2016-02-10 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Fire Commission Regular Session Minutes February 10, 2016 Page 2 Rules and Regulations Review Committee (Kitaoka): Commissioner Kitaoka stated that this still needs work. Ms. Ng will research on whether Commissioner Kitaoka may continue working on this after she leaves the commission. NEW BUSINESS • Work on Fire Commission's 2015 annual report. Vice Chair Becker reported that the Chair assigned him to work on the annual report. Commissioner Kitaoka stated that this is the Fire Commission's report and should be about things the Fire Commission did, not what the Fire Department did. She stated that the goals are the commission's goals, not the Chief's goals. She questioned which goals the Chief would be evaluated on. She asked how the Police Commission does its annual report. Ms. Pelayo (secretary to the Police Commission) stated that the Police Commission reports only on its activities. Chair De Luz stated that this should be an advocate report. The report should have what the commission did and what the commission would like to work forward on. He looks at this as an advisory role. Ms. Ng stated that under the Charter, part of the commission's duties is to make recommendations to the Chief. • Review draft of 2016 Fire Commission's goals and objectives. • Review draft of Fire Chief's position description. • Work on Fire Commission's 2015 annual report. Vice Chair Becker asked the commissioners to review the above documents and send suggestions to Ms. Ng. They need to discuss the Chief's position description with him. INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINT • Complainant Russell Acantilado alleged that an unidentified employee neglected him and left him at the fire station. Mr. Acantilado and his wife came before the commission. He stated that he gets things mixed up. He was lifting weights at the high school. His pressure came high. He went to the fire station. The guy took his pressure. He calmed him down. He didn't ask if he wanted to go to the hospital. When they had a call, they left. He was in the bedroom, the bathroom, the kitchen. No one was there. He called his dad. He called 911. They said they would call Waimea. When he got there. They did a blood draw. They gave him IV. He was dehydrated. In response to questions, about what happened, Mr. Acantilado stated that he crawled around to the ambulance. He vomited mucous. He wanted to call his dad, but he couldn't see the number. He went to the police department, and they called his dad. He vomited mucous, not food. At the fire station they took his pressure. The police didn't call 911. He called 911 from home. He called his dad on his cell phone at the fire station. The dispatcher talked to him, and then said would transfer