Title
Request to Apply for and Accept Leary Firefighters Foundation Nest Technology Grant (Ordinance S-44924)
Description
Request retroactive authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for and accept training equipment from the Leary Firefighters Foundation Nest Technology Grant Program for the Fire Department. The equipment, if awarded, would be up to 60 iPad tablets and protective cases valued at a maximum of $25,000. If Council approval is not received, the grant, if awarded, will be turned down.
Report
Summary
Denis Leary, co-creator of the television drama Rescue Me, created the Leary Firefighters Foundation in 2000, in memory of his cousin Jerry Lucey and friend Tommy Spencer. Lucey and Spencer, of the Worcester (Massachusetts) Fire Department, lost their lives while fighting a warehouse fire.
Nest, a business focused on technological improvements for home energy savings (such as thermostats and smoke alarms), has partnered with the Leary Firefighters Foundation to provide a grant for new technology and equipment to two fire departments in the United States, valued up to $25,000 for each department.
On June 19, 2018, staff was notified that the Phoenix Fire Department had won an internet popularity contest and was therefore eligible to apply for the Leary Firefighters Foundation Nest Technology Grant. The grant application was due on July 6, 2018.
The grant request was for 60 iPad tablets and protective cases, to be used for paramedic training, testing, education, and course curriculum delivery. If awarded, the Fire Department will not receive funding, but will receive the equipment directly, which will become City of Phoenix assets. No aircards will be required as wi-fi at the Phoenix Fire Training Academy will be used.
This item has been reviewed and approved by the Information Technology Services Department.
Contract Term
There is no contract term as the Fire Department would be awarded the training equipment.
Financial Impact
This grant does not require any match.
Location
The Phoenix Fire Training Academy is located at 2425 W. Lower Buckeye Road.
Council District: 7
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.