REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: BILLY P. ALCORN, Fire Chief
Fire Department
SUBJECT
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***RESOLUTION - Adopting the 6th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2026-159 to reappropriate $72,300 of Amendment Two for the 2024 Regional Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) Response and Regional Task Force Five (RTF5) training agreement A231012261 in FY 27 (Requires Five Affirmative Votes) (Subject to Mayor's Veto)
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RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council adopt the 6th Amendment to the Annual Appropriation Resolution No. 2026-159 to reappropriate the Cal OES Agreement A231012261 award of $72,300 to the FY 2027 Fire Department budget.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Fresno Fire Department is the host agency for Regional Task Force Five (RTF 5) and is one of two Regional Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces that cover the Central Valley, including the counties of Mariposa, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, and Kern.
As host agency for RTF5, Fresno Fire was awarded agreement A231012261 to provide training to ensure the requisite number of certified Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) personnel will be available to activate and deploy through the Cal OES Fire and Rescue Mutual Aid System to provide mutual aid to larger or more complex USAR events in accordance with the California State Mutual Aid Plan. Cal OES recently revised agreement A231012261 with amendment two, funding an additional $77,250, bringing the total award to $324,450 between April 25, 2024, and June 30, 2028.
BACKGROUND
There are currently ten Regional Urban Search and Rescue Task Forces located throughout the State of California. These USAR Task Forces are comprised of twenty-nine people specially trained and equipped for large complex urban search and rescue operations. The multi-disciplinary organization provides five functional elements that include Supervision, Search, Rescue, Medical, and Logistics.
In April 2024, Agreement A231012261 was entered into between ...
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