2013-02-13 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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HawaiÒi County Fire Commission Meeting Minutes February 13, 2013 Page 4 which tracks stats on their dive. They are doing training this month. The Sayre Foundation has also provided funding for upcoming dive rescue training. Two dive personnel will be sent for further training to become dive rescue trainers. This will allow them to become self sufficient and not have to rely on outside sources. Ocean Safety: There is a House and Senate bill going through the Legislature regarding the creation of separate bargaining units within HGEA Safety Officers and State Law Enforcement. Safety Committee: They continue to meet, and their goal is to have a safe place to work. SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION EMS Bureau: They were approached by the TV show ÐLiving in Par broadcast and promote monthly safety tips on the show. In January they highlighted heart attack awareness, February is CPR, and March is stroke awareness. They are also going to the schools for a pilot project called ÐHands Only CPRÑ for the students. The American Heart Association put out the program, and now they want to give back to the community by helping the students in case the need arises. Regarding the laptop computers, they received 15 new laptops fro the medic units. A separate USDA grant will allow them to purchase 15 laptop computers and desktop computers for the EMS stations. These will be backup computers for additional use and reporting. They are mandated to provide the patient care report in a timely fashion to the doctors. It is uploaded on the computers and sent to a database where the hospital doctors can download the reports. Training Bureau: They continue to be very busy with the firefighter recruit classes. The class is transitioning into EMT this month. Deputy Chief Victorine is working with State Civil Defense on a training course this week for hydrogen fuel incidents. They will be training about 122 of their members. Captain Okinaka is working on ways to better manage the departmentÓs training records. Their goal is to coordinate the needed training of personnel in a timely and efficient manner. Volunteer Training Bureau: Chief Rosario reported that the volunteer training officers have been doing CPR and AED training this month for the volunteers. Volunteer Fire Chief Wayne Krug reported they started CPR and AED training in February. They will also be doing defensive driving training this month. Back in November 2012, they formed a committee to work on Standard Operating