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

mutual aid. Yes 8. Will this equipment be used for wildland firefighting purposes? 9. Is your department trained in the proper use of the equipment being Yes purchased with grant funds? If not, will you be asking for training funds for this purpose with this application or will you obtain the appropriate training through other sources? Equipment Equipment Details 1. What equipment will your organization purchase with this grant? Automated External Defibrillators ( AEDs) Please provide further description of the item selected above or if you selected LifePak 1000 Automatic External Defibrillator n Other above, please specify. ON 2. Number of units: 3 ( whole number only) ` a 3. Cost per unit: $ 2300 ( whole dollar amounts only) rn m 4. Generally the equipment purchased under this grant program is: LLO The equipment will replace old, obsolete, or substandard equipment currently owned by your organization u U mc en 5 Years If you selected " replacing equipment" (from Q4) above, please specify the age of equipment in years. 5. Generally the equipment purchased under this grant program is: aN Will bring the organization into voluntary compliance with a national standard, Our current AEDs are obsolete and have bee pulled from service. Replacement batteries at e. g. compliance with NFPA, OSHA, etc. Please explain how this equipment will bring the organization into voluntary parts are no longer available. In addition them compliance in the space provided to the right. are no longer any American Heart Associatior guidelines and protocols being addressed for current models. In addition, if awarded, the ne c LifePak 1000 AEDs will increase our u department' s capabilities by having the mean a address pediatric cardiac emergencies. Our a current obsolete equipment does not have pediatric capability. u E 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. uN 7. Will the item requested benefit other organizations or otherwise be available Yes Qn for use by other organizations? If you answered Yes in the question above, please explain: HavingHaving AEDsAEDs availableavailable onon firefire departmentdepartment vehiclesvehicles isis important.important. LikeLike thethe publicpublic wewe serveserve thethe availabilityavailability ofof earlyearly cardiaccardiac defribrillationdefribrillation frfr firefightersfirefighters working working atat emergenciesemergencies isis critical.critical. HeartHeart attacksattacks continuecontinue toto bebe aa majormajor causecause ofof firefighterfirefighter lineline ofof dutyduty deaths.deaths. TheThe immediateimmediate availabilityavailability ofof anan AEDAED wil wil givegive aa downeddowned firefighterfirefighter inin cardiaccardiac arrestarrest aa muchmuch greatergreater chancechance ofof survival.survival. ThisThis isis truetrue inin ourour districtdistrict cc thethe otherother mutualmutual aidaid districtsdistricts toto whichwhich wewe routinelyroutinely respond.respond. B. Will this equipment be used for wildland firefighting purposes? NoNo 9. Is your department trained in the proper use of the equipment being YesYes purchased with grant funds? PacketPacket Pg.Pg. 6161 https://https:// eservices.eservices. fema.fema. gov/gov/ FemaFireGrant/FemaFireGrant/ firegrant/firegrant/ jsp/jsp/ fire201fire201 I / application appl / ication / print_print_ app.app. jspjs?p ? print=print= truetrue & & app_app_ n.n.. . 2/2/ 21/21/ 20122012 Application Number: EMW- 2011 - FO -09950 Page 14 of 23 10. 1. b If not, will you be asking for training funds for this purpose with this application or