A Resolution By The Board Of County Commissioners Of Pasco County, Florida, Recognizing Pasco County Fire Rescue For Their Relief Efforts In Lee County, Florida, In The Aftermath Of Hurricane Ian File Number CA023-5120

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1:01:51I'll go ahead and and read the resolution. If I'm struggling with the name, I'm happy for you just to yell it out. So I can get it right. All right, resolution number 23-028, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, recognizing Pasco County Fire Rescue for their relief efforts in Lee County, Florida in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Raz on September 28th, 2022, Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida, causing widespread devastation and destruction. And RAS

1:02:21Hurricane Ian made landfall as a category four hurricane. And was the deadliest hurricane to strike the state of Florida since night the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane. NRAS, the Florida Division of Emergency Management and many of the neighboring emergency responder agencies, including Pasco County Fire Rescue, provided assistance to the citizens of Lee County in the aftermath of the event. NRAS on September 29th, 2022, AMBU BUS THE MECONET THE Members. Alex Scaglione. Uh

1:02:52Andrew Kurut. Okay. Joseph Bauer Bowler Bowler. Bowler. Bowler. Kevin Mangrew. Sean Emmons, Kyle Patsen, Jeremy

1:03:08Sid Laskis and Anthony Stellato. All right. We're deployed to Fort Myers for six days. And RES on October first, twenty twenty-two. TRT dash tw uh four twenty-five team members William Lingo, Carrie Epperson. Jason Lang Langlow. Ben Oliver, Chris Kempton, Jerome Fri Fribly, Peter Arnold, Paul Bauer, Robert Watson, Jess Walker, Matt Galloway,

1:03:39Steve Aickel, Randall Forkham. Darren. Dieters? Oh I got that right. All right. Tyler Romanowski. Uh Jake Vale, Lee Hudson, Andrew Brewer, Joshua Francis, and Travis Strong were deployed to Lee County for five days. Enraz on October eighth, twenty twenty-two, Sean Whited Whited, Whited Whited, was deployed to the State Emergency Operations Center in Tallahassee for seven days. Enraz on October 11, 2022,

1:04:10James Boyette, Charles Longer uh Lonergan. Okay.

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1:04:21Chesonis. Dennis Shaw, Douglas Staley, and J uh Justin Justin Walker was deployed to Cape Curl and Pine Island for nine days. And RAS, the efforts Yeah. The efforts of Pasco County fire rescue team members provided relief and assistance to countless citizens affected by the loss of home and life in Lee County. And Raz, these team members displayed and maintained the highest standards of service excellence, professionalism, and compassion during their deployment. Pasco County

1:04:51Fire Rescue Team members were who were not deployed maintained the exceptional services to the citizens of Pasco County despite their limited numbers in the aftermath of the hurricane. Now therefore be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said board hereby recognizes Pasco County Fire Rescue and commends them for their dedicated service to the citizens of Pasco County and Lee County. and Lee County in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, done and resolved in regular session with a quorum present and voting the sixth day of December 2022.

1:05:21Move approval.

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1:05:23in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Commissioner Weightman?

1:05:26All right. Chief? And Chief Caseon's in the back there. Thank you guys for being here today and thank you for all you do for our community and Braving the Elements in South Florida, those folks down there obviously needed a little more help than we did at that moment in time. And uh we can't say enough about how well you serve us, you serve our community, and you serve each other. And um just know that this board is very appreciative of all the work that you all do and uh we're grateful that you're here today. Thank you. Mr. Chairman

1:05:57Mr. Bradford.

1:05:58Commissioner Bradford.

1:06:02I want to take an opportunity to personally think Fire rescue, Pasco County. You guys, you're the tip of the spear. When duty calls, you go. And uh I personally am very proud of you and I know the sport is too and and uh I look forward to getting to know each and every one of you. Thank you. Commissioner Starkey.

1:06:23So I was uh just at our annual FAC uh conference and um I talked with the commissioners from those affected counties and they're so grateful that we uh we were able to uh send you down there and they so much appreciated everything that you did for them and thank you for representing us. It could not I've been easy to be on Pine Island for nine days. I I can't even imagine what it was like. I'd love to hear the story sometime. But um thank you so much for for uh what you

1:06:53did and what you do for us.

1:06:56Ms. Rokley? Yeah. Um It's hard to say just thank you, but thank you means a a lot for all this commission and all of our citizens, how you protect us and how you keep us safe and We make sh we try our best to make keep up with the times and keep up with the all the inflation that we have that we spend monies Jordan. providing for our firefighters to be able to do a better job and a safer job for us. So we certainly thank you and thank you for all the work she did. down in the southern part

1:07:26of the uh state and appreciate all that you did there. So thanks. Okay.

1:07:33Oh if you're gonna let me yes, I would love to. Um you know, I I f I I I'm I'm sitting here and I'm just so grateful for you. I'm grateful for the line of work you decided to go into. Um, you know, personally I've had to to use your services uh for my home as well as for my mom and my mom just like just a couple of days ago. So I just wanted to say um It is it is just so reassuring to have you um available to us in the county. You do an

1:08:03amazing job and of course you go um into a very hard hit area of our state to help out. Um I wouldn't have expected anything less and you did it with just wonderfully and you went into some really tough areas. So thank you for your service. not only to us but into the other communities in Florida, but um also just my gratitude to to you for what you do. Thank you.

1:08:29And and I want to say, uh Mike, would you like to say a few words? Please. I know it's I know it's very unusual, but I uh but I think it's so appropriate because the leader is you're the leader. Sheep behind you. So for you to help these guys, just like the sheriff helps His first responders to get on there. I want you to say a couple of words about how much you let's think about it as well.

1:08:50No, I think I would echo the the sentiment of the board that uh the team that we have assembled here is far and above uh the best the best in the area. Uh the fact that we had so many folks that were willing just to step up in addition, leave your families, go down there and and take care of a hard-hit area, which I I personally have a personal connection to it. I I I love that area. And it's uh it was horrible to see what happened. But but we thank Thank you for representing Pasco County, representing it well as well as yourselves and your profession. So thank you so much for that.

1:09:20And I think leadership with your chief who's standing behind you so you guys can be up front. That's that's a leader right there. Chief, thank you for what you you what you do for these guys. And I I will tell you from when I first started with commission back eighteen years ago Uh I don't think you guys were getting the full care that you care support that you did and uh when I first met with your team, et cetera, learning and more about what we can do. I think Every board I've served on Especially what we have in front of us here. We've put in place to give you guys better conditions, better

1:09:50pay. better protections every step of the way. We're going to continue that for you guys every step of the way. So as you guys go back and you as you talk to your crews, know that we are one hundred percent behind you. We appreciate all the great work you do and and and and the great citizens that we have out here appreciate you tremendously as well. So thank you for all all that you do every step of the way and for making Florida a greater place by going out there and helping our neighbors. So thank you all.

1:10:25Thank you. I I don't think your words are lost on this group of people. Um the the reason that we were able to send all of these people down is because of the funding and the resources that we've been able to uh acquire um under Chief Castan's direction. and the board's um actions over the last several years was able to make Um a new LTRT, which is a light tactical response team, 425. That's the team that went down initially. That's the first team that went. And those guys are basically a mini U star team and that wouldn't have been possible without um the direction of our fire chief. And

1:10:55then the um uh Funding from You guys. So thank you guys all for all of that. Um also I'd like to echo what Chief or what uh Sheriff Knock said. We were in the same boat. So we were gonna get hit. So we had fire departments from all over calling us and then when um it curved we were able to go down and assist down there. Obviously I didn't go down there, I went to Tallahassee, but uh these guys all went down there. I was up at the Stadio C. But thank you guys for everything.

1:11:25Well I'd like to just add one more thing too, just like as I said with the sheriff, I ask them for the things they need. And you guys communicate with us so we try to get you the things you need. But I think it's a it's it's it's an appropriate time for us to think a little bit more regionally, statewide as well. So we would need to get these resources so that whether it be us helping somebody or somebody else helping us, whatever the case may be, that we can actually uh go. And I think with Kevin Guthrie now up in uh Tallahassee in a great position that uh he would understand it because he was he was always the guy that said to me. Look Jack, if we're gonna send our people down there, they're getting training somewhere

1:11:55else, it's gonna help somebody else. And when I when I sit around like Bay County comes to mind when When they w when you guys helped up there, they raved about the great job you guys had done up there. So It's it's a great thing for the state to jump together too. So again, thank you all. Very much.

1:12:11Okay, how do you want to do the photos?

1:12:13I would say there's so many of them, but uh Commissioner Weightman, go ahead down there, we'll stay back here.

1:12:25Chief, come on up here. Mike Carbella too, please.

1:12:31The whole team, everybody you got.

1:12:38We're gonna do one, two, three other photos right and we've been quarry for everybody to look right at us to make sure they're gonna be able to do it.

1:12:49So what's up what's going to be taller than you?

1:12:56Some tall people in that fire department.

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