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Chief Oliveira introduced the following to the Commission: <br />Ann Ignacio, Human Resources Specialist <br /> <br />Laurie Kaneta, Secretary to the Fire Chief <br /> <br />Darren Rosario, Assistant Fire Chief in charge of the Operations <br /> <br />Division of the Fire Department <br />Thomas Reppuhn, volunteer fire fighter from Volcano <br /> <br />Glen Honda, Deputy Fire Chief <br /> <br />Tom Brandt, volunteer Fire Chief who represents volunteer division <br /> <br />within the Fire Department. He is also a fire righter <br />Doug Keown,volunteer company officer for Paradise Park <br /> <br />Vicky Keown,Doug’s wife. <br /> <br />Chief Oliveira stated that for future meetings, he would like to provide the <br />Commission with more in-depth reports from some of the chief officers and/or <br />program managers, with their specific programs that they coordinate and <br />foundation of the department. <br />Chief Oliveira stated he is the first Fire Chief selected under the Fire <br />Commission. His term started March 2002. Presently, he has 30 years of <br />service with Hawai‘i Fire Department. This Commission was established through <br />a Charter amendment. The creation of this Commission “de-politicized” the <br />Department and fortunately, under Mayor Kim and Mayor Kenoi, they both <br />pledged their commitment to provide a support and neither of them has tried to <br />influence how they operate their department. <br />Chief Oliveira stated that back in 2003, one of the first things the new <br />administration did was to create a process for long range planning therefore they <br />developed a strategic plan. It is now in the current process of being revised, <br />updated and modified based on changes. It is setting aroad map for the future <br />and helps to set long range thinking and goal planning and a philosophy that <br />these members can embrace. Amission statement was established that says <br />who they are, what they do and how they do it. <br />Chief Oliveira stated that the Hawai‘i Fire Department is the only combination <br />department in the State that has volunteer members. There are over 225 <br />volunteer members, approximately 446 paid employees,which includes uniform <br />staff. Hawai‘i Fire Department is one of two departments in the State of Hawai‘i <br />that has anocean safety program within their department.The department <br />operates its own fire communication and dispatch center, equipment repair and <br />maintenance shop and warehouse and distribution center. <br />Tom Brandt, elected volunteer chief, spoke about the volunteer program. <br />4 <br /> <br />