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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 6, 2014 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-h <br /> SUBJECT: Power Lift Stretchers for Emergency Services <br /> DEPARTMENT: Emergency Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> Financial Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Stryker Power Pro Comprehensive Kim Woodward, 919-245-6133 <br /> Quote Jim Groves, 919-245-6140 <br /> Clarence Grier, 919-245-2453 <br /> PURPOSE: To approve the purchase of eight (8) automatic lift hydraulic stretchers that are <br /> grant funded, requiring a 20% local match. <br /> BACKGROUND: Orange County Emergency Services (OCES) applied for a Federal <br /> Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant for the purchase of <br /> eight (8) Power Lift Stretchers and associated training. The grant required a 20% match of local <br /> funds. On April 3, 2013, Orange County received notification of an award for $83,235 of federal <br /> grant funding to purchase the Power Lift Stretchers. On May 21, 2013, the BOCC approved <br /> Budget Amendment #10, which appropriated the required 20% match of $20,809 from the FY <br /> 2012-2013 operating budget. These funds were encumbered at fiscal year-end for expenditure <br /> in FY 2013-14. <br /> The Power-Pro XT Stretchers have a battery powered hydraulic lift that raises and lowers <br /> patients with the touch of a button. The new equipment will be capable of lifting patients <br /> weighing up to 700 pounds and will have a state of the art handle system that will expand the <br /> width of the stretcher to accommodate these patients. With back injuries as the most common <br /> risk to an EMS worker, any measure to make lifting easier will help accomplish the goal of <br /> reducing injury. This new equipment is expected to help EMS reduce repetitive lift injuries and <br /> worker's compensation claims. <br /> OCES has eight (8) primary ambulances (Excellance is the vendor) equipped with manual MX <br /> Pro Stryker stretchers. The automatic stretchers will replace the manual stretchers on the eight <br /> (8) front line ambulances. The manual stretchers will be sold on GovDeals to off-set the 20% <br /> match. <br />