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equipment to make the rescue. Our personnel was able to get within 100 yards of the two victims <br />with the Zodiac boat and had to swim in water rescue suits (not designed for long swims) to <br />reach the victims. Once our staff reached the victims, they had to then swim the victims back to <br />the boat and where able to return the victims to the boat launch an hour and a half after the <br />original call was made to 911. If either of these calls were a life or death situation, we would <br />have lost three lives due to insufficient rescue equipment. <br /> <br />As our community and the communities around us continue to grow, more of our residents and <br />the public will be introduced to our County Park. With larger amounts of public using the park, <br />the Public Safety Department will be called to a larger volume of difficult to reach calls. This is <br />why staff is requesting $39,000 to purchase an 18’ Gator Tail Boat, motor, trailer, fire pump and <br />equipment. Gator Tail Boats were originally designed for the use of duck hunters to use in the <br />muddy slews of Louisiana. Overtime departments have seen the value of having these boats as <br />fire rescue boats. These boats are a flat bottom boat with a specifically designed motor to operate <br />in mere inches of water and weigh much less. The vegetation that fills our waterways, low water <br />levels and the many low clearance bridges that cross the water will be no problem for a Gator <br />Tail Boat (a fan boat cannot fit under the bridges). By equipping the Gator Tail boat with a fire <br />pump, this will allow personnel to fight wild fires safely from the water without the worry of <br />running out of water and the pump can also provide an endless supply of water to personnel <br />fighting the fire on shore. With the use of a UTV, the Gator Tail boat can easily be deployed into <br />most of our holding ponds in the event of an emergency as well. The yearly maintenance of <br />having a new boat is very minimal once the factory warranty expires, the estimated cost would <br />be $500 per year. <br /> <br /> <br />This proposal would cost an approximate $30,000; dependent on the liquidation sale of the <br />fire departments current Zodiac boat. <br /> <br /> Liquidation of B21 (Zodiac boat) is roughly $9,000 <br /> Purchase of Gator Tail boat, motor, trailer, fire pump and equipment $39,000 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />67