![]() ![]() The proposed cost of $34,108.27 results in a savings of approximately $3,000. ![]() The FY 2020-21 Adopted Budget includes funding of $37,109 for this purchase. The recommendation to purchase the gas masks without a formal bid process is requested due to the time-sensitive need to acquire the masks prior to Brea Police officers being deployed again without this necessary protection. ![]() One vendor refused to provide a quote and the fourth vendor quoted the highest cost, but also has them in stock in Las Vegas, NV. Adamson Police Products quoted the second lowest cost, has them in stock locally in Los Alamitos and can deliver them within two business days. however, their stated delivery time of 60-90 days was problematic as the need to get the gas masks quickly is critical. The lowest quoted price was received from Curtis Blue Line of Oakland, CA. Requests for quotes were sent to four companies, each an authorized vendor of Avon Protective Products. The protection is limited in that the Avon filter will trap the COVID-19 virus, not kill it. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends 95% filtration efficiency, also known as NIOSH P95. All Avon filters provide protection at a NIOSH P100 level of protection, where the U.S. In addition, the Avon C-50 gas masks, also known as air purifying respirators (APRs), will provide limited protection against COVID-19. With additional events anticipated in the upcoming months, the need for Brea Police officers to be protected will continue. In some of these events, chemical agents or "tear gas" have been used, requiring officers to wear gas masks to protect them from these chemical agents. Officers from the Brea Police Department have been deployed to events in the City, as well as throughout Orange County for mutual aid requests in the past few months. Protests and incidents of civil unrest continue to be a concern for law enforcement, both nationally and locally. The Anaheim/Santa Ana UASI has no plans to replace or purchase new gas masks or filters for Orange County law enforcement agencies. Time and storage conditions have degraded the masks, rendering many of them unsafe or defective, and therefore unable to be issued to officers. The current gas masks were issued to the Brea Police Department, as well as all agencies in Orange County, by the Anaheim/Santa Ana Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) federal grant program in 2008. The City of Brea has never purchased gas masks for its officers. The gas mask filters have been expired for more than five years, exceeding their shelf-life. The Brea Police Department currently has gas masks that are defective and past their service life. If you're REALLY going to tote around on the "Chromium is dangerous" bandwagon, here is a link to a US Military authorized study using M10A1 and C2 canisters that found that the levels you would accumulate would be safe and cause next to no harm unless you were wearing the filter for months at a time.Purchase 65 Avon C-50 gas mask first responder kits from Adamson Police Products of Los Alamitos at a cost of $34,108.27. ![]() If you can't tell what the date is on it and you got it with an older mask, then bet on it being old and potentially dangerous. This goes for literally any filter, whether it's "safe" or not. The general rule of thumb is: If the filter is older than you, don't breathe through it for extended periods of time. The report I've heard from a supposed Dutch study is that they do not contain asbestos. If someone has a link to an actual study to prove me wrong, I'll read it. Also, I'm pretty certain there hasn't been any studies that have CONFIRMED EO-19 filters contain asbestos, it's just assumed since Soviet GP5 and EO-16 filters do. It's also added to nearly every filter out there, so the chart is still incorrect in that sense. Chromium is not toxic unless it is actually leaking from the filter, which only happens if the charcoal is leaking or falling out since it's an additive to charcoal. Sheesh, way to get your priorities bass ackwards. A simple "C" for Asbestos, but a full on skull and cross bones for Chromium. The chart's iconography is also misleading. U.S C2 and CA C3 "contains Chromium or other toxins" but the tan Israeli filters don't? Lol kay. ![]()
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