Finance Committee - 02/05/2020 Page 9
Deputy Buxton
It’s actually funny you say that: so as | referenced according to 1971 and 1851, those are NFPA Standards, |’ll
let Deputy O’Brien factor up those numbers for you. We are required for interior structural fire fighting to keep
our members in gear that is under 10 years old. So with the amount of members that we have, that requires us
to replace it within the 5 to 6 year timeframe. So if the people working this evening were go to a fire, when they
came back to the fire station, they can’t wear that PP, Protective Clothing at this point in time, they have to
launder it, let it dry, which is a process. So everybody has two sets of gear. The second set of gear that our
members wear, we try to keep them somewhere in between 6 and 10 years to keep us in that window. In
reality we have some outliers that fall 10 to 13, 14 years; but really the only time that they are wearing that is
when their other gear is in the wash sort to speak. So it’s very minimum amount of exposure.
Alderman Klee
If ’ve done my math we are looking at like 20 suits?
Deputy Buxton
Correct. This amount will allow us to purchase 20 sets. Sometimes we break it down into smaller purchases
that’s why you won’t always see us in front of you requesting permission. But we are doing a larger purchase
at this point in time.
Alderman Klee
Are you doing a larger purchase because we need it or a larger purchase because we got a really good price.
Deputy Buxton
Both. Many, many years ago we received a grant through the Federal Government to replace and purchase
the entire fire department a set of protective clothing. That was when the Nashua Fire Department went from
one set of gear for a member and you just wore it wet and dirty and it was what it was. It allowed us to give
every member two sets of gear. The great thing about grants is it gives us the ability to do things that we don’t
normally be able to do and the bad thing about that is you have to carry those programs and it kicks the can
down the road sort to speak. So we are kind of in that replacement program cycle where now we have enough
members left over that we have to do larger groups for when we purchase that protective clothing many years
ago.
Mayor Donchess
Any other questions or discussion?
MOTION CARRIED
From: Dan Kooken, Purchasing Manager
Re: Contract for Crown Hill Pool Rehabilitation (Value: $34,200) Department: 177 Parks and Recreation;
Fund: Capital
MOTION BY ALDERMAN HARRIOTT-GATHRIGHT TO ACCEPT, PLACE ON FILE, AND AUTHORIZE THE
CONTRACT FOR CROWN HILL POOL REHABITATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $34,200 TO FORCIER
CONTRACTING & BUILDING SERVICES, INC. FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE IN DEPARTMENT 177 PARKS
AND RECREATION; FUND: CAPITAL
