2013-07-26 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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HawaiÒi County Fire Commission Meeting Minutes July 26, 2013 Page 4 Volunteers: Chief Rosario reported that the mechanics completed the DOT checks for the volunteers. DPW checked the water tanks at the Volcano volunteer station because of safety concerns. They conducted training with Paauilo and Pu`uanahulu on the use of the new brush trucks from California. They had a meeting with the Four Seasons Resort. Resort management will not allow their personnel to leave the property. Therefore, that station will be shut down. In reviewing notes of the meeting, the resort manager said their security is obligated to provide fire protection for their homeowners. They have been piggy backing on the County. They could move the apparatus to Kona Village where management has no problems with their employees leaving the prem private gated communities, such as Kukio, they are allowed on property only with permission and escorted to do inspections of their fire protection systems. Volunteer Fire Chief Krug reported that he also attended the meeting at the Four Seasons. He spoke to some of the volunteers, and they were disappointed that they could not leave the property. Chair Taniguchi attended their Central Station meeting. Their main concern was the pager program which seems to have been fixed. Fundraising cannot be done by fire personnel. However, if there was a group of supporters (e.g. Ðfriends of the fire deptÑ), this is allowable. Their next meeting will be on September 7 at the Pahala station. They will be receiving a brush truck from the Avalon Fire Department on Catalina Island. SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION EMS Bureau: The ambulance remount contract was approved by Fin their first remount and will save them approximately $80,000 compared to purchasing a brand new ambulance. The remount program basically, removes t compartment from the old chassis, and ÐremountsÑ the medic compartment onto a new chassis. The 12-lead EKG transmission was upgraded to the RescueNet Link platform. This will allow the medic units to transmit EKG tracings to the hospital during transport. The Community Hands Only CPR Project is moving forward. Approximately 500 people were trained in the last three months, and they have had positive feedback from the community. They will be targeting th coming year. They received 15 desktops and 9 laptops via the USDA grant. The computers need to be setup by IT and distributed to EMS stations. th Prevention Bureau: They assisted in coordinating the July 4 festivities with P&R. They assisted in conducting a mass emergency drill at the new courthouse. Dispatch: The new Intrado System was placed in the dispatch center. Training will be done in July and August. Three trainees completed their Emergency Medical Dispatching training and continue with their training curriculum.