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• There is a serious problem with respect to the age of brush trucks and <br />special operations vehicles, some as old as 29 years. Front-line <br />rescue vehicles have an average mileage of over 125,000 miles <br />including one rescue unit with 178.471 miles. Similar problems exist <br />with fire engines. <br />• On May 8, 2014, an employee was working with tools that created a <br />spark and ignited gas fumes creating an explosion. While the <br />employee is recovering, this is something that should never have <br />happened as firefighters should not be assigned to do maintenance <br />work on the fire boat. <br />The County Administrator's position that "the County is working on it" or "the matter is being <br />investigated" are not satisfactory. <br />Local 2201 respectfully requests that a motion be made to adopt the Union's proposal for Article 15 - <br />Safety and Health which immediately follows on the next page. <br />93 <br />