Title
Federal Emergency Management Agency Funds for Urban Search and Rescue 2019 Readiness Cooperative Agreement (Ordinance S-45980)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to apply for, accept, and if awarded, disburse Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funds totaling $1,177,604 for the Urban Search and Rescue (US&R) 2019 Readiness Cooperative Agreement. Further request authorization for the City Treasurer to accept, and the City Controller to disburse, all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Department of Homeland Security and FEMA provide support and funding for the maintenance and readiness of the national US&R Response System. The purpose of this readiness cooperative agreement is to support the continued development and maintenance of a national US&R capability. This cooperative agreement provides direction to the Phoenix Fire Department (PFD) for the use of funding in order to provide administrative and program management, training, support, and equipment cache procurement, maintenance, and storage.
PFD is the sponsoring agency of Arizona Task Force One (AZ-TF1), which is one of 28 national US&R Response System task forces that can rapidly deploy skilled personnel and equipment to sites of natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and building collapses. In addition to search and rescue, task force members provide immediate medical treatment to survivors, hazardous materials monitoring, and stabilization capabilities. In the past, AZ-TF1 has been deployed to Hurricanes Florence, Harvey, Irma, Rita, Katrina, Ike, and Gustav, as well as the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 World Trade Center in New York City.
Contract Term
The term of the agreement, if approved, will be for three years, beginning Sept. 30, 2019 through Sept. 29, 2022.
Financial Impact
PFD will receive an amount not to exceed $1,177,604 from FEMA for the US&R 2019 Readiness Cooperative Agreement.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Milton Dohoney, Jr. and the Fire Department.