Directions to Waiki'i Ranch and Refreshments
Waiki'i Ranch is on HWY 200. From Kona side take HWY 190 to the HWY 200 Saddle Road intersection about 6 miles and it will be on your right. Or from Hilo take 200 Or Saddle Road. The location is around the 48 mile marker. It will be on your left. Everyone should have the combination to the gate so if you get lost try them all.
9-B will provide hamburgers and hotdogs, training will have drinks, if you can bring deserts or salads.

Donation from Ringers Gloves to HVFCA
We have received an comment on our web site from Ringers Gloves. They have donated 12 sets of there 337 Hybrid Extrication Cloves at no cost to us. I up loaded a photo if the cloves to our Picture Gallery, take a look. Go to there web site and take a look around at what they have. Just click this link http://WWW.Ringersgloves.com . Once they are received I will let all of the Company Officers know. If they are received before our next meeting on January 21st I will bring them along for distribution to 12 Captains. All that is asked by Ringers Gloves is we give them any feed back about the glove. So go check out there web site. Charles J. Spinnler is the contact person at Ringers if you have any questions regarding any of there products. You can contact him at the number on there site or e-mail him at charless@ringersgloves.com .

Ringer Gloves

Volunteer Company Officers Meeting
Our next meeting will be at Waiki'i Ranch on January 21st. 9-B will be hosting. I will post more details as I receive them.

RMS REMINDER
Captains,



Please remind all your respective Volunteer Company Officers to notify the in-district Captain/IC of their respective personnel that are/were on-scene either face-to-face or by phone as soon as reasonably possible. This is to facilitate the RMS completion in a timely fashion.



Thanks,





Ralph M. Yawata

Assistant Fire Chief

Support Services Division

Hawaii Fire Department

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USE OF FLUORESCENT FLAGGING TAPE
TO : ALL PERSONNEL

FROM : AC RALPH YAWATA, SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION

SUBJECT: USE OF FLUORESCENT FLAGGING TAPE


At our recent Volunteer Company Officer quarterly meeting, it was suggested that fire companies have on board fluorescent flagging tape to mark safe access routes during an incident scene as experienced during our recent Kealakekua brushfire. Some of the personnel mentioned traveling up existing routes or dozer cut breaks only to find them heading in the wrong direction.

Our two (2) color flagging system will be:

GREEN for the correct, safe routes or access, but not limited to the command post, staging area, etc.
PINK will be utilized to mark hazards, unsafe routes and other areas where vehicles or personnel should not enter.

Each company (volunteer and staffed) will be issued one (1) roll of each color. Request for replacements shall be made utilizing your monthly supply request. In the case of volunteer companies, your request will be through your respective Training Captain.

If you have any questions or comments, please email or call me.