Fort Walton Beach Resolution — 2013 -03 FEMA--fire equipment — reading text

& & app_app_ nnnn_. _. 1/ 4/4/ 20132013 Application Number: EMW-2012 -FO -02509 Page 8 of 2, What is the total acreage of all 0 7 2 vegetation fires? How many responses per year by category? Enter whole numbers. 0, If you have no calls for any o1 the categories. enter o) In a particular year, how many times does your organization receive 318 315 303 mutual /automatic aid? In a particular year, how many times does your organization provide 956 1131 971 mutual /automatic aid? ( Do not include first -due responses claimed above). Total Mutual / Automatic Aid 1449 1286 1259 Out of the mutual /automatic aid responses, how many were structure 89 100 90 fires? https : /eservices. / fema. gov/ FemaFireC rant/ firegrantlisplfire2O l2lapplicationlprint _app.j sp ?pri nt= true &app_ nu... 1/ 4120 1'  Page 9 of 24 4pplication Number: EMW- 2012 -FO -02509 3equest Information 1. Select a program for which you are applying. If you are interested in applying under both Vehicle Acquisition and Operations and Safety, and /or regional application you will need to submit separate applications. Program Name Operations and Safety 2. Will this grant benefit more than one organization? Yes If you answered Yes to Question 2 above, please explain. The Fort Walton Beach Fire Department participates extensively in automatic aid, so quite frequently one jurisdiction may be initial responders to an emergency incident in another jurisdiction. This situation may present itself if one company is already handling an incident and another occurs in their area, or if a company has to leave their district for any reason. The frequency of the later is what we will see a reduction in by obtaining necessary equipment. Due to the manner in which the county and city properties are split, the engine company at out second station must travel out of their jurisdiction and through others in order to come to the main fire station. This is only done out of necessity for training purposes, special events, or equipment maintenance. Currently, an obsolete and incomplete Self Contained Breathing Apparatus ( SCBA) refilling system is kept in a 24 year old cargo van that is soon to be sold. By not having this system available the amount of time spent out of our district will significantly increase. In turn, the surrounding jurisdictions will be overtaxed with longer response distances and an increased number of emergency incidents. This not only creates a new risk to the citizens in our jurisdiction, but also to the citizens in the jurisdictions from which the other organizations respond. In addition, the updates to our station alerting system that we are seeking funding for will potentially benefit the entire region. The main dispatch center for the region will house equipment that can be utilized by multiple organizations and by already having that in operation others will be able to make an easier transition to the new system, not to mention the cost savings they will enjoy. Also, due to the improved technology of the new station alerting we will notice a reduction in response times which results in more timely assistance to multiple organizations to which we provide aid. 3. Enter Grant- writing fee associated with the preparation of this request. Enter 0 if there is no fee. 0 Request Details The activities for program Operations and Safety are listed in the table below. Activity Number of Entries Total Cost Additional Funding 2 472, 200 0 Equipment 1 36, 200 0 Modify Facilities 0 0 0 Personal Protective Equipment 0 0 0 Training 0 0 0 Wellness and Fitness Programs 0 Total Funding for all EMS requested in this application $ 0 Grant -writing fee associated with the preparation of this request. $ Equipment Equipment Details 1. What equipment will your organization purchase with this grant? Compressor /Cascade /Fill Station Please provide further description of the item selected from the drop down list. A complete cascade system to Include an air https:// eservices. fema. govlFemaFireGrantlfiregrmtljsplfge2Ol2 /applicationlprint_app.jsp ?print= true &app_ nu._ 1/ 4/ 2013 Application Number: EMW- 201.2 -FO -02509 Page 10 of 2, compressor, filling chamber, 4 refilling bottles with storage racks and hoses to connect all the egiupment. 2. Number of units: 1( whole number only) 3. Cost per unit: 39100 ( whole dollar amounts only) 4. Generally the equipment purchased under this grant program will: Address a new risk N/ A If you selected " replacing equipment" above, please specify the age of equipment in years. 5. Generally the equipment purchased under this grant program is: Will bring the organization into voluntary compliance with a national standard, Installing a complete cascade system will bring e. g. compliance with NFPA, OSHA, etc. us into compliance with NFPA 1852 7. 3. 4 which Please explain how this equipment will bring the organization into voluntary states that SCBA air cylinders shall be filled as compliance in the space provided to the right. soon as possible after use. 6. Will the item requested benefit other organizations or otherwise be available Yes for use by other organizations? If you answered Yes in the question above, please explain: The cascade system will reduce the amount of times our engine company has to leave its district to refill SCBA bottles at the main station. Other departments handle emergency incidents during those times, so having the equipment will then reduce their call volume. Also, other organizations regularly use a training tower located at the station where the equipment will be installed and this will allow them to refill their SCBA bottles immediately to proceed into additional drills. 7. Will this equipment be used for wildland firefighting purposes? No B. Is your department trained in the proper use of this equipment being Yes requested? 9. Are you requesting funding for training? ( Funding for requested training No should be requested in the Equipment Additional Funding section). 10. If you are not requesting training funds through this application, will you M obtain training for this equipment through other sources? Equipment Equipment Details 1. What equipment will your organization purchase with this grant? Equipment to support dispatch Please provide further description of the item selected from the drop down list. The equipment to support dispatch we need to purchase is a new station alerting system used to notify our 2 fire stations of an emergency incident. Included are alerting interface controllers, servers, station controller units with radios, and VHF antennas and cabling for both https:// eservices.fema .govIFemaFireGrantlflregrantli sp/ fire20l2lapplicationlprint_app. i sp ?print= tme &app_ nu... 1/ 4/ 201:  Page 11 of 24 Application Number: EMW- 2012 -FO -02509 stations. Some of this equipment will be installed at dispatch. The system also replaces our base station radios that are 17 years old. Components of the existing infrastructure will be used for the new system. 2. Number of units: 1( whole number only) 3. Cost per unit: