Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: July 15, 2024
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Approval of and authorization to renew Oklahoma Task Force-1, Urban Search and Rescue Team, commitment letters for Firefighters Jeremy Roberts, Justin Williams, Stephen Heins, Jill Boeckman, Christopher Rivera, and Jo’es Okotoghaide, to participate on the Oklahoma Task Force-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team for fiscal year 2025
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Background:
For approximately Seventeen years members of the Fire Department have participated as members of the Oklahoma Task Force-1 (OK-TF-1), the State Urban Search and Rescue Team. OK-TF-1 Tulsa Metro is comprised of emergency responders from multiple Tulsa Metro agencies with specialized training in search, rescue, damage assessment, and disaster response. The team has responded to numerous regional disasters including tornadoes, floods, and ice storms as well as multiple missing person searches. Members of the team and the agency they represent commit to participating for one year and renew that commitment annually. Battalion Chief Jeremy Roberts, Firefighter Justin Williams, Firefighter Stephen Heins, Lieutenant Jill Boeckman, Firefighter Jo’es Okotoghaide, and Firefighter Chris Rivera currently serve and have committed to serve another year on OK-TF-1.
If the City of Broken Arrow approves their participation, it agrees to:
o Release the State of Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Office of Homeland Security, OK-TF-1, the Oklahoma City Fire Department, and the Tulsa Fire Department from any and all claims suffered by the Participating Agency or its employees during any training, deployment, and/or exercise sponsored by OK-TF-1.
o Provide the participating employee with coverage under Workers’ Compensation during any training, deployment, drills, and/or exercises offered or provided by OK-TF-1.
o Participating employees will not suffer any loss of pay, rank, leave time, or opportunity while participating in any training, deployment, drill, and/or exercise sponsored by OK-TF-1. The employee will be granted time off, or equivalent, for the duration of the event. The Participating Agency may seek reimbursement from Federal or State agencies to recoup expenses involved in the support of the participating employee provided within the scope of a disaster activation.
o Participating employees may be deployed for a period of up to fourteen (14) days. Length of deployment will depend on incident type.
Cost: $941.68 average per person per 24-hour day on deployment.
Funding Source: General Fund
Requested By: Jeremy Moore, Fire Chief
Approved By: City Manager’s Office
Attachments: FY 2025 Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Jeremy Roberts
FY 2025 Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Justin Williams
FY 2025 Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Stephen Heins
FY 2025 Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Jill Boeckman
FY 2025 Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Christopher Rivera
FY 2025 Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Jo’es Okotoghaide
Recommendation:
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Approve and authorize commitment renewals to Oklahoma Task Force-1, Urban Search and Rescue Team, for Jeremy Roberts, Justin Williams, Stephen Heins, Jill Boeckman, Christopher Rivera, and Jo’es Okotoghaide to participate on Oklahoma Task Force-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team for fiscal year 2025.
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