2014-01-08 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawai‘i County Fire Commission Minutes of January 8, 2014 Page 3 Special Operations Ocean Safety: Bid awarded for five new lifeguard towers in East Hawai‘i. Still waiting for HGEA’s reply on reimbursing WSOs for sunglasses. SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION EMS Bureau: Personnel attended a Pediatric Advanced Life Support recertification training at Hilo Medical Center. The two ambulance remounts are near completion and should arrive in the third week of January. nd Training Bureau: The 42 recruit class has been working on driver training. Twenty-two personnel went through a Fire Ground Survival Training Class. Prevention Bureau: Their Firefighter Safety Guide Program of distributing guides to the schools is 35% completed. Maintenance Shop: Roof deterioration and water leakage is a concern. They are working with Councilman Onishi for funding. Volunteer Training: They initiated a shadow program for the volunteer captains. The Four Seasons volunteer station closed as of November 1, 2013. An integrated training program with the Pahoa Fire Company was conducted with the Ainaloa and Paradise Park volunteer companies. A problem with the volunteer program is that they have no funding for the volunteers. Contingency funds from the Council have to be approved and then go through the procurement process. th Volunteer Fire Chief Krug reported that their December 27 meeting was held in Paauilo. Captain De Sa was given a service award. Brush boots was a hot topic. They are starting a standard log book for everyone to maintain. The SOG Committee finished their work and it was turned over to Chief for approval. The Safety Committee reported that they had an excellent year. They had only one incident, a sprained ankle. Their next volunteer captain’s meeting will be on March 15 at 10 o’clock at the Volcano Community Center. NEW PROJECTS/BUSINESS: The California Nevada Hawai‘i (CNH) Wildland Conference will be held in April and hosted by the State Department of Forestry and Wildlife. EMPLOYEE/PUBLIC RELATIONS : No report. COMMITTEE REPORTS/UPDATES Budget and Finance (Committee Chair Taniguchi): No report.