2004-04-14 Fire Commission Minutes

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th Status of 29 Recruit Class: Began their clinical rotations at stations in March for about five weeks before returning for EMT-I classroom training. Driver Competency Training Program Update: Of the 271 drivers, a total of 170 audits have been received to date. Volunteer division: Driver Training Class Update: Driver training has been completed for all priority companies, and Ocean View, Pepeekeo, North Kohala & Volcano are running again. In the process of coordinating training for about 12 more smaller companies. Next Volunteer Fire ChiefÓs meeting will be hosted by Fire Administration and is on May 8, 2004 at the Training Room. EMS Division: MICT Class: Targeted for September, 2004. Conducted orientation briefing with 15 personnel who have expressed interest. HFD plans to have a m program for these candidates that will include one-on-one mentoring and tutoring, periodic lesson and skill training and possible case study review. This will assist the candidates prior to and during the MICT classes. MICT is one of the most difficult and complicated training. Support to the can beneficial. Fire Auxiliary Service: projects are on-going. Already completed one phase of the West Hawaii sub-storage project. Because of the distances between Hilo, North Kohala, and Kona, it is difficult to distribute supplies to the various stations. To minimize this problem, a sub-storage unit was created. This 40-foot Matson container is stationed at the Waikoloa fire station. It will store supplies for distribution to the outer districts. A records retention project has began. These records were on ha (paper). HFD is trying to take past records and transform them on to CD or DVD. Diane Noda was thanked for assisting with legal process regarding the retention schedule, etc. A RSVP volunteer is scanning the materials onto the hard drive. HFD is trying to modernize and move more paperwork into electronic formatting. A Microsoft office training was held for Office, Excel, Word, Access and Power Point programs. CAD/RMS link Î accomplished upgrades. There were several glitches. The Volcano station was supposed to have come on line last night. O stations are hooked up, should be able to have computer system talk to each other. A public survey will be finalized soon. Data Systems ha helpful in getting the system up & running. New projects: Status of Fire Commission Secretary: Have not yet heard from the Mayor regarding this position. In preparation for the CountyÓs new financial computer system (FRESH), ongoing meetings and training are being held. 5