2013-05-08 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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HawaiÒi County Fire Commission Regular Session Minutes May 8, 2013 Page 4 Internal recruitments: A blanket requisition was put in for all eligible positions so that they can fill positions quickly. Open-competitive recruitments: Thirteen fire fighter recruits will be hired for the nd 42 class. They are waiting for a referral list from Human Resources for the temporary WSO position. They received a referral list for the Accountant IV position. Labor Relations: A WSO II termination arbitration hearing has been rescheduled for June. They received notice of intent for arbitration for two suspensions of a WSO II. They have never disciplined anyone without a fair hearing. Discipline is progressive. Ratification meetings for UPW and HGEA are scheduled for the latter part of this month; employees will attend. EMERGENCY OPERATIONS DIVISION Operations: Fire fighter recruit graduation will be on May 18. They will be assigned to stations on May 20. They are doing an Incident Management Team Training which includes all support agencies from across the state such as DOFA, State Crash Fire, HPD, and fire departments from the other counties. This is a group of individuals who hold specific management functions for large incidents. Oahu already has an Incident Management Team which is used for e as the Honolulu Marathon, UH football games, and other large events. With the Boston incident, they ramped up their support for the upcoming Honu and Ironman races. Special Operations Hazmat: They continue to work with Civil Defense to procure new equipment. Hazmat equipment is very costly. They are still waiting for the revised Hazmat SOGs that was submitted to Corporation Counsel. Commissioner Kitaoka stated that they had an incident at the courthouse which they thought involved pepper spray. They aired out the place, but when the firemen came, they were told they did the wrong thing. She asked how they, at the Judiciary, could be trained to know what to do. Chief Rosario stated that they could request to have someone come out to do training. Rescue: They are trying to step up their dive training and certification. Diving is always an area where they could have significant injury or fatality. One individual has completed an instructor diver training program on Oahu. He will now do specific rescue dive certification courses for their personnel. This ups the certification required for their rescue specialist. It also gives them the opportunity to do more critical tasks.