The Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department (NVFD) is sincerely grateful to
FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program for awarding $49,621.00
to afford the department the ability to purchase 8 SCBA's compliant to
the NFPA 1981 Standard 2007 Edition ( Air Pack NxG7 SCBA, Dual EBSS, Pak
Tracker, CBRN ) Assembled brackets with straps, a base operational
bottle with 45 minutes of air supply and an integrated PASS device along
with a spare bottle. A mask, face mask bag and voice amplifier
assembly for each apparatus position. An amplifier bracket, and a
quarter turn cartridge assembly for each mask and P100 filters. In
addition, pictured are 2 RIC Packs and 1 Pak Tracker System.
The new and safer equipment translates into better performance in
providing services to our community. This equipment has allowed
the department to incorporate a testing, maintenance and replacement
program that more easily fits into the budget constraints which the
Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department currently experiences.
We are grateful for being chosen in FEMA's Assistance to Firefighters
Grant Program. Without this assistance our equipment procurement
would have been delayed. The partial interoperability and
compatibility with our automatic mutual aid response areas would not
have been attained without the assistance from this program.
This equipment was obtained in May of 2009 and put into service in June
of 2009. There was a 1 month training period associated with this
along with personal fit testing for all personnel. |
