2012-07-11 Fire Commission Minutes

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HawaiÒi County Fire Commission Minutes of July 11, 2012 Page 3 one person over. ItÓs a State beach, but they did not get any additional funding for additional positions. HUMAN RESOURCES DIVISION Hiring and Promotions: They are actively doing recruitment. The agility test was done. All those who pass will take the COMPASS test. They are working on a recruitment class for September. All other assessments were completed. Accountant I will be filled. The Water Safety recruitment was completed. Personnel were placed in permanent, part-time positions as well as summer hire position. Labor Relations: Negotiations for the HawaiÒi Fire Fighters As continues. They are now one year out of contract and have a one-year extension. Generally, the contract has been for two years. This last contract was for four years. They anticipate a shorter contract this time around. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS DIVISION Operations They had several large brush fires in the Pahala area. It is cu maintained by on-duty crews. They also had two major fires in the Kona area which have been extinguished. They just completed a large search and rescue effort for a young vacation. Personnel did a great job in assuring family all efforts were being made to recover their son. The public who assisted also did a great job. They extended the search because of the nature of the event and at the familyÓs request. They completed another T/A to Battalion Chief Training Program. Four fire captains attended. This allows them the training necessary in case the Battalion Chief of Operations on the east or west side is absent or on leave, so they can bring in a qualified captain to take over that position. (Commissioner Lee entered at 10:33 a.m.) They continue to get a lot of special service requests for events, and will support them if they can. They completed an inter-state mutual aid exercise on Oahu. The simulation was a large earthquake on the Big Island that decimated all public safety resources. They presented a request out to the inter-state mutual aid system which is made up of the four counties, HawaiÒi National Guard, and Civil Defense. They did an exercise where equipment from the Honolulu Fire Department was to be flown over to the Big Island.