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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date:September 9, 2013 <br /> Item No.: 5.b <br />Department Approval City Manager Approval <br />Item Description: Accept Donations for Replacement of the Fire Department Flammable Liquid <br />Response Unit <br />B <br />ACKGROUND <br />1 <br />In 1991, as part of the recommendations from the Pipe Line Safety Committee, the Fire <br />2 <br />Department took delivery of a specialized fire engine with foam firefighting capabilities for <br />3 <br />flammable liquid fires. <br />4 <br />5 <br />The City of Roseville is unique in the fact we have three major fuel storage and loading facilities <br />6 <br />with the combined fuel storage capacity of more than 83 million gallons of fuel products. As part <br />7 <br />of the storage and loading operations there are an estimated 400 tankers moving in and out of the <br />8 <br />City daily. <br />9 <br />10 <br />The Fire Department has a long history of cooperation with the fuel storage facilities including <br />11 <br />annual on-site training. The replacement of the units, customized for response and mitigation to <br />12 <br />the fuel facilities, are structured as a partnership between the City and the facilities. The <br />13 <br />partnership consists in a financial commitment assisting with the cost of the replacement units. <br />14 <br />15 <br />The specialized engine purchased in 1991 is now more than twenty years old and in need of <br />16 <br />replacement. The Fire Department has evaluated potential replacement options and replacement <br />17 <br />costs and has determined that the most effective and cost efficient method of replacement is <br />18 <br />through replacing our current utility pick-up truck, which is also more than twenty years old and <br />19 <br />in need of replacement, along with the 1991 engine with a new utility truck and specialized foam <br />20 <br />trailer. <br />21 <br />22 <br />The utility truck will pull the trailer making it capable of reaching further into the fuel storage <br />23 <br />and loading facilities than the current engine, and have twice the foam capacity of the current <br />24 <br />engine. The estimate for replacing the current specialized fire engine with foam firefighting <br />25 <br />capabilities and separate utility pick-up truck would be about $800,000. <br />26 <br />27 <br />On February 13, 2013 Council approved the Fire Department to purchase the new foam trailer <br />28 <br />and utility truck in partnership through donations from Lubrication Technologies, Magellan <br />29 <br />Midstream Holdings, and NuStar Corporation. <br />30 <br />31 <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br />