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Dept/ Agency: Public Safety/Division of Fire
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Shared Services Agreement
Purpose: To establish shared services among its municipal and county partners should the need arise to appropriately respond to a large-scale incident on multiple, simultaneous incidents throughout Essex County
Entity Name: County of Essex
Entity Address: 900 Bloomfield Avenue, Verona, New Jersey 07044
Contract Amount: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: April 1, 2026 through May 30, 2031
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale ( ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient (X) n/a
Additional Information:
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WHEREAS, the City of Newark ("City") is committed to ensuring public safety through the coordination of resources and cooperation with the County of Essex; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the County Environmental Health Act (N.J.S.A. 26:3A2-21 et seq.) (CEHA), the County of Essex ("County") has adopted a CEHA Work Program and Plan for meeting environmental health performance standards throughout the County, which has been certified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection which includes hazardous materials emergency response within the County; and
WHEREAS, the County recognizes that it is in the best interests of its citizens and business community to ensure that emergency responses to chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive incidents teams are adequately staffed, well equipped and capable; and
WHEREAS, the CEHA allows the County Certified Local Health Agency to delineate responsibility for the implementation of its hazardous material emergency response program throughout the County and may rely upon the qualifications and capabilities of other local agencies to serve as subcontractors to...
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