TO: Members of the City Council
FROM: Mayor Angela Birney
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR CONTACT(S):
Fire
Chief Adrian Sheppard
425-556-2201
DEPARTMENT STAFF:
Fire
Rich Gieseke
Fire Marshal
Fire
Gary Smith
Assistant Fire Marshal
TITLE:
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Acceptance of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety Grant
OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
recommendation
The Fire Department is seeking Council's approval to accept funding from a U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FEMA Fire Prevention and Safety grant to provide enhanced security for the Fire Department emergency key access systems. The Bellevue and Redmond Fire Departments have coordinated efforts in securing this grant to improve the security and accountability of the existing emergency key access system used on our commercial, mixed-use and multifamily buildings. The total grant award is $707,423.39 with $298,871.99 being allocated to the City of Redmond, and $408,551.40 allocated to the City of Bellevue. This grant has a required 5% matching requirement that can be fulfilled through existing staff time and associated labor costs in lieu of a cash match.
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? Additional Background Information/Description of Proposal Attached
REQUESTED ACTION:
? Receive Information ? Provide Direction ? Approve
REQUEST RATIONALE:
* Relevant Plans/Policies:
Fire Department Strategic Plan 2022-2027
* Required:
2021 Redmond Fire Code, Section 506.1
* Council Request:
N/A
* Other Key Facts:
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OUTCOMES:
The Redmond and Bellevue Fire Departments share a jurisdictional border of 9.5 miles and responded to a combined 2,126 mutual aid calls in 2023. Bellevue provided aid to Redmond 563 times in 2023 in buildings equipped with fire department key box safes as required in the 2021 International Fire Code, Section 506 (Knox box). Redmond provided similar support into Bellevue 948 times. Of those: 50 were cardiac arrest calls, 8 were strokes, and 22 were confirmed structure fires, including 14 of in multi-...
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