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Resolution to Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds Awarded to the City of Hampton's Fire and Rescue Division by the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services - FY16 Rescue Squad Assistance Fund (RSAF) and Matching Funds from the Fire and Rescue Division's FY17 Operating Budget
PURPOSE/BACKGROUND:
The Fire and Rescue Division is replacing the old LifePak 500s which can no longer be applied to maintenance contracts. They are no longer being manufactored and subsequently there are no parts available for repair. The Fire and Rescue Division has 15 Basic Life Support (TraBLS) engines that still use the LifePak 500s. The Virginia Rescue Squad Assistance Fund states that the purpose of the grant is to provide "the requisite training for emergency medical service personnel and to purchase equipment needed by rescue squads and organizations."
Discussion:
The benefit to the community will be that the Fire and Rescue Division will have more up-to-date and more reliable equipment on their BLS engines.
Impact:
The impact of approving participation in this grant is that the citizens and visitors of Hampton, as well as the surrounding jurisdictions that are in mutual aid contracts with Hampton, will be provided with better and more reliable medical equipment such as the LifePak 1000 AEDs.
Recommendation:
Rec
Approve.
Body
WHEREAS, the Virginia Office of Emergency Medical Services has awarded the City of Hampton's Fire and Rescue Division the FY16 Rescue Squad Assistance Fund (RSAF) 50/50 Matching Grant;
WHEREAS, the City required match of $16,705.64 will come from the Fire and Rescue Division's FY17 operating budget;
WHEREAS, the grant award covers the period from 1/1/2017 to 12/31/2017; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of the grant award is to purchase fourteen (14) LifePak 1000 automated external defibrillators (AEDs).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Hampton, Virginia accepts and appropriates the FY16 Rescue Squad Assistance Fund (RSAF) Matching Grant in the amount of $16,705.64, and any supplemental funding, and approves the matching funds comes from the Fire and Rescue Division's FY17 operating budget in the amount of $16,705.64 for a total grant award of $33,411.28.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council authorizes the City Manager, or her designee, to take the necessary steps to implement this grant award.