04 FIRE CHIEFS REPORT October 2022

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Page 19 EMS REPORT: • Our 51s' firefighter recruit class has entered into their clinical portion of EMT training. • We would like to congratulate our newly promoted Fire Medical Specialist II personnel. FMS II R. Carreiro Jr. - Station 19, A Platoon FMS II B. Kobayashi - Station 5, B Platoon FMS II C. Wissing - Station 1, A Platoon • We would also like to congratulate our firefighters who have successfully completed the KCC MICT program and have become state licensed paramedics. FF B. Calicdan FF C. Chun Fat Jr. FF T. Magno II • Five (5) personnel attended the 2022 EMS World Expo in Orlando, Florida, from October 11 - 15, 2022. Our participants interacted with leading medical experts from across the world who shared their innovative research, demonstrated cutting -edge procedures, and whose innovation help to drive the field of paramedicine and the delivery of emergency medical services forward. The EMS Expo is the ideal venue to network with our fellow prehospital peers, sharing policies and procedures which help to increase the quality of care for our community. This opportunity also allowed our group to interact in the exhibit hall with hundreds of vendors and receive education and information on the newest prehospital diagnostic and treatment tools available for EMS providers. • The EMS Branch assisted with the Ironman World Championships which was held on October 6t" and 8t" in Kailua-Kona. This two-day event involved more than 5,000 athletes from around the world. • The EMS Branch has been involved with multiple statewide Fentanyl committees. We will be implementing our Narcan program for our department shortly. We are working with our IT department on overdose tracking and data collection. • EMS Branch personnel assisted with coordinating and instructing a three day active shooter training in Hilo. This multi -agency training involved Federal, State, County and private first responders from Hawaii Island. • The EMS Branch has submitted our biennial budget proposal for FY24-25. This proposal included anticipated CBA increases and a 25% annual vehicle replacement proposal. • The EMS Branch would like to thank FMS II A. Mitchell for all of his hard work and time while being assigned to the EMS Branch. • The entire department has been transitioned over to all brass oxygen regulators. We would like to thank everyone for their patience and cooperation with this process.