2023-01-26 Fire Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Fire Commission Regular Session Minutes January 26, 2023 Page 2 ➢ Commissioner Mattos nominated Commissioner Wolf as Vice Chair. Commissioner Henkel seconded with no discussion. Ms. Correa called the vote: Commissioner Henkel: aye, Commissioner Luke: aye, Commissioner Magsalin: aye, Commissioner Mattos: aye, Commissioner Nakashima: aye, Chair Kosaki: aye. The motion carried. FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT Chief Todd highlighted items from the December 2022 Fire Chief's Report. A detailed report is on file. • Highlights: HFD recently ordered Raspberry Pi computers, which are cheap computers for the purpose of having screens in admin that can display data. The first one is currently in his office which shows his calendar off a system called DAKboard. He explained that part of his goal as fire chief is to be transparent. He wants his calendar to be visible to staff. It will eventually be mounted into one of the windows in his office, so staff walking by the office can see where he is if he isn't in. Chief Todd noted a change to the report's format. He explained his previous secretary, Leanne Kapahu retired and introduced his new private secretary, Lauren Williamson, who put the report together. The Mauna Loa eruption is pretty much done, HFD had EMS stand by during this event. Chief officers participated in the inaugural ceremony held at the Civic Auditorium in December and witnessed the swearing-in of the new County Council members. There were a variety of community holiday events that occurred in December, such as the Mayor's Red Kettle Breakfast and Magic of the Season. • Hawaii Fire Chief's Association Conference: They brought in training for the conference, and there were a variety of people such as retired Chief Bobby Halton, Dr. Lori Moore-Merrell from the US Fire Administration, Derek Alkonis and Major General Joseph Ryan, among other well-known speakers. The entire department was invited to come by and listen in. They incorporated chief-level training and discussions, as well as a variety of lower-rank discussions for firefighters, etc. The conference ran HFD approximately a quarter million dollars, but this was all external from the Fire Department and not in the normal budget. He explained you won't see any reports on this because it was entirely external. Chair Kosaki asked if any commissioners had the opportunity to attend the conference. No commissioners attended. Chief Todd stated it was open, and if you wanted to partake in the meals, it was $650. He explained that he didn't want to change things, this has been the setup for the conference for as long as he's been in the Fire Department. They took the same plan going forward and did the same thing.