2018-04-11 Fire Commission Regular Minutes

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Hawaii Fire Commission Regular Session Minutes April 11, 2018 Page 2 Alternative Funding and Grants ✓ 2017 AFG grant for HazMat equipment: Application denied. ✓ 2016 CDBG grant for Pahala Wildland Pumper: Training completed, leaking roof repaired. ✓ 2018 State Highways grant was awarded for child protective seats and powered extrication tools for HOVE, Pahala, and Honoka`a. ✓ 2019 State Highways grant application was submitted for additional portable extrication tools. Human Resources Division ✓ Internal Recruitment within the Department: A new Chief Mechanic was hired. Jesse Ebersole was promoted to BC of Support Services EMS Bureau. Recruitment for numerous positions continues. ✓ Internal Recruitment within the County: The Human Resources Program Specialist position is still vacant. ✓ Open Competitive Recruitment: Recruitment for Fire Fighter Recruit and Water Safety Officers is progressing. Emergency Operations Division ✓ Operations: 16 personnel will attend a training summit at Mauna Lani Bay. ✓ Special Operations, Ocean Safety: The Sayre Foundation donated two Polaris Rangers to Ocean Safety from the Karakin Foundation which will be assigned to Hapuna and Isaac Hale beaches. Awaiting MOA with DLNR to increase lifeguard staffing at Hapuna Beach. Support Services Division ✓ Training: Audits are being conducted for all 16 FFRs who are working to qualify to be assigned as EMTs. 15 recruits received their State EMT license. ✓ Volunteer Training: The captain's meeting will be held on May 19 at 10:00 a.m. in Volcano. ✓ EMS Bureau: They are looking at going back to the gasoline engine instead of diesel to save money. Gas costs about two-thirds of diesel. They want to bring in more manufacturers for competitive bidding. ✓ Prevention Bureau: Their Arson K9 helped with an apartment fire on Oahu. ✓ Auxiliary Services: The MSA replacement project went live in April. They will convert to First Net which opens more bandwidth and has more data availability. New Projects/Business: The Collated HPD/HFD Dispatch Center is a CIP that Mayor Kim wants completed before his term ends. They are looking at building a new HPP station on the same property. The Central Station project is still on hold while the County looks for a new consultant. That project has been replaced with a new roof for Pahala. However, roofing has gone so bad, that the station needs to be replaced.