2020-03-11 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Fire Commission Regular Session Minutes March 11, 2020 Page 2 and 8% reduction. They are only submitting a status quo budget because there is no way they can reduce the budget without impacting services. They have to honor the bargaining unit overtime agreement, but the County won't fund it. So, they have to take the funds from somewhere else. Mr. Masuda stated that this has been going on for about 7 years. Mr. Lorenzo further stated that apparatus replacement costs have also increased, and that is a major expense. • Alternative Funding and Grants ✓ Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation: The foundation is funding a new N95 fit testing unit that includes masks. Covid-19 is costing the County a lot of time and money. ✓ USDA USFS Wildland Grant: Still waiting for official approval by USDA. ✓ USFA FEMA Assistance to Firefighter Grant: Today they are submitting the grant to purchase extractors to remove carcinogens from equipment. They should get one for every station and more for the bigger stations. It's for $70,000 with a $60,000 match by the County. ✓ Shippers Wharf Grant: They are applying for funding for Rescue Boat repairs. Human Resources Division ✓ Internal Recruitments: Ongoing for WSO IV, Fire Captain, and Fire Equipment Operator. Fire Captain in Prevention is on hold. ✓ Open -Competitive Recruitment: Ongoing for Accountant I, FRD I, WSO I, and HR Assistant. ✓ Employee Development and Training: Training held on conducting interviews and new hire orientation. • Emergency Operations Division: AC Perreira reported that two possible Covid-19 contact at an Urgent Care facility turned out negative. They did after action reviews and are looking at policies, procedures, and equipment. Supplies are low everywhere, and they got approval to order more. He and Chief Uchida were tasked with doing presentations and PSAs on what people can do to prevent the spread of Covid-19. BC Kim stepped down and is now Captain at Waiakea. Deputy Uchida and AC Okinaka are sharing the responsibilities for Waiakea. Meetings were held with captains to go over transition plans. There were many incidents in East and West Hawaii. ✓ Training: The 46th recruit class is working 24 hours on driver training and EMT runs and transports. The 47th recruit class is working 8 hours on EMT rotations. ✓ Special Operations ➢ Hazmat: Waiting for CD response to procure gas monitors. ➢ Ocean Safety: WSO I recruitment had 10 candidates who passed the assessment. Waiting for approval to procure a new Rescue Water Craft. ➢ Sayre Foundation: Captain Kim will assist with the 2019 donation inventory and distribution. AC Okinaka is working with Laura Sayre for the 2019 nominations and equipment requests. Gifting ceremonies will be scheduled following distribution.