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Home My WebLink AboutApril 20, 2017 - Council - Addendum THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF BAYHAM COUNCIL MEETING ADDENDUM MUNICIPAL OFFICE Thursday, April 20, 2017 1. PHYSICAL SERVICES — EMERGENCY SERVICES A. Report FR-02/17 by Randy White Fire ChiefIBy-Law Officer re Accredited Superior Tanker —Appendix `A' B. OTHER BUSINESS 14.1 In Camera A. Confidential item regarding litigation or potential litigation, including matters before administrative tribunals, affecting the municipality or local board, advice that is subject to solicitor-client privilege, including communications necessary for that purpose (Municipal Law Enforcement) X-YHA REPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT ol't ¢. � �0�{5 unity Is TO: Mayor & Members of Council FROM: Randy White, Fire Chief/By-law Officer DATE: April 20th, 2017 REPORT: FR-02/17 FILE NO. C07 SUBJECT: Accredited Superior Tanker Shuttle Service BACKGROUND: Fire Underwriters Survey (FUS) evaluates fire protection service levels and fire risk levels in communities across Canada and publishes the Fire Insurance Grading Index for insurers. The majority of urban communities utilize pressurized water distribution systems with hydrants for firefighting purposes. In areas without such systems, alternative water supplies are used, including the use of tankers to transport water from various sources to the fire. When developed and executed with a high level of proficiency, systems of shuttling water from alternative water supply sources can be as effective as municipal type water supplies, although typically more labour intensive. In addition to meeting several criteria, the fire department must be able to prove through actual testing that the specified requirements of Superior Tanker Shuttle Service can be met. DISCUSSION: Basic limitations are: - Maximum distances are 8 km by road from the fire station and 5 km by road from an approved water source (see attached map) - The water source must be available and accessible 24/7/365. - The capacity of the water source must be documented as being sufficient through a 50 year drought cycle and able to supply the required flow rates for the required duration. - The water source(s) must be able to supply a minimum of 114,000 liters. - Valid only for single family residential properties While there is the possibility of insurance companies offering homeowners discounted insurance rates based on the municipality obtaining the accreditation, this is not assured nor is the amount of discount consistent. This depends entirely on the insurance company in question. There are three primary factors to consider; water supply & delivery, equipment, and training. Multiple water sources can be utilized to meet the requirements but this has the potential for creating logistical problems with changing sites mid-stream while filling tankers. The best case scenario would be to utilize a static water source (pond or tank) of sufficient size and proximity. A standard dry hydrant connection would be installed and year round access created and maintained. Construction of a single water supply such as this would be around $10,000, assuming an adequate sized source is found within the required area. Should a static water source not be available in a suitable location, an appropriately sized underground tank would be required. The advantage of this would be the potential of locating it in an optimal location and not require the drought history. The installed cost of this option is around $50,000 (not including land acquisition costs, if any) At a continuous delivery of 1000 LPM, the two small tankers Bayham has would be unable to keep up. Additional tanker(s) would be required from Malahide and/or Tillsonburg and/or Norfolk. The use of outside tanker resources may be utilized but must be covered by an automatic aid agreement rather than our current mutual aid capability. Automatic aid is required to put the additional tankers on the road immediately to ensure the sustained water delivery rate can be maintained. Automatic aid agreements entail a cost per apparatus per unit of time, typically at MTO rates (currently—$450 hr). Due to the small size of Bayham's tankers, it's likely the Municipality would require two additional similarly sized tankers to fulfil the required delivery rate. For example, currently a single Malahide tanker would not be sufficient. The capital budget plan has replacement of one tanker in 2019 at an estimated $372,000. Alternatively Pump 2 could replace tanker one with a similar expenditure. The actual implementation is subject to annual capital budget deliberations. A larger tanker would reduce the quantity required of an automatic aid tanker. The second small tanker is scheduled for replacement in 2022. This would negate the need for tankers external to Bayham. Bayham Fire, other than the tanker apparatus as explained above, has the equipment resources to meet the requirements. Portable tanks, hard suction, and the required hand tools are all currently carried on the apparatus since tanker shuttle operations are executed now, albeit not at the required sustained rate of delivery. Although tanker shuttle operations are part of a rural fire suppression operations currently executed by Bayham Fire, additional training would be required to meet the stringent requirements of the accreditation process. Based on the experiences of other similar departments and Fire Chief's experience in Ottawa, it would take most of a spring and summer of bi-weekly training to attain the level of proficiency required to ensure a reasonable chance of success during the actual FUS accreditation testing procedure. This training would be in addition to the regular training the department performs on a regular basis. This would entail —$10,000 of additional training time. Retaining the accreditation would require maintaining the level of training, equipment, and documentation and be subject to periodic audits by FUS. RECOMMENDATION 1. THAT Report FR-02/17 be received for information; 2. AND THAT the Fire Department continue to monitor the Fire Underwriters Survey requirements and resource implications of reaching the Accredited Superior Tanker Shuttle Service level; 3. 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