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FY 2004 Fire Prevention and Safety Grant: Received notice on <br />· <br />May 19, 2005, grant application was not funded. Will be reapplying in <br />October 2005. <br />Capital Improvement Projects <br /> Pahoa Fire Station: Environmental assessment and the FONSI‚ <br />· <br />determination were published by the State on May 23, 2005. The <br />architects are drafting the design based on recommendations made by the <br />Fire Department. <br /> Fire Administration & Support Facility: Completed the internal assessment <br />· <br />for the needs of the Divisions and Bureaus. A consolidation of the data <br />will be presented to the architect. Currently, the Department of Public <br />Works is in the process of selecting a design consultant. <br /> Kalaoa Fire Station: Developers are negotiating with the adjacent <br />· <br />landowner for the sight easement.‚ <br />Promotions and Hiring <br /> Fire Radio Dispatcher I: Six Dispatchers began their initial training. <br />· <br />Anticipating upgrading them to Dispatcher II within the next eight months. <br /> Fire Radio Dispatcher III (Supervisors): Interviews and assessments are <br />· <br />scheduled for June 22, 2005. Commissioners were welcomed to attend <br />and observe the one-day process. <br /> Clerk III: Recently conducted and completed open recruitment. The <br />· <br />Mayor€s Office and the Department of Finance interviewed six applicants. <br />The selected individual will begin on July 1, 2005, and introduced at the <br />nextmeeting. <br />Operations Division <br />BrushFires:Experiencinganumberofbrushfires.Intheprocessof <br />· <br />preparing a press release to encourage the public to be cautious because <br />of the change in weather conditions. An investigation of these fires found <br />that one incident was identified as arson related. A stolen vehicle was set <br />on fire in Pohoiki. The cause of the other fires has not been determined. <br /> Hazardous Materials Technician Training: Sixteen fire fighters will attend <br />· <br />a statewide Hazardous Materials Technician Training on June 13 to 24 <br />(chemistry) and July 25 to August 25 (tactics). Establishing a pool of <br />personnel to open up the West Hawai‹i HAZMAT Response Team. <br />Prevention Division <br /> FEST Seminar: Fireworks Education and Safety Training (FEST) seminar <br />· <br />was completed on May 17 - 19, 2005. Contracted a Pyro-Technician- <br />Training vendor from Iowa. Participants attended from across the State. <br />11 <br /> <br />