FBC HazMat and TRT Committee Meetings, 9-16-15

Meeting Date: Wednesday, September, 16, 2015

Meeting Time:900am-1100am

Meeting Location:OEM Media Room

Attendees

  • City of Missouri City, Fire Dept.—Daryl Maretka
  • City of Richmond, Fire Dept.—Derek Brown
  • City of Rosenberg—Darrell Himly
  • City of Stafford—Mason Mills
  • City of Sugar Land—Kip Hilgers
  • Fort Bend County HHS (PHP)—David Olinger
  • Fort Bend County HHS (EMS)—Nathan Eye
  • Fort Bend County OEM—Bob Stone
  • Fort Bend County OEM—Doug Barnes
  • Fort Bend County OEM—Zahra Rizvi
  • Pecan Grow Subdivision, Fire Dept.—Larry Perry

Call to Order

  • Doug Barnes @ 905am

Discussion Items

  • HazMat & Technical Rescue Team Committee
  • FY15 Update
  • State will provide Fort Bend County with a sub-recipient agreement by Oct. 19th. Funds should be available by mid November.
  • FY14 Grant Update (Haz-Mat & TRT)
  • Equipment and Training
  • All paperwork has been turned in and should be completed by the end of next month
  • Maintainence contract with ToxMedix
  • Purchasing order for Farr West received – adjusting needed to $40K
  • Purchasing order for Grace Acct. received
  • Grant will be ending by the end of this year
  • OEM would like to receive all paperwork by this month as it takes the State another month to process the application
  • Doug stated that even though there is $88K leftover; he asked the group if there are any radios in prime movers that need to be replaced
  • Hazmat 5 needs 6 portbales
  • Jurisdictions will provide FBC with numbers of radios that need to be replaced by end of the week
  • The leftover funds can be used towards purchasing radios
  • Backfill and overtime
  • Numbers need to be in by Oct. 30th at the latest before the grant closes
  • Actuals vs. Estimates
  • ‘Actual’ means paperwork has been received, ‘Estimate’ means there has not been a final number received to start the process.
  • Purchasing Dept. will be shutting down September 30 in order to close books
  • If you are missing Actuals, then turn them in ASAP otherwise any paperwork will be in moratorium
  • FY14 Haz-Mat Training—Confirm Dates
  • BF/OT Local Training Estimates
  • Decommissioned HazMat/TRT Equipment
  • Doug asked the group to bring in missing inventory for OEM to mark off its’ list
  • Bob added that the State has paperwork to complete for decommissioning grant funding equipment
  • Bob has processed purchase of pharmaceuticals; but had to do a separate agreement for LikePak equipment
  • Other Business
  • The Houston RND Program has been awarded the Securing the Cities (STC) grant. More details to come. For more information, visit RND.HoustonUASI.com for past presentations and minutes.

Adjournment

  • 1000am

Next Meeting

  • Next Meeting Date: Wednesday, October,21st, 2015
  • Next Meeting Time: 900-1100am
  • Next Meeting Location: OEM Media Room

Minutes Respectfully Submitted By:

  • Zahra Rizvi (FBC OEM)