Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: September 15, 2026
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Approval of and authorization to execute the renewals for Firefighters Stephen Heins, Jill Boeckman, Nolan Jameson, Christopher Rivera, and Brady West to participate on the Oklahoma Taskforce-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team for fiscal year 2027
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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. Lieutenant Stephen Heins, Captain Jill Boeckman, Firefighter Nolan Jameson, Firefighter Christopher Rivera, and Lieutenant Brady West currently serve and have committed to serve another year.
If the City of Broken Arrow approves their participation, it agrees to:
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 OKTF-1 and approved by the Fire Chief. If approved by the Fire Chief, the employee may be granted time off, or equivalent, for the duration of the event.
• The City of Broken Arrow 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.
• Participating employees may be deployed for a period of up to fourteen (14) days. Length of deployment will depend on incident type.
Cost: $979.35 average per person per 24-hours on deployment.
Funding Source: Fire Fund
Requested By: Jeremy K. Moore, Fire Chief
Approved By: City Manager’s Office
Attachments: Letter of Commitment for Applications to OKTF-1_5_BAFD_Firefighters
Recommendation:
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Approve and authorize the execution of the renewals for Firefighters Stephen Heins, Jill Boeckman, Nolan Jameson, Chritopher Rivera, and Brady West to participate on the Oklahoma Taskforce-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team for fiscal year 2027.
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