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Committee approves ambulance and aircraft-rescue vehicle purchases for Hopkins operations
Summary
The Mobility Committee approved purchases of a Braun Liberty Type 1 ambulance and a Rosenbauer Panther ARFF vehicle for airport operations; purchases are budgeted and funded from airport revenues and will be procured via statewide contracts.
The Mobility Committee approved an emergency ordinance authorizing purchase of a Braun Liberty Type 1 ambulance and a Rosenbauer Panther 4x4 aircraft rescue and firefighting (ARFF) vehicle for Cleveland Hopkins International Airport operations.
The director described the ambulance as a Braun Liberty Type 1 with modern medical technology intended to replace an aging ambulance; the estimated cost is about $349,000. The ARFF vehicle was described as a Rosenbauer Panther 4x4 with a 1,500-gallon tank and an estimated cost of about $1,250,000; the vehicle will be procured through a statewide contract and budgeted in the current fiscal year. The director said the ARFF unit will be positioned at Burke but can be used at Hopkins if needed.
Committee members asked about staffing and union status. Dennis Kramer, assistant director, airport development, said the airport ambulances and ARFF crews “are DPC employees” and not Cleveland EMS or privatized providers; Kramer also said he believes they are members of the local union (referred to in committee as Local 100). Kramer described the specialized training these crews receive: “they do receive special training…putting out a fire with jet fuel out in an airfield is different than putting out a fire on a structure.”
The ordinance passed committee; funding for both vehicles is from airport revenue rather than the city general fund.
