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HawaiÒi County Fire Commission <br />Meeting Minutes <br />January 9, 2013 <br />Page 3 <br /> Open-competitive recruitments: Three Fire Radio Dispatcher trainees <br />resigned, and they received approval for replacement. Two Fire Fighter <br />Recruits took the make-up agility test; one passed. <br /> <br />EMERGENCY OPERATIONS DIVISION <br /> <br /> Operations <br /> Three new apparatus arrived, and a representative from Pierce c <br />training for Kawailani, Kaumana, and Pahoa. <br /> The Makalei station went on line on December 1. <br /> They applied for a grant through Civil Defense for safety equipment and <br />accountability system. <br /> <br /> Special Operations <br /> Hazmat: They plan to meet with the Nanawale community to discuss the PGV <br />response plan and evacuation. <br /> The CST drill is being planned for March 2013. This combat sup <br />full-time National Guard that responds to incidents of hazardous materials, <br />weapons of mass destruction, etc. It is put on by the army and supported by <br />the army. They only pay personnel to attend when off-duty. <br /> <br /> Rescue <br /> The Sayre Foundation is completing this yearÓs requests by resc <br /> The Sayre Foundation has provided funding for some upcoming div <br />training. <br /> <br /> Ocean Safety <br /> Two vacant positions have been approved for hire. <br /> Ocean Safety is working on its own bargaining unit. <br /> <br /> New Safety Committee: They have formed a new safety committee to address <br />safety concerns within the department. The committee has reached out to the <br />stations for concerns that their members have. All safety committee minutes will <br />be available for viewing by all members. <br /> <br />SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION <br /> <br /> EMS Bureau: Five MICT interns successfully passed their internship in <br />December. Two others are on their final month of internship. All seven will have <br />to go through the final stage of getting their state license. <br /> <br />st <br /> Training Bureau: The 41 firefighter recruit class continues with its training. They <br />brought in a culture trainer, Kahu Hannah Springer, who made a presentation on <br />cultural preservation of the land. Graduation will be on February 16. From <br />firefighter recruit they will go into EMS. <br /> <br />