Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes and directs the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into an Agreement between the City of Columbus, Division of Fire, and Pleasant Township Fire Department, Hartford Volunteer Fire Department, and Greenfield Township Fire Department for the transfer, use and maintenance of one (1) drafting trailer each, for use as regional assets for Federal Emergency Response.
The Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire received ten (10) drafting trailers and related equipment from a FEMA grant, for the purpose of responding to local, regional and Federal emergencies. To better utilize this existing emergency response equipment, the Division of Fire is recommending the transfer of three (3) of these trailers to Pleasant Township Fire Department, Hartford Volunteer Fire Department, and Greenfield Township Fire Department. The transfer of each of these trailers will
provide a response area that will mutually benefit their departments, the outlying areas of the City of Columbus, and the 15 County Central Ohio region as a whole.
Each of the aforementioned fire departments, by accepting these trailers, will agree to keep their respective trailer in the 15 County Central Ohio region, and to use the trailer as a regional and Federal response asset. Each fire department will also maintain each trailer and keep the equipment therein in functional working order. Each fire department must also maintain a tow vehicle for transporting each trailer and equipment. The Columbus Division of Fire will keep these agreements on file, which will detail the serial numbers and value of each trailer, and an inventory and value of the equipment therein. The receiving fire departments will include these trailers and equipment in their master asset listings.
The Division of Fire has received approval from Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs to transfer these assets to these surrounding Fire agen...
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