Request for Authority to Enter Into Agreements for Operational and Funding Support for Heavy Urban Search and Rescue and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive Programs

The Public Gallery wrote no story on this item. What follows is the city’s own record of what happened to it, as filed: nothing on this page is summarised or scored by us.

The decision

2019-03-27 · Toronto City Council · adopted

As filed

City Council on March 27 and 28, 2019, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services, to negotiate and enter into agreements with the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management for the establishment, operation of, and funding support for specialized response teams including Heavy Urban Search and Rescue and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive teams in Toronto and throughout the Province of Ontario, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

Show the rest of As filed, 388 more characters as filed

2. City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services to execute and submit on behalf of the City any documents related to Provincial funding support for the City's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive teams, required by the agreement with the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management.

On the agenda

As the city filed it

This report requests City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services, to negotiate and enter into agreements with the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management (OFMEM) for the continued funding support of Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive (CBRNE) teams. Since 2002, the City of Toronto has been in receipt of funding provided by the OFMEM on an annual basis for the provision of both HUSAR and CBRNE teams.

Show the rest of As the city filed it, 357 more characters as filed

These teams are comprised of specially trained emergency responders, all of whom are employed by or contracted to provide services to the City. The City's HUSAR and CBRNE teams are also available to respond to large-scale or complex natural or human-caused incidents anywhere in Ontario in support of the Provincial Mutual Aid Plan on a cost-recovery basis.

Staff recommended

The Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services, to negotiate and enter into agreements with the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management (OFMEM) for the establishment, operation of, and funding support for specialized response teams including Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive (CBRNE) teams ("HUSAR/CBRNE teams") in Toronto and throughout the Province of Ontario, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

Show the rest of Staff recommended, 317 more characters as filed

2. City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services to execute and submit on behalf of the City any documents related to Provincial funding support for the City's HUSAR/CBRNE teams, required by the agreement with the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management (OFMEM).

Considered

2019-03-06 · Economic and Community Development Committee · adopted
Decision as filed
The Economic and Community Development Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services, to negotiate and enter into agreements with the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management (OFMEM) for the establishment, operation of, and funding support for specialized response teams including Heavy Urban Search and Rescue (HUSAR) and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive (CBRNE) teams ("HUSAR/CBRNE teams") in Toronto and throughout the Province of Ontario, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.
Show the rest of Decision as filed, 317 more characters as filed
2. City Council authorize the Fire Chief and General Manager, Toronto Fire Services to execute and submit on behalf of the City any documents related to Provincial funding support for the City's HUSAR/CBRNE teams, required by the agreement with the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management (OFMEM).
2019-03-27 · Toronto City Council · adopted

On the record

The item as the City filed it

More from this meeting

The whole meeting