Special Fire Board Meeting - July 13, 2021

GANADO FIRE DISTRICT

P.O. BOX 718

GANADO, ARIZONA 86505

(928) 755-3424 FAX: (928) 755-6330

ESTABLISHED 1982

GANADO FIRE DISTRICT RESOLUTION REQUESTING APPROPRIATION OF $6,704,290.00 FROM THE NAVAJO NATION AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUND TO COMBAT COVID-19 CORONAVIRUS

DULY PASSED ON JULY 13, 2021

Ganado Fire District Requesting Appropriation of $6,704,290.00 from the Navajo Nation American Rescue Plan Act Funds from the 24 th Navajo Nation Council, the Navajo Nation Office of the Speaker and the Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President for the purpose of combating the Pandemic COVID-19 Coronavirus.

WHEREAS,

1. GANADO FIRE DISTRICT is seeking $6,704,290.00 from the American Rescue Plan Act Funds to assistance Navajo Nation combat COVID-19 Coronavirus;

2. GANADO FIRE DISTRICT provided fire, rescue, medical, and emergency dispatching services to five chapters, which include Ganado, Steamboat, Klagetoh, Kinlichee, Cornfields and the communities of Woodsprings, Cross Canyon, Bashbitoh, Wide Ruins, Greasewood Springs, Nazlini and Toyei; but not limited to the 1,000 square miles covered through Mutual Aid agreements and our firmmission to achieve life safety for all residence.

3. GANADO FIRE DISTRICT provided emergency and essential response to the Navajo people, our customers and visiting guest since 1982.

4. GANADO FIRE DISTRICT is seeking assistance to purchase seven fire apparatus, four rescue/medical transport units (a.k.a. ambulance), seven emergency support vehicles, six pallets (forty eight pails per pallet) of fire extinguishing agents, one MATTRACKS, fifty self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), three SCBA air compressor stations, one fire rescue equipment set, one search & rescue equipment set, one confined space rescue equipment set, one rope rescue equipment set, one swift water rescue equipment set, one air rescue equipment set, and fifteen temporary shelters (manufactured homes) for fire fighters to combat the Pandemic COVID-19 Coronavirus.

5. GANADO FIRE DISTRICT is seeking the support from Navajo Nation for the purpose of obtaining adequate and reliable apparatus, equipment, and temporary shelter;

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