2013-02-13 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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HawaiÒi County Fire Commission Meeting Minutes February 13, 2013 Page 5 Guidelines. They want it to parallel the departmentÓs SOGs. They went through the whole thing and gave the write-up to the Chief for his review. The next volunteer meeting will be on February 23, at 10:00 a.m. in Laupahoehoe. Information can be obtained through their website at: www.hvfc.net. Chair Taniguchi asked if they could provide statistics on call-outs that the volunteers participated in. Chief Krug stated that each station keeps its own log book. He will ask the captains to email information to him. Chief Rosario stated that information is in their EMS, but they donÓt have an IT person to extrapolate the information. The incident log he gives to the commission includes the volunteers. Chair Taniguchi stated he was not looking to add more work for the department, but wanted the information so he and other commissioners could have a sense of how often, volunteer personnel are Ðtoned outÑ or assisting in other ways. Prevention Bureau: Chief Rosario stated that they have a vacant fire inspector position. They did recruitment but did not get anyone who was qualified. They have personnel who are doing temporary assignment in both East and West HawaiÒi. Chief also reported the bureau was pretty busy this past month with three structure fires and assisting police with a murder investigation. Their canine assisted in the investigations. Prevention Chief Andrade and newly promoted Captain Todd partici one-week courtroom testimony class on Oahu. This course allowed them to see how to prepare for fire related investigations and court proceedings. They are now passing on the information to their personnel. Dispatch: They are replacing their Solecom dispatching system with Intrado, and it appears to be going well. A complete changeover is targeted for June. Auxiliary Services/Warehouse: The Makalei station still has some items coming in. Nothing major needs to be fixed or repaired. Radio does not work in some areas of the station, and Chief Honda is working on correcting t Maintenance Shop: With approval from the Information and Technology Director, they are closer to providing computer connectivity in their maintenance shop. This will help with record keeping of the departmentÓs fleet. A mechanic for Kona was denied during the last budget cycle. He again brought this up with the Mayor and pointed out that maintenance of their apparatus and equipment would improve if they had a maintenance shop on the west side, also. NEW PROJECTS/BUSINESS: The invitation for bid for two new Class A pumpers closes on February 20. It replaces the fire truck in North Kohala and Waimea. In this current budget proposal, they have a replacement for HonokaÒa.