Agenda - 12-05-2022; 8-a - Minutes

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12 1 Chief Jeff Cabe said they often are stuck in mud, which creates a suction, or fall through 2 a sink hole. He said that cows get stuck in the mud in the summer. He said there are also horse 3 carriers on the interstate. 4 Chief Nasseri said there are also llamas and alpacas so it is widely encompassing. 5 Kirby Saunders, Emergency Services Director said it all comes back to safety. He said 6 while they are all animal lovers, it's really about helping people who would otherwise put 7 themselves in harm's way to try to save the animal themselves. He said these are low frequency, 8 but extremely high risk situations. He said this is an efficient and professional approach to share 9 this effort and expertise. 10 Chief Jeff Cabe said one of the hardest things we do is look around the world and try to 11 prepare to solve it in Orange County. 12 Commissioner McKee congratulated the departments and commended them on the 13 increase in collaboration between the departments. He said he thinks the trench team is going to 14 be more and more critical. He said that he watched a 200 x 11 trench cave in on itself. He said 15 there was no one in it and it became obvious that it was unstable and then the wall just shelled 16 off. 17 Chief Jeff Cabe said the land that can be built upon in Orange County is becoming less 18 available, so there will be development on land that there otherwise would not have been and that 19 may increase the need for trench rescues. 20 Commissioner McKee said there is no way to know because it went from stable material 21 to unstable material pretty quickly. He said that a contractor would ignore the 5ft rule until a 22 supervisor or inspector showed up. He said that those people were in jeopardy during that time. 23 Chief Nasseri said awhile back there were discussions about an RFP for a training facility, 24 but now they have a grant they are still using. He said it would be nice to revisit that at some point 25 but that the facility could be pushed back. 26 Elizabeth Farnan, Fire Marshal, said that Orange Rural had a building they were using in 27 Hillsbrough that was shared with several law enforcement as well. She said that it was good, but 28 wasn't permitted for that use, so they could no longer use it as the building became more 29 dangerous. She said she hopes they revisit doing a training facility because it is very much 30 needed. She said they have nowhere to train and not being able to use the building took away a 31 lot of training from the whole emergency response system in the county. 32 33 4. Budget Planning —Vehicle and Equipment Delays and Inflation 34 The departments will provide an overview of vehicle and equipment delays as well as budget 35 impacts resulting from inflation. 36 37 Slide #21 Budget Planning Concerns • Unexpected rising costs of fuel, station goods, and supplies • Supply chain issues Delays in receiving truck/equipment requests due to inflation and costs 38 21