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Ms. Sako — Any questions? <br />Ms. Nakagawa — Are these the only monitors that DOH know bow to or is willing to calibrate for us? <br />Mr. Hisashima — We have this equipment because that's the one DOH use, and they offer that to us on an <br />annual basis when we do out training. I haven't done research of any other, but I know they must be calibrated <br />annually otherwise we would have to send the monitors to the mainland. The only reason we have this monitor <br />is because that's what DOH uses. <br />Ms. Sako — In some ways it makes sense, if that's what they are familiar with, and everybody will be reading it <br />correctly and DOH is the main agency in charge using the same device. <br />Mr. Hisashima — DOH will have a record on their end of our machines used. It's easier it the same one is used <br />across the board. <br />Mr. Sewake — Does the data download to a computer? <br />Mr. Hisashima — I don't know how this monitor works, the old ones didn't. Data stays on the device and <br />they've been slowly not working. <br />Ms. Sako — Right now, you must look at the monitors to make sure you're not exceeding levels? <br />Mr. Hisashima — It will alarm you. <br />Ms. Sako — It's not uploading data to DOH or somebody? <br />Mr. Hisashima — The current monitors are not. <br />Mr. Sewake — Will the data transfer to the new monitors? <br />Mr. Hisashima — I'm not sure. <br />Ms. Sako — They must somehow get the baseline in because it's supposed to be over the Firefighter's lifetime. <br />Ms. Kana.'e-Kane — When you say it's not working, what does that mean for the ones you have now? <br />Mrs. Hisashima — Current monitors are 20 years into a 10-year life span. We've been having them calibrated <br />every year and we are down to about 10 monitors now. <br />Mr. Urabe — Yes, 10 if you count the ones in Kona. Every year we lose a few, <br />Ms. Sako — Not everyone has a monitor? <br />Mr. Urabe — Right now everyone shares. <br />Mr. Hisashima — When we're on shift, we must manually track. <br />Ms. Sako — You track your start amount and end amount and have this huge spreadsheet. Please ask Darwin <br />about the logging of these exposures. It would be nice if it automatically uploaded, especially if something <br />happens to the monitor, at least you'll have the data. <br />