2023-08-24 Fire Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Fire Commission Regular Session Minutes August 24, 2023 Page 8 firefighters, both paid and volunteer, work diligently, with some volunteers even working harder than their paid counterparts. • Fire Prevention: For the month of July, the Fire Prevention Branch investigated two structure fires, 64 plans were completed, 113 inspections were conducted to include 29 new commercial inspections, 31 commercial re-inspections, four certificates of occupancies, one educational inspection, 16 fire protection system acceptance testing, seven site inspections, and three tent inspections. There were seven requests for comments for information on incidents and 14 public education presentations. • Logistics, Emergency Communications, and Vehicle Maintenance Section: The FCO I class, consisting of five individuals, is currently undergoing training, and they have commenced their training on radio operations. Fire personnel have shown voluntary interest in signing up for the Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) course, which has been scheduled for those who are interested. The annual inventory process is nearly finished, and a total of 31 record requests have been successfully completed. In the vehicle maintenance shop, during the month of July, there were 77 repairs and services completed, along with 16 service and trouble calls attended to, and 5 contracted tows. • Information Technology: The Mobile Data Terminal (MDT) installation in Brush Truck 6 has been completed. The outstanding orders and purchase orders have been transferred to the new Shopify eCommerce Fire Warehouse website. The new Shopify eCommerce Fire Warehouse website became operational on July 31st. A layout plan for the data wall outlet faceplate has been sent to DPW for the Joint Communication Center, which is currently under construction. The process of finalizing new CAD workstations for the new center is ongoing. Assistance was provided to the Finance department with inventory-related tasks. A meeting with DIT is scheduled to discuss increasing domain access for Fire IT positions, aiming to enhance support for HFD. A new shared email account has been set up for the mechanic shop. A check has been conducted on the Motorola Radio setup for Station 2, and plans are in place to add a battery backup to the handset power supply for added reliability Recess was called at 10:30 a.m., the meeting reconvened at 10:41 a.m. DCC Tiapula asked for the commission to take note of§7-4.6 of the Hawaii County Charter, Powers, Duties, and Functions of the Fire Commission, which says except for the purpose of inquiry or as otherwise provided in this charter, neither the commission nor its members shall interfere in any way with the standard operational activities of the department.