TITLE
Consider a memorandum/resolution authorizing the purchase of self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA) equipment from Hoyt Breathing Air Products for the Fire Department.
SUMMARY
AGENDA ITEM
Approval of purchase for Scott Brand SCBAs
ORIGINATING DEPARTMENT
Fire Department
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Killeen Fire Department (KFD) applied and was approved for the 2015 Assistance to Firefighting Grant (AFG) to purchase self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBAs). This program is administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)/Grant Programs Directorate (GPD), and is a competitive grant program that was created to provide funding directly to fire departments for critically needed resources to equip and train emergency personnel to recognized standards, enhance operational efficiencies, foster interoperability, and support community resilience. Eligible applicants for AFG include Fire Departments, Nonaffiliated EMS organizations, and State Fire Training Academies operating in any of the 56 states/territories. A total of $306 million has been appropriated for the 2015 AFG program with a projected number of awards to be 2,500.
The primary goal of the AFG is to meet the firefighting and emergency response needs of fire departments. The City of Killeen Fire Department's SCBAs that were older than ten years qualified for the grant criteria. They do not meet current National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standards and will be replaced.
The performance period of the AFG EMW-2015-FO-05713 is 5:00 p.m. eastern daylight time on June 29, 2017. This Grant provides a Federal Share of $572,449, which leaves the remaining amount of $57,005.01 as the City of Killeen’s share.
DISCUSSION/CONCLUSION
This purchase will be completed through an interlocal agreement between Frisco, Texas, and Killeen, Texas, to colla...
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