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station€s living quarters. As a result, the dorm will be closed off and the <br />personnel will be relocated to the second dorm. <br />Chief Oliveira stated that it is necessary that the administration improve on <br />its awareness of the risks and impact renovations have on employees. <br /> Captain Cook Fire Station: Continuing to meet with the design consultant. <br />· <br />Chief Oliveira explained to two Captains the personnel€s concerns, and <br />assured them that although architects may show up to inspect the <br />property, there is no solid plan to date. <br />Promotions and Hiring <br />Active recruits include: <br />Open-Competitive Recruitment <br />FirefighterRecruitOpenRecruitment:Recruitmentclosedwith <br />· <br />Department of Human Resources on June 26, 2007. <br />th <br /> 36 Firefighter Recruit class slated to begin on July 16, 2007. Total of 17 <br />· <br />recruits to be hired. <br /> Fire Radio Dispatcher I: Recently received the certification list for the two <br />· <br />vacancies. <br />Internal Recruitment <br /> Battalion Chiefs (Emergency Operations and Special Operations): <br />· <br />Promoted Captain Aaron Arbles to the Emergency Operations position <br />and Captain Clint Coloma to the Special Operations position on <br />June 16, 2007. <br />Emergency Operations Division <br /> Brush Fires <br />· <br /> Waikoloa brush fire: Occurred on July 1, 2007. It affected <br />· <br />9,300 acres. The Fire Department is working closely with the Police <br />Department on the investigation. Arson is suspected. <br />HazardMitigationProject <br />· <br />In anticipation of the Fourth of July holiday and the summer€s dry <br />conditions,theFireDepartmentconductedanaggressiveandproactive <br />last minute campaign to inform the public of the potential risk of fire. The <br />DepartmentofPublicWorksmanufactured30signsovernight.TheState <br />Highway Division posted 21 of the signs and the Fire Department posted <br />theremainingninesigns.Thesignswerepostedinspecificareasthatare <br />pronetobrushfires. <br /> Public Education <br />· <br /> Flyers were attached to fireworks permits. <br />· <br /> Posters for vendor sites. <br />· <br />3 <br /> <br />