L-5 - TERA Report - 1-17-23

Tiffin City Council Meeting 1/17/2023 Report from Tiffin Emergency Responders’ Association, Inc. For background, the Tiffin Emergency Responders’ Association, Inc. (hereinafter “TERA”), was started following the transition of the fire department to the City. TERA’s purpose is largely related to fundraising. TERA has made a number of purchases for the benefit of the City of Tiffin Fire Department, including, but not limited to: • FirstIn Products emergency equipment and radio console with glove box holder for the Command Vehicle ($1,925.13); • FirstIn Products command box for the Command Vehicle ($7,631.16); • Havis computer brackets for Command Vehicle and 159; • Forcible entry door training prop ($11,575.00); • Forcible entry equipment for responders ($163.73); • Hazmat decontamination garden hoses and nozzles for vehicles; • Rolling chairs for office and meeting room (more needed); • Office supplies for fire station, including pens, paper, markers, and more; • Dewalt wet/dry vacuum; • Bissel office vacuum/floor cleaner; • Incident command boards; • Incident accountability and safety sign boards; • Computer/Electronics supplies including cords for apparatus, presentation clicker with laser, and more; • Maintenance and operational supplies, including cleaning supplies for station (heavy duty soap, simple green, disinfectant, hand soap for bathrooms, paper towels for station and bathrooms), gaskets for hoses, vehicle parts, binoculars, and more; • Vehicle cleaning supplies, including hoses, nozzles, brushes, sponges, tire black, microfiber cleaning cloths, window cleaner, and more; • Emergency warning equipment for vehicles, including lights, siren controllers, and siren speakers to replace old or out-of-service equipment or to improve safety; • Rehabilitation supplies for the fire department, including water and Gatorade; • Meal for 152 replacement committee while traveling to Rosenbauer (Skylar Limkemann personally paid for and donated costs and expenses of hotel rooms); • Food for trainings/meetings, long emergency calls, and the County Fire Association meeting Tiffin hosted, as well as retention of volunteers. This list is just some of the purchases and donations that TERA has made for the City’s fire department. In total, TERA has donated more than $23,000.00 worth of purchases to meet the needs of the department thus far with more to come.