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Hawaii Fire Commission <br /> Regular Session Minutes <br /> January 26, 2023 <br /> Page 9 <br /> Assistant Chief Bertsch further reported one of the biggest issues they currently face <br /> is the ability to track the individual certifications of volunteers across the board. They <br /> don't have access to the same software programs that the career side has. They're <br /> looking at correcting that through the grant funding that the chief was able to provide <br /> them and are currently in negotiations with the vector solutions group to find out <br /> what it would cost to roll all the volunteers into this program. <br /> • Fire Prevention: Chief Todd reported Firefighter John Requelman and Fire <br /> Hazardous Materials Specialist GaryAhu Jr. were promoted to Fire Inspector I on <br /> December 1st. The Fire Prevention Branch investigated two structure fires during <br /> the month of December. The fires were located in Districts 10 and 18. They also <br /> investigated a vehicle fire in District 6 involving Medic 7 (M7), which caught on fire <br /> while transporting a patient to the hospital. There were no injuries to EMS personnel <br /> and the patient. The fire originated from the engine compartment area, and M7 was <br /> towed to the mechanic shop. They had about 136 hours this month in plan reviews, <br /> with 29 hours being spent on inspections, testing, meetings, etc. leaving 107 hours <br /> dedicated to plan reviews. There were 40 plans reviewed with an average time of <br /> 2.6 hours spent on each plan. The Fire Prevention Branch conducted 12 public <br /> education presentations during the month. They got the 2018 NFPA 1 Fire Code <br /> passed, it went in front of the Hawaii County Council. He also got the 2021 Code <br /> finished at the State Fire Council, this version is now at the State Building Code <br /> Council and should become the State Code here shortly thereafter, at which time <br /> they'll start a whole new cycle to move from 2018 to 2021. <br /> • Auxiliary Services: They are continuing on with their emergency communications <br /> center's challenges. They had some power issues and are looking at a major <br /> overhaul of some of their IT systems, which will take down their ability to do <br /> dispatching on some of the systems within dispatch. Interviews were scheduled for <br /> FCO I after completing the job preview presentation. Out of the initial 50 applicants, <br /> they have 11 scheduled interviews. The warehouse storekeeper continues to make <br /> improvements to both the online store and organizing the warehouse. They caught <br /> up with their records requests. Clerk L. Labrador and Firefighter La`a have done a <br /> great job organizing and reviewing the record requests, and they are now up to date <br /> with all requests. For their apparatus and equipment repair area, they did 80 total <br /> repairs/services, 24 service calls, and contracted eight events out. <br /> • Matters of Interest to the Commission: Chief Todd stated he has a couple more <br /> things to discuss that are not in the report. He reported that they are changing their <br /> uniforms. <br /> DCC Tiapula asked if this is on the agenda. Chair Kosaki stated it is not on the <br /> agenda. She asked if it was related to something that was in the report. Chief Todd <br /> explained it would be the Fire Chief reporting on things, 30% of the things discussed <br /> aren't specifically mentioned in the report. DCC Tiapula stated as much as possible, <br />