Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 07-14-2025
Title:
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Approval of and authorization to execute Firefighter Brady West’s and Firefighter Nolan Jameson’s application for participation on Oklahoma Taskforce-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team and renewal for Firefighters Jeremy Roberts, Jo’Es Okotoghaide, Stephen Heins, Chris Rivera, and Jill Boeckman, to participate on the Oklahoma Taskforce-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team for fiscal year 2026
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Background:
For approximately Eighteen years, members of the Fire Department have participated as members of the Oklahoma Taskforce-1 (OK TF-1) Urban Search and Rescue Team. OK TF-1 is comprised of emergency responders from multiple Tulsa Metro agencies with specialized training in rescue and disaster response. The team has responded to numerous regional disasters including tornadoes, floods, and ice storms. 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 Jo’es Okotoghaide, Firefighter Chris Rivera, Lieutenant Stephen Heins, and Captain Jill Boeckman currently serve and have committed to serve another year. In addition, Firefighters Brady West and Nolan Jameson have submitted their application to be considered for a position within the Task Force.
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 the 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 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-hours on deployment.
Funding Source: Fire Fund
Requested By: Jeremy Moore, Fire Chief
Approved By: City Manager’s Office
Attachments: Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Jeremy Roberts, Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Christopher Rivera, Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Stephen Heins, Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Jill Boeckman, Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Jo’es Okotoghaide, Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Brady West, Letter of Commitment for Application to OKTF-1_Nolan Jameson
Recommendation:
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Approve and authorize the execution of Firefighters Brady West and Nolan Jameson’s application for participation on Oklahoma Taskforce-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team and renewal for Firefighters Jeremy Roberts, Jo’Es Okotoghaide, Stephen Heins, Chris Rivera, and Jill Boeckman, to participate on the Oklahoma Taskforce-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team for fiscal year 2026.
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