COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM
SUBJECT:
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Purchase personal protection firefighter bunker gear with PEMT/MCO funds.
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DEPARTMENT:
Fire Rescue
SUMMARY:
Edgewater Fire Rescue is requesting to use funds from the Public Emergency Medical Transport (PEMT) Managed Care Organization (MCO) program to purchase personal protective firefighter bunker gear. The PEMT/MCO program provides supplemental federal funding to help offset the limited ambulance transport reimbursements received from Medicaid. Although these supplemental funds are not guaranteed each year, Edgewater Fire Rescue received $50,348.05 in PEMT/MCO collections this fiscal year.
As part of our bunker gear replacement program, Edgewater Fire Rescue budgets annually for a minimum of four sets of personal protective firefighter bunker gear to ensure compliance with NFPA 1851, which mandates replacement after 10 years of service.
The $50,348.05 from PEMT/MCO funds will allow the department to purchase at least eight additional sets of bunker gear piggybacking off of the Lake County Bid Number 22-730B.
BUDGETED ITEM: ☐ Yes ☒ No ☐ Not Applicable
BUDGET AMENDMENT REQUIRED: ☒ Yes ☐ No ☐ Not Applicable
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Motion to Approve the use of Public Emergency Medical Transport Managed Care Organization funds in the amount of 50,348.05 to purchase personal protection firefighter bunker gear.