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Recommendation to adopt resolution authorizing City Manager to execute a contract with Placer Fire Equipment, Inc., for the purchase of three Multi-Casualty Incident (MCI) Support Vehicles and one Dive Support Unit, on the same terms and conditions as are afforded to
San Luis Obispo County, in an amount not to exceed $981,909, including tax. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
City Council approval is being requested to enter into a contract for the purchase of
three Multi-Casualty Incident (MCI) units and one Dive Support Unit as part of the City's
Fiscal Year 2004 (FY 04) Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) Grant Program. These
units will be assigned to the Fire Department and will be an addition to the Fleet. The
purchase price for the four units is $981,909, including tax.
The UASI Grant provides assistance to agencies to address the unique planning,
equipment, training, and exercise needs of large urban areas, and to assist them in
building an enhanced and sustainable capacity to prevent, respond to, and recover from
threats or acts of terrorism. These units will provide the City with an enhanced capacity
to respond to Multi-Casualty Incidents. The three MCI units will be identical and will be
designed to decontaminate and medically treat 100 patients each. These units will be
equipped to handle exposures from chemical and biological attacks, and provide
additional protective equipment for Fire personnel, along with decontamination
materials.
The Dive Support Unit is designed to support dive operations unique to the City of Long
Beach and harbor areas. Diving within the Port of Long Beach relative to ship security
has increased significantly and the Dive Support Unit has been designed to facilitate not
only the Port Dive Operations Group (consisting of a number of outside agencies
involved in the Port Diving effort) but also the management of these operations which
can involve as many as 50 people including divers and support personnel. The unit will
also be ...
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