, we did get one this year through the Sayre Foundation. We need to get 6 more cameras. As funds become available, we'll purchase accordingly. Ms. Sako — Are there more questions? None. The committee voted and motion was carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS None. ADJOURNMENT There was no further business. Mr. Sewake made a motion to adjourn the meeting and it was seconded by Mr. Hunt. The meeting adjourned at 9:19 a.m. Respectfully submitted, i ft 1 t Crystallene Pacheco