Broken Arrow City Council
Meeting of: 07-16-2019
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Approval of and authorization to execute renewal applications for Firefighter's Jeremy Roberts, Justin Williams, Stephen Heins, and Jill Boeckman to participate on the Oklahoma Taskforce-1 Urban Search and Rescue Team for fiscal year 2020
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Background:
For approximately twelve 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. Captain Jeremy Roberts, Firefighter Justin Williams, Firefighter Stephen Heins, and Firefighter Jill Boeckman currently serve and have committed to serve another year.
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 wit...
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