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Council committees approve fire grants and consider formal MOUs with industrial fire departments
Summary
Committees forwarded a Port Security Grant to purchase a rescue fireboat and an Assistance to Firefighters Grant for powered suction devices, and reviewed formal interagency automatic-aid agreements with Valero and FedEx that clarify when each sites state-recognized fire departments have jurisdiction.
Council committees advanced several public-safety items: a Port Security Grant Program award to buy a rescue fireboat, an Assistance to Firefighters Grant for powered suction devices, and formal memoranda of understanding to codify mutual-aid arrangements between Memphis Fire Department and industrial fire departments on private properties.
Fire Department battalion staff described a needs assessment the department performed in 2022 that identified gaps in river emergency response capacity. Battalion staff said the recommended new fireboat is a 40-foot class vessel able to flow…
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