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County Administrator's Report 13. 8.

BCC Regular Meeting

Technical/Public Service Consent

Meeting Date:	10/22/2015
Issue: Agreement with Escambia County Fire Rescue and Property Owner, Relating to the use of Acquired Structures for Training Purposes
From:	Mike Weaver
Department:	Public Safety
CAO Approval:

RECOMMENDATION:

Recommendation Concerning the Agreement with Escambia County Fire Rescue, Escambia County, Florida and Property Owner, Relating to the use of Acquired Structures for Escambia County Training Purposes

That the Board take the following action concerning the Agreement relating to the use of acquired structures for Escambia County Fire Rescue training purposes:

A. Approve the Agreement between Escambia County Fire Rescue, Escambia County Florida and Property Owner, relating to the use of acquired structures for Escambia County Fire Rescue training purposes; and

B. Authorize the Escambia County Fire Rescue, Fire Chief to sign the Agreement.

BACKGROUND:

The ability to provide training to our personnel is essential to ensure their proficiency and safety. One avenue of training is through the use of acquired structures. The structures can range from residential homes to commercial buildings. At least once a month the ECFR Training Office is contacted by a property owner who is interested in offering their building to the fire department to use for training. Some people would like for the fire department to burn the building down, but due to state regulations it is a near impossible task to accomplish. We do explain there are other types of training we can perform in the structure such as ventilation, forcible entry, search & rescue and hose evolutions. While we do not totally demolish the structure, there is a considerable amount of damage and destruction caused as a result of the training evolutions.

Performance of the training evolutions cited above will cause damage to the structure and has the ability to cause injuries to ECFR personnel. To ensure protection for Escambia County and the property owner would require a formal agreement between the County and the property owner.

BUDGETARY IMPACT:

N/A

LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS/SIGN-OFF:

Meridith D. Crawford, Assistant County Attorney, reviewed and approved the Agreement as to form and legal sufficiency.

PERSONNEL:

N/A

POLICY/REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION:

Board Policy requires Board Approval of all Agreements.

IMPLEMENTATION/COORDINATION:

Fire Chief Grace will oversee the implementation upon approval of this Agreement.

Attachments
Fire Rescue Agreement