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Resolution to Approve a Contract with Kirila Fire Training Facilities, Inc. for a Mobile Live / Training Simulator ($347,777.00)
Memorandum
The attached resolution seeks approval for a purchase order with Kirila Fire Training Facilities, Inc. for a regional shared Mobile Live / Training Simulator dual Trailer. This purchase will allow the Ann Arbor Fire Department along with fifteen other regional fire departments to train on needed and required training disciplines.
Budget/Fiscal Impact: Resolution R-15-0008 established and appropriated funding to a major grant fund account for the project ($392,754.00) which including funding from the following sources: U.S. Department of Homeland Security to the Ann Arbor Fire Department ($357,050.00), Fire Services approved FY2016 budget ($35,704.00).
Kirila Fire Training Facilities, Inc. was the lowest and only valid bid received. Kirila has been involved in the design, construction, refurbishment, and service of fire training systems since 1997 and is headquartered in Brookfield, Ohio. Kirila is currently the preferred vendor for all Air Force Civil Engineering Support Agency's (AFCESA) Aircraft Fire Training Facilities (AFTF) across the United States. In 2010 Kirila expanded into the municipal fire training market including computerized live fire training utilizing both natural gas and propane. Kirila currently has contracts with over fifty (50) active service contracts with in the continental US. Kirila also provides 24/7 customer service for fifty-two (52) weeks a year with fleet to respond to remote locations if a customer's need can't be resolved over the phone.
The mobile training facility will help comply with the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) mandated firefighter training requirements. The trailer simulator will provide live fire, ventilation, forcible entry, standpipe, sprinkler, rappelling, confined space and self-contained breathing apparatus training....
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