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CONSIDERATION OF A FEMA - ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT (AFG) IN THE AMOUNT OF $717,371 FOR A RADIO REPLACEMENT PROGRAM FOR FIRE DISTRICT #1.
Presented by: Doug Williams, Division Chief.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the application for the grant, and if awarded, authorize acceptance of the grant and the establishment of budget authority as provided in the Financial Considerations section of this Request.
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Sedgwick County Fire District #1 is seeking to replace old mobile and portable 800 MHz radios. The department’s current portable radios are over 11 years old and are no longer being manufactured. These radios are beyond their life expectancy and we are struggling to keep them repaired and in service. Our department is at a point where the manufacturer will no longer guarantee parts availability. The proposed project for portable radios would involve the purchase of 102 portable radios with remote speaker microphones. These radios will all be staged in truck mounted chargers which would be installed in seated firefighter and officer positions. Sedgwick County Fire District #1 has always strived to provide the personnel with proper safety equipment and the portable radios on each person would meet the NFPA guidelines of radio communications between interior attack crews and command officers. By purchasing the radios proposed, the department will be able to provide each responding firefighter with quality, clear and dependable portable radios with external noise reduction capability. The addition of the remote speaker microphones will provide clear communications while the fire personnel are wearing full protective clothing.
The Fire District is additionally seeking to replace the mobile radios in all response vehicles. The mobile radios are seven years old and no longer manufactured. These radios have reached the age where the manufacturer no longer has the parts for the radios. The biggest hurdle faced is the control heads. We cannot find replac...
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