Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 10-18-2016
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Fire Department
Title:
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Approval of and authorization to allow two Fire Department employees to apply to and participate on the Oklahoma Taskforce 1 - Urban Search and Rescue Team
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Background:
For approximately ten 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 tornados, floods, and ice storms. Members of the team and the agency they represent commit to participating for one year and renew that commitment annually.
There are two Fire Department employees who are currently serving on the team and have applied to renew their commitment, Firefighter William Vaughn and Firefighter Jarod Moore.
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’ employee(s) during any training, deployment, and/or exercise sponsored by OK TF-1.
- Provide the participating employee with coverage under 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 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.
- Participating employees may be deployed for a period of up to fourteen (14) days. Length of deployment will depend on incident type.
Staff recommends that Council approve the request.
Cost: Unknown, potential for overtime exposure to backfill for deployed employees if staffing below minimum staffing levels.
Prepared By: Jeremy Moore, Fire Chief
Reviewed By: Legal Department
Finance Department
Human Resources Department
Assistant City Manager - Administration
Approved By: Michael L. Spurgeon, City Manager
Attachments: Letter of Commitment for Application to OK TF-1_William Vaughn, Letter of Commitment for Application to OK TF-1_Jarod Moore
Recommendation:
Approve and authorize Firefighter William Vaughn and Firefighter Jarod Moore to apply and participate on the Oklahoma Taskforce 1 Urban Search and Rescue Team.