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U.S Department of Homeland Security FEMA AFG Grant Acceptance and Expenditure Request
Toledo Fire & Rescue Department
Ted Sheares (x3515)
Revised
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept and deposit a $201,812.03 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA AFG; authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of the same for the purchase of seven LUCAS 3, Automatic Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation Devices, related equipment, and services; authorizing the General Fund expenditure of $20,181.21 for said purchase; authorizing the Mayor to enter into contracts for said purchases; waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security awarded the Toledo Fire and Rescue Department an Assistance to Firefighters Grant to purchase seven LUCAS 3 Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Devices to enhance cardiac arrest patient care. Accordingly, these devices improve care by automating chest compression delivery at a depth, rhythm, rate, and quality proven superior to manual CPR, which also releases a first responder from such interventions to focus on alternate patient care aspects that collectively significantly increase return of spontaneous circulation success rates and patient survival.
Currently, LUCAS devices are available on Lucas County Life Squads, which, due to limited unit availability compared to fire apparatuses, are often last to make patient contact, resulting in delayed device deployment. Whereby this grant and request approval, the devices will be placed on fire apparatuses to alleviate related service area deployment delays and enhance critical-care delivery during cardiac arrest events.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. The Mayor is authorized to accept and deposit a grant from the Department of Homeland Security FEMA AFG into the Operations Grants Fund Account Code 2016...
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