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TO: Mayor Thomas J. Weisner
FROM: Lt. Mike Abbs # 912 and Sgt. Dan Eppard # 413
DATE: 1-19-16
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Recommendation to solicit bids to provide approx. 71 Mustang Survival First Responder Water Rescue Kits (MRK110) to equip Aurora Police squad cars.
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PURPOSE:
The purpose is to solicit bids from qualified businesses to provide the needed equipment at the best price to the City of Aurora.
BACKGROUND:
During the last few years there have been several incidents of officers being involved in water rescues. These sometimes involve a vehicle being driven into a body of water and other times involve citizens winding up in the water by other means. Currently the police department has no equipment to assist in a shore based water rescue and officers have had no other option than to enter the water to attempt to rescue victims. This practice has the potential of being very dangerous. An officer may not realize until it is too late that they are unable to swim in uniform while trying to rescue an individual who may be panicking and thrashing. Police officers are almost always on the scene of these incidents prior to the fire department's arrival. As a result they are apt to be in a position to potentially save lives in these situations when time is critical. Officers have been injured and nearly injured while involved in these incidents.
DISCUSSION:
The police department has identified the Mustang Survival First Responder Water Rescue Kit (MRK110) as the ideal rescue kit for squad cars. It is the only kit that we have identified that contains an inflatable rescue stick, inflatable personal floatation device and 75' throw bag. Due to the inflatable nature of these items they fit into a military grade ATA case that fits into the storage units of all squad cars. The kit will allow an officer to throw the victim the inflatable rescue stick to help stabilize the victim and provide them with floatation. The officer could then...
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