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Date: October 28, 2024 Item: 13 <br />Presenter: James Van Eyll, Fire Chief <br />Section: Consent Agenda <br /> <br />Title: Replace Turn Out Gear Extractor <br /> <br /> <br />1.Purpose: <br />The purpose of this item is to gain approval to replace the donated extractor. <br />2.Background: <br />The City of Orono and the Orono Fire Department value their firefighter health and safety. <br />Firefighters are at a higher risk of certain types of cancers than the general population due to their <br />exposure to carcinogens while performing their firefighting duties. To reduce and limit their <br />exposures, firefighters are required to wash their PPE turnout gear on a regular basis. The City of <br />Orono and the Orono Fire Department received a donation from the City of Chaska for a gear <br />extractor to assist in the start up of our department. The extractor was recently serviced and it was <br />noted that the bearings are going out and their is a crack in the frame of the 30 year old extractor. <br />We reached out to vendors to obtain quotes for new turnout gear extractors. We received three <br />quotes back which one of the three was a soft mount. A soft mount is considered a free standing <br />machine while a hard mount is attached to the floor through a heavy base. All of the machines can <br />be relocated if the need were to arise. <br />3.Cost: <br />Vendor Cost <br />RJ Kool - Hard mount install and removal of old <br />extractor $13,545.00 <br />MacQueen - Hard mount not installed $13,515.15 <br />Fire Safety USA - Soft mount not installed $8,224.00 <br /> <br /> <br />4.Funding: <br />The funding source for this equipment is from the facilities fund. <br /> <br /> <br />5.Staff Recommendation: <br />Staff recommends the quote from RJ Kool for the hard mount Unimac Extractor installed for <br />$13,545.00. This is a hard mount style turnout gear extractor and can be relocated if the need <br />arises. The Unimac extractor is one of the industries best, is assembled in Wisconsin and is the <br />same style as the older machine that we currently utilize and is currently installed at the Navarre <br />fire station. The current Unimac extractors have lasted over 20 years with little to no issues. Staff <br />doesn't recommend the soft mount due to the high centrifugal forces created by the extractor can <br />cause issue with the machine if not kept in balance. <br />AGENDA ITEM <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />48