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Hawaii Fire Commission <br /> Regular Session Minutes <br /> July 25, 2024 <br /> Page 2 <br /> Fiscal Brach Report (cont.): Fire Chief Todd discussed the budget, highlighting <br /> HFD's spending on salaries, wages, OCE, and equipment for Fire, EMS, Ocean <br /> Safety, and grants. Currently, HFD is under budget at approximately 94.92%, this <br /> figure is expected to rise in the coming months. Delays in equipment orders, some <br /> taking up to two years to arrive, are contributing to this, with certain orders not yet <br /> reflected in the report. <br /> • Alternative Funding & Grants: The 2023 CDBG for three brush trucks from Orchid <br /> Isle Ford is still pending. Most grants in the report are ongoing from previous years. <br /> SAFER staffing funding expires in August 2024. While they didn't receive the $4 <br /> million CWDG grant, they did secure funding to complete the final two community <br /> wildfire protection plans for Hilo and Puna or Kau and Puna—details to be <br /> confirmed. This will ensure the entire island has comprehensive wildfire protection <br /> plans. <br /> • HR Branch Report: Chief Todd reported that they are on track with their program <br /> budget goals and are closing out the budget. <br /> Internal Recruitment within the Department: Fire Captain assessments took place on <br /> June 17, 2024, and Fire Equipment Operator assessments on June 20-21, 2024. <br /> Hazmat assessments and interviews are still pending. The sole candidate for the <br /> Fire Training Specialist position withdrew, so the position is being reassessed. <br /> Recruitment for WSO IV and V will begin soon; both were delayed to address a <br /> WSO III grievance concerning education and experience points, which are now <br /> being included in the promotional assessments. Additionally, a request to fill the <br /> Accountant I position was submitted to the Department of Human Resources. <br /> Open-Competitive Recruitment: The interview results for Fire Communications <br /> Officer I are pending. Five conditional offers were recently approved for WSO I. <br /> Formal employment offers were sent to 11 Fire Fighter Recruits and one Fire/EMS <br /> Recruit. <br /> • Total Calls for Service: Chief Todd reported for June, there were 2,607 calls for <br /> service. The total year-to-date is 15,530. They're estimating around 31,000 total <br /> calls for service for the year. <br /> • Response Times: HFD aims to improve response times in the long term. Current <br /> challenges include dispatch communication issues and delays in logging information <br /> into the system. To address this, they're implementing changes to mobile data <br /> terminals, allowing personnel to mark when they're en route and when they arrive on <br /> scene, without needing to communicate directly with dispatch. <br /> Chair Kosaki inquired about the types of calls in the report, noting rescue and EMS <br /> calls. He asked if technical rescue calls are grouped with EMS. Chief Todd explained <br /> that the National Fire Incident Reporting System categorizes them all under the 300 <br />