2023-03-23 Fire Commission Minutes

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HAWAII FIRE COMMISSION REGULAR SESSION MINUTES MARCH 23, 2023 HAWAII COUNTY BUILDING, COUNCIL CHAMBERS 25 AUPUNI ST., SUITE 1401, HILO, HI CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Vice Chair Wolf called the meeting to order at 9:03 a.m. Present: Carlene Wolf, Vice Chair Gregory Henkel, Commissioner Corey Luke, Commissioner Shon Magsalin, Commissioner Wesley Mattos, Commissioner Gene Nakashima, Commissioner A quorum was present. Absent: Gerald Kosaki, Chair Also present: Kazuo Todd, Fire Chief Eric Moller, Deputy Fire Chief Charisse Correa, Secretary Suzanna Tiapula, Deputy Corporation Counsel PUBLIC STATEMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS (None) APPROVAL OF MINUTES • Commissioner Henkel motioned to approve the regular and executive session minutes of February 23, 2023. Commissioner Mattos seconded, no discussion, it carried unanimously, and the minutes were approved. FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT Chief Todd highlighted items from the Fire Chief's Report. A detailed report is on file. Highlights: The Hawaii Fire Chiefs Association held a meeting to discuss the Hawaii Fire Chiefs Conference that was held in December, as well as some HFCA business. Friends of First Responders hosted an Emergency Responder Resiliency training at the Aupuni Center. The concept behind it was to present ways to cope with the stresses of the job. The quarterly Volunteer Captain's meeting was held on February 25t" at Station 913. This meeting focused on executive leadership and management of the division and a portion of that focused on acknowledging members who have been with them for a long time. Four Captains received their official shirts and were pinned. One of the takeaways from the meeting is that there is a big void of equipment that is required for the volunteer companies to keep themselves in operational status. They are currently working on how to address that issue. They are still working on getting firefighters in dispatch, temporarily to supplement HGEA civilian dispatchers until manpower numbers are back up.