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Chief Oliveira replied that he would confirm a date and relay this <br />information to the members through the Fire Commissions Secretary. <br /> Assistant Chief Mento is working with the Office of the Corporation <br />· <br />Counsel, HELCO and Pacific Wireless, on the relocation of one of the <br />HFDs repeater sites to the PunaGeothermal Site. Previously, a Radio <br />Repeater site went down, basically for maintenance, and is experiencing <br />problems. It was determined that it was situated on private property. At <br />the present time, the landowner would prefer that the county not <br />continue to use his site, which compels the department to look for an <br />alternative repeater site to keep the radio communication site up and <br />running at optimal level. Hopefully, it will be relocated to the Puna <br />Geothermal Plant site. <br /> Warehouse Bureau: Completed personnel fit-testing and orientation <br />· <br />phase of the self-contained breathing apparatus program. Still in the <br />process of acquiring the additional units, tanks, and other accessories. <br />Presently, Deputy Chief Desmond Wery is working with the Department <br />of Civil Defense and the Office of Domestic Preparedness grant to get <br />additional money for the additional components in order to transition the <br />entire department over to the standardized MSA SCBA units. <br />EmergencyMedicalServicesBureau <br />· <br />ElectronicPatientCareReport:Thecommitteeisworkingwiththe <br />· <br />Department of Data Systems to evaluate the different products/software <br />that vendors have available. Although the States Department of Health <br />has identified a particular vendor, the HFDs personnel wanted the <br />opportunity to review and compare other products to make sure it is <br />possible to make modifications to the product which the State has <br />already purchased. Laptops are available to utilize the patient care <br />information in electronic format. The goal is to have the system used in <br />the fieldwork with the departments record management system to <br />reduce redundancy of work for the employees and to be more efficient <br />with sharing information among different data centers within the <br />departments own program. <br /> Automatic External Defibrillators: Committee is finalizing the training <br />· <br />and distribution of the AEDs to the Fire Departments engine apparatus. <br />The AEDs that will be replaced will be reassigned to the Volunteers, <br />Ocean Safety Lifeguards, Hawai'i Police Department, and possibly some <br />community centers. <br /> Training Bureau <br />· <br /> Emergency Medical Technician Training: In response to Commissioner <br />· <br />Brownes inquiry at last months meeting, Chief Oliveira reported that the <br />recruits are required to spend a total number of 680 hours in EMT Basic <br />and Intermediate training. <br />6 <br /> <br />