City of Oak Creek

Common Council Report

 

Meeting Date:  May 20, 2008

 

Item No.:        

 

Recommendation:  That the Common Council approve the purchase of 31 sets of technical rescue gear from Paul Conway Shields, Inc. in the amount of $50,840.

 

Background:  This request is for technical rescue gear which includes jacket, pants, suspenders, and 12” technical rescue boots.  Nineteen sets have been previously purchased and supplied during the tunnel rescue time period.  This request is to outfit the remaining fire department members with like equipment for other specialized rescue situations where firefighters may respond.  This gear can also be used for wildland firefighting, confined space rescues, high angle technical rescues, trench and collapse situations, and to provide protection at emergency medical calls where firefighters may be exposed to significant exposure type products.

 

Fiscal Impact:  The total cost of the technical rescue gear is $50,840.  The money for this project was approved in the 2008 We Energies Mitigation Fund #19.

 

 

 

Prepared by:

 

 

 

Thomas Jonson

Lieutenant

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

 

Patrick DeGrave

City Administrator

 

 

 

Approved by:

 

 

 

Brian M. Satula

Fire Chief

 

 

Fiscal Review by:

 

 

 

Pamela S. Bauer, CMC

City Clerk