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ORDINANCE NO. 3500
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE
PROVISION OF RESCUE OPERATIONS AT THE
TREATMENT PLANT, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF
A CHARGE FROM THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT
PLANT TO THE GENERAL FUND, FIRE DEPARTMENT
BUDGET AND FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL
BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, provisions of the Washington Administrative Code require the
Edmonds Wastewater Treatment Plant to designate a provider for confined space rescue
operations;- and
WHEREAS, the Edmonds Fire Department has individuals trained in confined
space rescue and equipment necessary to conduct such rescue operations, and
WHEREAS, the City Council deems it to be in the public interest to designate the
Edmonds Fire Department as the provider of confined space rescue at the Edmonds Wastewater
Treatment Plant, subject to the clarification that the Edmonds Fire Department, as an emergency
rescue operation, will use its best efforts to endeavor to provide confined space rescue but, due to
emergency demands and priorities may be unable to respond to any particular call, and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes it to be clear that the duties undertaken are
general duties to the public at large and do not create a duty to any specific individual,
particularly to individual employees of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, NOW, THEREFORE,
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THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Pursuant to the requirements of the Washington Administrative Code
296 -62- 14150, the Edmonds Fire Department is an agency that has the "capability to reach the
victim(s) within a time frame that is appropriate for the permit space hazard(s) identified..." The
Mayor or his designee is hereby authorized to designate the Edmonds Fire Department as the
provider of confined space rescue services to the Edmonds Wastewater Treatment Plant
( "WWTP ") subject to the following terms and conditions:
1.1 The duties created are general and create no specific duty to any
individual, person or employee. The Edmonds Fire Department is an emergency responder.
While the Edmonds Fire Department has the training, personnel and equipment, and therefore
the capability to reach the victim within the time frame appropriate for the hazards which have
been identified, other emergencies, such as natural or other disasters caused by man, acts of
terrorism as well as single, multiple or escalating incidents such as medical emergencies,
structure fires, motor vehicle accidents or hazardous materials responses that may impact the Fire
Department's ability to respond in a timely manner to a confined space rescue incident at the
WWTP, may prevent response in any particular situation. For example, in the event of an
earthquake or other widespread natural disaster, the Edmonds Fire Department may be called to
respond to multiple emergency situations. In that event, the Fire Department shall make its best
efforts to respond to all such calls for emergency service in accordance with triage principles
established in conformance with the professional standards of fire departments and other
emergency medical and rescue responders.
1.2 The Fire Chief shall:
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1.2.1 Evaluate the Fire Department's ability, in terms of proficiency with
rescue - related tasks and equipment, to function appropriately while rescuing entrants from the
particular confined spaces identified in the permit describing a particular entry.
1.2.2 Designate a rescue team that:
1.2.2.1 has the capability to reach the victim(s) within a
time frame appropriate to the identified hazard; and
1.2.2.2 is 'equipped and trained for proficiency in the
needed rescue techniques or services.
1.2.3 The rescue team(s) shall be informed by the Public Works Director
or his designee of the hazards they may confront when called on to perform rescue at the
Wastewater Treatment Plant and the rescue team shall be provided with site access in order that
it can develop appropriate rescue plans and practice rescue operations.
1.3 The City Council hereby authorizes transfer of the sum of $3,000 in fiscal
year 2004 from the Wastewater Treatment Plant Budget to the Fire Department Budget for the
cost of training personnel to maintain certifications necessary to perform the rescue operations
intended and for the purchase, maintenance and depreciation of equipment utilized in such
confined space rescue operations. The Fire Department shall annually report a sum
commensurate with the cost of maintaining the capability to provide rescue operation services to
the Wastewater Treatment Plant and to the Edmonds City Council through the Mayor's annual
budget message as a part of the annual budget process. The sum charged to the Wastewater
Treatment Plant shall be discounted to reflect that the Department's response capability is always
subject to the needs of the community and that response in any particular situation cannot be
guaranteed.
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Section 2. Effective Date. This ordinance, being an exercise of a power specifi-
cally delegated to the City legislative body, is not subject to referendum, and shall take effect
five (5) days after passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the
title.
APPROVE .
MAYO GAR AAKENSON
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
APPROVED AS TO ORM:
OFFICE OF H ITY T Y:
BY
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 05/14/2004
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 05/18/2004
PUBLISHED: 05/26/2004
EFFECTIVE DATE: 05/31/2004
ORDINANCE NO. 3500
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3500
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 18th day of May, 2004, the City Council of the City of Edmonds, passed
Ordinance No. 3500. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, ESTABLISHING A
POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF RESCUE OPERATIONS AT THE TREATMENT
PLANT, PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A CHARGE FROM THE WASTEWATER
TREATMENT PLANT TO THE GENERAL FUND, FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 19th day of May, 2004.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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Affidavit of Publication
STATE OF WASHINGTON, S.S.
COUNTY OF SNOHOMISH
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3500
o t e ity o mon s, as mg on
On the 16th day of May, 2004, the City Council of the City
Of Edmonds, passed Ordinance No. 3500. A summary of the
content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as
follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHING-
TON, ESTABLISHING A POLICY FOR THE PROVISION OF
RESCUE OPERATIONS AT THE TREATMENT PLANT,
PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A CHARGE FROM
THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT TO THE GEN-
ERAL FUND, FIRE DEPARTMENT BUDGET AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 19th day of May, 2004.
Published: May 26, 2004: CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that she is Principal Clerk of
THE HERALD, a daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Everett. County of
Snohomish, and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of general circulation
in said County and State; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal newspaper by order
of the Superior Court of Snohomish County and that the notice
City of Edmonds
Summary of Ordinance NO. 3500
a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said newspaper proper and not in
supplement form, in the regular and entire edition of said paper on the following days and times,
namely:
May 26, 2004
Account Name: City of Edmonds Account Number: 101416 Order Number: 0001170090
and that said newspaper was regularly distributed to its subscribers during all of said period.
Principal Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 26th
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