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The evidence shows that the alarm was called in at 21:30:00 hours on August 1, 2006. <br /> The first unit was dispatched at 21:31:43 hours (E18). The first unit was en route at 21:33:45 <br /> hours (E05) and the last engine (E10) left after Salvage and overhaul at 00:19:34 hours on <br /> August 2, 2006. Aside from the engines and medical vehicles dispatched to the scene of the fire, <br /> a total of 13 fire personnel responded. (See Exhibit"F" attached hereto). <br /> There is no evidence that the response was other than direct or that no effort was made to <br /> suppress the fire and to protect people and property, including the fire personnel who responded. <br /> The Incident Report provides a narrative of the incident. <br /> 3. Assuming that there was a duty,the County did not breach that duty nor <br /> can Plaintiff show damage. <br /> The Hawaii Fire Department took control of the fire suppression upon their arrival. The <br /> members of the Hawaii Fire Department are the individuals best trained and qualified to assess <br /> the needs of this incident. They are in the position to make all efforts to suppress the fire and to <br /> attack the origin of the fire as expeditiously and safely as they are able. As additional fire units <br /> arrived, they assisted in the suppression of the fire and overhaul, to insure that the fire is <br /> extinguished after it is suppressed. If there were any duty which accrued to the County at this <br /> point, that duty was satisfied when the County immediately went to work to suppress the fire and <br /> protect the adjoining properties. There is no evidence that any of the County personnel were in <br /> any way responsible for the incident or the extent of the damage to the home which Plaintiff did <br /> not own. <br /> The Incident Report prepared by Captain John T. Kihara of the Hawaii Fire Department <br /> shows that the call for assistance was dispatched on or about 21:30 hours on August 1, 2006. <br /> (See Exhibit"F" attached hereto). Thereafter, the first unit of the Hawaii Fire Department <br /> arrived on the scene at 21:48 hours, the second unit arrived at 21:53 hours, a Battalion Chief <br /> 8 <br />