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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> MEMO <br /> <br /> <br />To: Bryan Bear, City Administrator <br /> <br />From: Jim Compton, Jr., Fire Chief <br /> <br />Date: 3/4/2025 <br /> <br />Subject: Purchase of Taylor’d Series 12 Training Prop <br />________________________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Over the last several years the Hugo Fire Department training staff has been arranging inhouse and onsite <br />training. This allows the fire department to focus on skills that pertain to our departments needs and to keep our <br />firefighters and apparatus in the City of Hugo in the event of an emergency. Assistant Chief Colin Emans has <br />done some research on training props that would fit the need of the department and has proposed that we <br />purchase a Taylor’s Series 12 training prop. The Series 12 includes training on forceable entry, ground level <br />window operations, adjustable pitched roof operations, second-story window operations, roof hatch, confined <br />space, hose management, mayday, garage door simulation, wall breaching training, etc. Taylor’d Systems LLC <br />is a single source manufacture of this type of training prop. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />This training prop has not been included in the fire department budget, so with help of multiple donation sources <br />we can make this purchase possible. I have written donation request letters to many charitable gambling <br />associations in and around the Hugo area to ask for help with this project. The Hugo Firefighters Relief <br />Association has committed $40,000, the Hugo American Legion has donated $1,500, and the Bayport <br />American Legion has donated $5,000 to this project to date. The City of Hugo has a fire department donation <br />account that is earmarked for training and equipment that largely is funded by charitable gambling funds. I <br />intend to use donations to cover the entire purchase of this training prop in the amount of $61,800 which <br />includes delivery. <br /> <br />It is my recommendation that we move forward with this project as proposed and purchase the Taylor’d Series <br />12 training prop from Taylor’d Systems LLC in the amount of $61,800.00 from the City of Hugo Fire Department <br />Donations Account. <br /> <br />Please place this on the March 17, 2025, City Council agenda for consideration. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />City of Hugo Fire Department <br />5323 140th Street North <br />Hugo, Minnesota 55038 <br />PH: (651) 762-6362 FAX: (651) 429-3212