To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Tyler S. Brown, Sheriff
Prepared By:
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Nathan Fogg, Director, Office of Emergency Management, Sheriff's Office
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Presenter: Nathan Fogg, Director, Office of Emergency Management, Sheriff's Office
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Subject:
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Approval of Waiver for Hagglunds BV 206 SnoCat and Request to Sell the 2003 Pisten Bully SnoCat Fixed Asset 302546-3 to Bennett-Watkins Fire Rescue
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Purpose and Request:
recommended action
The Office of Emergency Management seeks the Board's approval for a waiver of purchasing policies as to purchase a Hagglunds BV 206 snow machine, and requests to sell the 2003 Pisten Bully SnoCat to Bennett-Watkins Fire Rescue (BWFR).
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Background and Discussion: In 2004, the Sheriff's Office (OEM) acquired the last piece of equipment (the semi-tractor) need to respond to severe winter weather events in and around Arapahoe County. Since that time the equipment has been used dozens of times to respond medical, law enforcement, and search and rescue calls for service. The two most recent storms, the Bomb Cyclone in 2019 and the March 2021 Blizzard resulted in the rescue and sheltering of over 700 people (of note in the last storm, winter operations were the only ones able to access and transport two stroke and one heart patient to definitive care). As we've seen and as noted in the County adopted Hazard Mitigation Plan, severe weather, across the seasons, has been increasing in frequency along with the population in our service area. After the last two winter storms, OEM conducted analyses called After Action Reviews and Improvement Plans (AAR/IP). After the Bomb Cyclone, two noted improvement items were improving maintenance and more frequent operator training. Based on those improvement items, OEM partnered with Littleton based Safety One, the leading snow machine training program in mountain west. The training includes classroom and field work with the machine. In our most re...
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