Fort Walton Beach Council agenda — 02-28-12 regular — reading text

associated with the preparation of this request. $ caE Equipment u A Equipment Details 1. What equipment will your organization purchase with this grant? Computers Please provide further description of the item selected above or if you selected Panasonic Toughbook laptop with touch scn:d Other above, please specify. technology for use with new SEMS II Personr Accountability System 2. Number of units: 1( whole number only) 3. Cost per unit: $ 4500 ( whole dollar amounts only) 4. Generally the equipment purchased under this grant program is: The equipment will replace old, obsolete, or substandard equipment currently owned by your organization If you selected " replacing equipment' ( from Q4) above, please specify the age 6 Years Packet Pg. 58 https: / /eservices. fema. gov/ FemaFireGrant /firegrant/jsp /fire2011/ application/ print_ app.jsp ?print— tme& app_ n_. 2/ 21/ 2012  Page 11 of 23 Application Number: EMW- 2011 - FO -09950 10. 1. b of equipment in years. 5. Generally the equipment purchased under this grant program is: The department uses an electronic personnel Will bring the organization into voluntary compliance with a national standard, e. g. compliance with NFPA, OSHA, etc. accountability system to track personnel on Please explain how this equipment will bring the organization into voluntary emergency scenes. Staffing issues many time compliance in the space provided to the right. prevent the assignment of an accountability officer and our SEMS II system greatly assist: the Incident Commander in tracking on -scene personnel. Our outdated computer does not mesh well with the system and lacks technolo to be effective in its use with the SEMS II sysl The use of an accountability system is require by NFPA. 6. Does this equipment provide a health and safety benefit to the members of Yes your organization? If yes, please fully explain In the narrative section. 7. 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: Daily, the Fort Walton Beach Fire Departmen c responds with multiple mutual aid department 0 various emergencies. Many of the departmen 0 in our local area use the same SEMS II L r personnel accountability system and their personnel would also be recognized and tract by use of the requested computer and SEMS u- system. $ to 8. Will this equipment be used for wildland firefighting purposes? Yes wc 9. Is your department trained in the proper use of the equipment being Yes mA purchased with grant funds? If not, will you be asking for training funds for this purpose with this application QNN or will you obtain the appropriate training through other sources? aN ON Onb Equipment qc0 V Equipment Details 1. What equipment will your organization purchase with this grant? Monitoring and Sampling Devices Qa Please provide further description of the item selected above or if you selected MSA ALTAIR 4X multigas detector LZcmuEzU. Other above, please specify. 2. Number of units: 3 ( whole number only) 3. Cost per unit: $ 800 ( whole dollar amounts only) 4. Generally the equipment purchased under this grant program is: The equipment will replace old, obsolete, or substandard equipment currently owned by your organization If you selected " replacing equipment" (from Q4) above, please specify the age 6 Years 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, Monitoring equipment will be used when e. g. compliance with NFPA, OSHA, etc. responding to carbon monoxide alarms, smell Please explain how this equipment will bring the organization into voluntary gas,gas, andand inin confinedconfined spacespace emergenciesemergencies forfor aa compliance in the space provided to the right. sampling, as required by OSHA, NFPA. 6. Does this equipment provide a health and safety benefit to the members of Yes your organization? If yes, please fully explain in the narrative section. Packet Pg. 59 https: / /cscrvices .fema. gov /FemaFireGrant /firegrant /jsp /fire2011 /application /print_app.jsp ?print= muc & app_ n... 2/ 21/ 2012  Page 12 of 23 Application Number: EMW- 2011 40-09950 10. t. b Yes 7. Will the item requested benefit other organizations or otherwise be available for use by other organizations? If you answered Yes in the question above, please explain: The department routinely responds to carbon monoxide alarms, smell of gas, and occassiol rescues that involve confined spaces. These detectors would assist the incident command, gathering much needed environmental and A quality information. We are requesting one monitor for each of our apparatus. All of our companies routinely respond as mutual aid in