HomeMy WebLinkAboutb. FEBRUARY MEETING - January Final ReportCHIEF’S REPORT (02/13/2013)
I. Budget
II. Alternative Funding and Grant
• FY 2012 CDBG Grant for Pahoa Tanker
• FY 2012 SAFER Grant
• FY 2012 Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant application
• FY 2013 CDBG Grant for Waiakea Quint
Capital Improvement Projects: A current overview of ongoing projects may
include but not limited to:
• Kawailani Fire Station replacement
• Hapuna Water Safety Tower
III. Goals and Objectives update
IV. Human Resources Division
1) Recruitments
a. Internal recruitments
• Fire Captain – No vacancies at this time. Promotion(s) will occur as
vacancies arise.
• Fire Equipment Operator – Promotion effective March 1, 2013.
• Fire Rescue Specialist – Recruitment process initiated.
• Battalion Chief (Auxiliary Services) – Recruitment process initiated.
b. Open-competitive recruitments
• Fire Radio Dispatcher I (2 positions) – Hire date February 1, 2013.
• Fire Radio Dispatcher I (1 position) – Recruitment process initiated.
Targeted hire date is February 19, 2013.
• Fire Fighter Recruit (Temp) – Recruitment process initiated for 42nd class.
Targeted hire date is May 1, 2013.
• Water Safety Officer I (Temp) – Recruitment process initiated for
temporary summer hires. Targeted employment period is May 16 to
August 15, 2013.
• Water Safety Officer I – Recruitment process initiated. Targeted hire date
is March 1, 2013.
• Water Safety Officer 1 ½ time – Recruitment process initiated. Targeted
hire date is March 1, 2013.
V. Emergency Operations Division
OPERATIONS:
1) Station visitations from Battalion Chiefs which included drills conducted,
High hazard establishments visited, and station/equipment condition.
2) Hurricane preparedness drill planning at CD.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS:
Hazmat
1) Revised the Hazmat SOGs and resubmit it to F-1 for final review before
submitting to Corp. Council.
2) Looking for AFG or Homeland security funding for replace some Hazmat
equipment that are becoming obsolete. This equipment would be able to
identify solids, liquids, and explosives without having to take a sample.
3) We are still planning the meeting for the Nanawale community to discuss the
PGV response plan and evacuation.
4) The CST drill is being planned for March 2013. We had an initial planning
conference in January and will have our mid planning conference in February.
We are working with the CST in the planning of this county wide agency drill.
Rescue
1) Continuing with the signing up of new clients for Project Lifesaver. We are
beginning to deplete our supplies and will have to decide what future course
of action to take. Working with the HCOA to address this issue.
2) Equipment that the Sayre Foundation has donated has arrived and the
resolution has passed Council. Therefore, we have distributed the equipment
and will be training with it in the near future. One of these is the new dive
computers that would ensure safety for our personnel by tracking their dives.
3) The Sayre foundation has provided funding for some upcoming dive rescue
training. This training will commence in February and March. Other dive
training will be in Honolulu for our personnel to be trained as instructors.
Ocean Safety
1) Revised ACC program to include Ocean Safety and will identify skills required
by USLA standards. New cards to be issued upon approval of this addition to
our program. We are currently consulting with HGEA regarding this program
but have not received any reply as of yet.
2) There is a House and Senate bill that was introduced regarding the creation of
a new bargaining unit 14 within HGEA. This would include our Water Safety
Officers and the State Law Enforcement including DOCARE and the Sheriffs.
3) Working on adding a new lifeguard tower at the Hapuna Beach north end.
This would allow us to view the beach area fronting the Hapuna Beach Prince
Hotel. We are awaiting notification from the state land division before
moving forward on obtaining the necessary permits. We have gotten a quote
from Conen’s to transport the tower over to the beach.
Safety Committee
1) Safety committee met on Jan. 30 and will convene again in Feb. before
making any recommendations and proposals to Fire Chief.
2) Other concerns brought up at the committee meetings were; PPE cleaning,
respiratory protection program, AAR at all multi-company incidents, near
miss reporting, review of all IA and accident reports, staffing and health and
safety concerns.
3) A memo was sent out to the personnel informing them of future safety
bulletins that will be sent out as these become available.
4) All safety committee minutes will be available for viewing by our members in
the “All Battalions” folder.
VI. Support Services Division
EMS BUREAU:
1) Eight personnel from the MICT Class wrapped up final exams, skills testing
and temporary license applications in the third week of January. Temporary
license should be received by the first week of February 2013. One other
student is finishing up his 5th rotation assignment and should be done in the
first week of March 2013.
2) EMS Bureau networked with popular local TV show (Living In Paradise) to
broadcast and promote monthly safety tips. The secondary objective is to
educate and inform the public as to the services provided by HFD. January is
Heart Attack awareness; February CPR; and March is Stroke awareness.
3) Received (15) new laptops from State EMS and rolled out to all Medic
stations. Laptops are operating well and the connectivity has improved with
the new communication management program.
4) Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement - Will be expanding program to
track overall compliance with State of Hawaii Standing Orders. We will be
reviewing Chest Pain cases first and determine the percentage of overall
compliance, determine shortcomings and create measures to enhance
compliance. These measurements will eventually branch out to all Standing
Orders.
5) Provided EMS overview and patient extrication training for Hale Ho’ola
Hamakua ER staff per their request. The interaction and training facilitated
interagency collaboration, thus improving the quality of patient care.
TRAINING BUREAU:
1) Our 41st recruit class concluded Driver Training, Swim-week, and Hazmat
portions of their training. We are currently conducting Final examinations in
both skills and written, which will be completed in the first week of February;
they will then transition into EMT training.
2) Captain Okinaka is currently working on ways to better manage the
departments training records to try and streamline the process of identifying
those personnel with upcoming certification expirations, and compiling all the
data. The goal is to coordinate the needed training for our personnel in a
timely and efficient manner.
3) Captain Okinaka is working with Deputy Chief Victorino, AC Honda and
Darryl Oliveira (State Fire Council) in planning for and coordinating an
upcoming training course for Hydrogen emergencies. This class has been
offered to us because of the soon to be acquisitions of Hydrogen fueled buses
for our County’s Mass Transit Agency and KMC. We will be training 122 of
our personnel who are stationed in districts that will be affected by the
operations, transportation and location of the Hydrogen fuel. Training is set
for February 12-14, 2013.
4) Captain Okinaka is continually working on updating and reorganizing our
departments training records and filing system. Goal is to convert records
over to RMS but time availability restraints and lack of available training and
IT personnel, it has been very challenging. Training Bureau continues to
progress.
VOLUNTEER TRAINING BUREAU:
1) CPR/AED training with the volunteers for the month of January; 20
companies will be completed.
PREVENTION BUREAU:
1) Began rotation of temporary assignment into the vacant fire inspector
position.
• Investigated 3 fires: In Honomu, where two occupants were assisted out
by neighbor, cause undetermined. Arson K9 used to rule out accelerants.
• In Kaumana, cause accidental (spontaneous combustion of rags).
• Assisted HPD with vehicle fire related to homicide. Arson K9 used in
investigation. Case is still on-going for HPD.
2) BC Andrade and Capt. Todd attended Courtroom Testimony Class a one week
course on Oahu.
3) Submitted AFG Prevention Grant proposal for smoke detector project.
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