2021-08-11 Fire Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Fire Commission Meeting Agenda August 11, 2021 Page 2 in Kamuela View Subdivision, Daniel K. Inouye Highway, and Mana Road. The Mana Road fire spread quickly through the Pu`u Kapu Farm lots due to high winds and dry fuel. Three structures were lost and over 4,000 acres burned. This was the largest fire in County history. The new, donated Big Dog wildland engine was blessed on the July 31 at Station 15. It was immediately dispatched to the fire. Budget: FY 2021-2022 County Budget total spending through July 31 st is at 13.61 % with 8.33% of the fiscal year completed. Salaries and Wages closed at 13.48% for Fire and 12.17% for EMS. OCE expenditures closed at 21.28% in Fire and 7.59% in EMS. The State reimbursed EMS for FY 20-21 current to January. The remainder of the year is in progress. Alternative Funding and Grants: They submitted the SAFER Grant for six captain positions and three fire fighter positions, but have not received an update. Training from the State of Hawaii Department of Health, Alcohol and Drug Ab use Division training grant has started. Human Resources: Internal recruitments within the department for Fire Captain of Emergency Operations, Fire Equipment Operator, and Fire Prevention Inspector are pending interview/assessment center. Two promotions were made for Fire/Hazardous Materials Specialist. Two promotions were made for Fire Radio Dispatchers III. An Account Clerk was promoted to Human Resources Assistant. Emergency Operations Division ➢ Calls received in July for Fire was 109 and Rescue and EMS was 1,824. Total calls received in July was 2,193 and YTD 15,321. ➢ Battalion 1, East Hawaii: They are still waiting for the Rosenbauer, BT-17. They have been working with Council Member Kierkiewicz and the Planning Department to purchase new SCBA filling compressor, tow vehicle, and spare tanks with PGV funds. The recently donated Big Dogs, Wildland Firefighting Apparatuses have made a massive difference in their firefighting. Personnel form Maui assisted with their firefighting. ➢ Hazardous Materials Response: Confined Space Training is scheduled for all HazMat personnel in October. ➢ Ocean Safety: They are still waiting for sleds and mounting hardware for their rescue watercraft. They anticipate delivery of the seconded SKI in August. They purchased a replacement ATV for Punalu`u. Support Services Division ➢ Volunteer Bureau: Commander Bertsch reported that they had their captains' meeting on August 7. The Chief and Deputy attended along with 16 of their captains. Executive leadership training was done before the meeting. The chief and Deputy held a talk story session which was well -received by all. He encouraged the commissioners to attend future meetings. Top discussion was the 40,000 acre fire. Every volunteer apparatus in Battalion 2 was assigned to