2023-01-26 Fire Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Fire Commission Regular Session Minutes January 26, 2023 Page 7 1, with no injuries or fatalities. There were small brush fires, nothing that really transitioned, but were suspicious, investigators responded. On December 16, 2022, there was a missing hiker, who was located in Manuka. On December 19, 2022, there was an aircraft emergency with right-side hydraulic failure, they landed with no major issues. There was a recent incident where a fisherman went missing, but that will be on next month's report. Chair Kosaki wanted to know if HFD helped with the search for the missing fisherman because he was four miles out. Chief Todd stated they assisted with no positive findings. Chair Kosaki asked isn't the policy one mile? Chief Todd explained three miles, anything outside of three miles is Coast Guard. The Coast Guard did deploy to this as well. It is a little far out for HFD, their boats aren't in the best condition, and they are in the process of repairing them. Chair Kosaki asked if HFD personnel went through CISD after responding to the tragic incident involving the Takamines. Chief Todd stated he believes it was offered, but he doesn't know if they went through CISM or not. Generally, after a major incident such as that, CISM is activated and they bring personnel in, it happens throughout the year. He will double-check and get back to him regarding this particular incident. • Special Operations: ➢ HazMat: They are currently doing their HazMat tech training. This is an ongoing class to get new Haz-Techs. Chair Kosaki asked if the HazMat grant is paying for this. Chief Todd explained the instructor side of it is being paid for by the grant and the overtime is coming out of their budget. ➢ Ocean Safety: Open recruitment for Water Safety Officer I is set to open in January 2023 with PAE tentatively set for Mid-February. There's one retirement at the end of December, Darren Kaleo Hauanio retired after serving 34 years as a Water Safety Officer with Hawaii County. ➢ Rescue: HFD had its Fire Rescue Promotional Assessment and started receiving donations of rescue equipment from the Daniel R. Sayre Foundation. • Emergency Medical Services Report: They received an additional $1.2 million last year from the state in this year's budget, which is why the budget is higher. They're in the process of picking up seven ambulances. New Panasonic G2 Toughbooks have been deployed to all medic units. The new laptops now have the ability to receive EKG data directly from Lifepak 15 monitors and assist with populating patient care reports. EMS Branch personnel participated in a Hawaii Life Flight crew sunset vigil in Hilo and Kona. This vigil was held in memory of the three personnel who were involved in the tragic aeromedical incident that occurred. The Hilo Medical Center Foundation will be donating three LUCAS compression devices to HFD.