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Hampton Bays Fire District Declaration of District Emergency and Supplemental Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District September 2, 2020
The Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District (‘Board of Fire Commissioners”) , located in Hampton Bays, County of Suffolk and State of New York, has kept fully informed of the current public health and safety concerns concerning the pandemic outbreak of the coronavirus ( COVID19) in localities and Counties on Long Island , throughout New York State and the United States and around the world. In a time of an extreme emergency and potential disaster of this magnitude, it is incumbent upon the local, State, national governments, all political subdivisions and municipal based district corporations and political entities of the State , and the governments around the globe and their elected officials, to act decisively, and in an abundance of caution in taking all measures necessary to protect the health, safety and welfare of the members of the Hampton Bays Fire Department and their families, the employees and representatives of the Hampton Bays Fire District and their families, the residents of the Hampton Bays Fire District ( hereinafter also referred to as “ the Hampton Bays Family “) and all other members of the public , the Board of Fire Commissioners have previously taken and continue to take such decisive action, including the approval and continuation of the appropriate Emergency Declaration as hereinafter detailed, the issuance of the appropriate Orders to enforce the Emergency Declaration , and the reserved right to continue the Emergency Declaration , and issue all further and necessary Orders in furtherance of the Emergency Declaration and in compliance with the Executive Orders of the Governor of the State of New York, and the orders, directives and guidelines of all other applicable authorities. Accordingly, by unanimous decision and Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners , in an abundance of caution, and for the safety of the Hampton Bays Family and all members of the public as hereinbefore described , on March 16,2020 the Board of Fire Commissioners declared a state of emergency and disaster based upon the current and continuing pandemic outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID19) in localities and Counties on Long Island , throughout New York State and the United States and around the world, and on the basis of that declaration, as issued pursuant to the powers and authority granted to the Board of Fire Commissioners by law, and in compliance with the Executive Orders of the Governor of the State of New York, and the orders, directives and guidelines of all other applicable authorities. and declared the aforesaid emergency and disaster, invoking all emergency powers and authority conferred upon permitted to the Board and the Commissioners by law in order to perform and discharge the duties and responsibilities conferred upon it and them by law, and did so and therein, without limitation , to take all steps necessary to obtain and maintain the performance of necessary work by public works, or the purchase of equipment, supplies and materials, all without competitive bidding should that prove necessary , in order to perform their duties , and in addition, closed both Department Firehouses except for emergency responses until further notice subject to special emergency response rules and protocols. In that regard, Members of the Hampton Bays Fire Department responding to an emergency were instructed to remain in the truck bay areas and leave the Firehouse after signing in for the call. The closure included prohibiting use of the gymnasium facility by members, their families and authorized guests. In addition, by Order, the Board cancelled all non-essential gatherings scheduled and non-scheduled at both Department Firehouses through at least March 31, 2020 pending further notice. This included, but was not limited to, all training sessions, Department and District meetings and any other meetings, gatherings and events to be held at either Firehouse. The declaration and Order were issued to allow us to clean and keep the Firehouses as clean and sterile as possible for the safety of our responding members and staff and members of the public. The Board further declared that as the situation evolved the Board of Fire Commissioners will keep all updated and will, as deemed necessary, extend the time period of the Orders issued and declared in the notice , declaration and Order of March 16,2020 and therein declared it would issue any further Orders and directive deemed necessary for the public health, safety and welfare which is the paramount concern and objective of all. Accordingly , at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners, as convened and conducted on April 1, 2020 in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Open Meetings Law, and Executive Order 202.1 issued by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 12, 2020, and all prior and subsequent Executive Orders in connection with the declared pandemic emergency, the Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously approved and Ordered that the terms and provisions of the Emergency Declaration and Order of March 16,2020 shall be and the same were thereby extended through and including April 30,2020 subject to the further notice, declaration and Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District, as required or permitted and any further federal, State, or local order and directive that may be promulgated and apply, and by virtue of the additional Executive Orders issued by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, including but not limited to Executive Orders 202.3 through 202.11, 202.13, and anticipated and issued Executive Order 202.14, dated April 7, 2020 continuing and confirming the extending of Executive Orders 202.3 through202.11 and 202.13 through 11:59 pm on April 29, 2020 and anticipated and issued Executive Order 202.18 dated April 16, 2020 extending Executive Orders 202.3 through 202.11, and 202.13 and 202.14 from 11:59pm on April 29, 2020 through 11:59 pm on May 15, 2020 thereby confirming and ratifying said extension by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Emergency Declaration until May 15,2020 as hereinafter provided. Accordingly , in furtherance of the Emergency Declaration issued by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District on March 16, 2020, and continued by the Board on Apri1 1, 2020 through April 30, 2020, and further continued by the Board on April 30, 2020 through and including May 15, 2020, and in compliance with the Executive Orders of the Governor of the State of New York, including but not limited to Executive Orders 202.3 through 202.11, 202.13, Executive Order 202.14, dated April 7, 2020 extending Executive Orders 202.3 through202.11 and 202.13 through 11:59 pm on April 29, 2020 and Executive Order 202.18 dated April 16, 2020 extending Executive Orders 202.3 through 202.11, and 202.13 and 202.14 from 11:59pm on April 29, 2020 through 11:59 pm on May 15, 2020, and the orders, directives and guidelines of all other applicable authorities that it was hereby further ordered by the Board at a regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Fire Commissioners, as convened and conducted on May 6, 2020 in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Open Meetings Law, and Executive Order 202.1 issued by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 12, 2020, and the subsequent orders issued or continued through June 6, 2020, and in reliance upon the advice and directives of the Governor as to the prospective further delayed reopening of business and activities in Suffolk County as the pandemic continues .that the Emergency Declaration of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District as aforesaid shall be and the same was hereby extended in all respects through and including 11:59 pm on June 3, 2020, and the special emergency response rules and protocols for emergency responses by Members of the Hampton Bays Fire Department , including but not limited to those set forth herein , should likewise continue at least through 11:59 pm on June 3 ,2020 and the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District having met at a regularly scheduled and duly convened meeting on June 3, 2020 as convened and conducted on June 3, 2020 in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Open Meetings Law, and Executive Order 202.1 issued by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 12, 2020, and the subsequent Executive Orders of the Governor issued or continued through at least June 6, 2020, and including but not limited to Executive Orders 202.28. 202.29, 202.31,202.34, 202.35 and in reliance upon the advice and directives of the Governor as to the prospective further delayed reopening of business and activities in Suffolk County as the pandemic continues, that the Board of Fire Commissioners decided and unanimously voted to approve a motion that the Emergency Declaration of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District as aforesaid shall be and the same was hereby extended in all respects through and including 11:59 pm on June 30, 2020, and the special emergency response rules and protocols for emergency responses by Members of the Hampton Bays Fire Department , including but not limited to those set forth herein , should likewise continue at least through 11:59 pm on June 30 ,2020, all subject to the further Executive Orders of Governor Cuomo and all other applicable authorities , and the Board continued to reserve the right to issue any further Orders and directives deemed necessary and appropriate for the, continuation, modification and enforcement of the terms and provisions of the Emergency Declaration , and the special emergency response rules and protocols and for the public health, safety and welfare which is the paramount concern and objective of all. Accordingly , in furtherance of the Emergency Declaration issued by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District on March 16, 2020 , and extended and continued as aforesaid through 11:59 pm on June 30, 2020 and the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District having met at a regularly scheduled and duly convened meeting on July 1, 2020 as convened and conducted on July 1, 2020 in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Open Meetings Law, and Executive Order 202.1 issued by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 12, 2020, and the prior and subsequent Executive Orders of the Governor issued or continued, including but not limited to Executive Order 202.38 Executive Order 202.41 and Executive Order 202.42,and Executive Order 245 , dated June 20, 2020 and in reliance upon the advice and directives and further Orders of the Governor as to the prospective further delayed reopening of business and activities in Suffolk County as the pandemic continues, the Board of Fire Commissioners decided and unanimously voted to approve a motion that the Emergency Declaration of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District as aforesaid shall be and the same is hereby extended in all respects through and including 11:59 pm on July 31 2020, and the special emergency response rules and protocols for emergency responses by members of the Hampton Bays Fire Department , including but not limited to those set forth herein and previously proposed by the Chief of the Department and approved and adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners , should likewise continue at least through 11:59 pm on July 31 ,2020, all subject to the further Executive Orders of Governor Cuomo and all other applicable authorities , and the Board continued to reserve the right to issue any further Orders and directives deemed necessary and appropriate for the, continuation, modification or termination and enforcement of the terms and provisions of the Emergency Declaration , and the special emergency response rules and protocols and for the public health, safety and welfare which were again continued and are of the paramount concern and objective of all, and in doing so agreed and declared, upon the request of Chief of the Department Christian Hansen at the July 1,2020 meeting that effective immediately, and for at least the next thirty(30) days in person training sessions for Department members within the Department Firehouses and on the grounds of said Firehouses shall be permitted on the condition that all existing special emergency response rules and protocols for emergency responses as promulgated by the Chief of the Department and previously approved and adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners shall continue in full force and effect and apply to all such in person training sessions and furthermore that all such training sessions shall be conducted under, and governed by the terms and provisions of the rules and protocols issued by the Suffolk County Department of Fire, Recue and Emergency Services ( FRES) for the Reopening of and Access to and Use of the Suffolk County Fire Academy Grounds and Facilities for such training sessions, and including without limitation the requirements as applied to the Hampton Bays Firehouses all requirements with respect to screening, temperature checks , number of members to attend a session, written attestation as to no COVID symptoms in the past 14 days, no positive COVID test in the past 14 days and no close contact with a confirmed or suspected COVID 19 case in the past 14 days, the use of proper PPE including masks. face coverings and gloves and social distancing the fullest extent possible, and all other provisions of the FRES protocol. and the Board continues to reserve the right to issue any further Orders and directives deemed necessary and appropriate for the, continuation, modification and enforcement of the terms and provisions of the Emergency Declaration , and the special emergency response rules and protocols and for the public health, safety and welfare which is the paramount concern and objective of all. Accordingly , in furtherance of the Emergency Declaration issued by the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District on March 16, 2020 , and extended and continued as aforesaid through 11:59 pm on September 2 , 2020 the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District having met at a regularly scheduled and duly convened meeting on September 2 2020 as convened and conducted on September 2, 2020 in accordance with the provisions of the New York State Open Meetings Law, and Executive Order 202 issued by Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 7, 2020 and Executive Order 202.1 issued by New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo on March 12, 2020, and the prior and subsequent Executive Orders of the Governor issued or continued, including but not limited to Executive Order 202.38 Executive Order 202.41 and Executive Order 202.42 and all orders subsequent thereto , including without limitation Executive Order 248 dated July 6, 2020 , Executive Order 249 dated July 7, 2020, Executive Order 250 dated July 10,2020, Executive Order 253 dated July 21, 2020, Executive Order 255 dated August 5, 2020 and with full consideration of Executive Order 202.60 issued on September 4, 2020 and in reliance upon the advice and directives and further Orders of the Governor as to the prospective further delayed reopening of business and activities and guidelines for conducting business and essential services in Suffolk County as the pandemic continues, the Board of Fire Commissioners decided and unanimously voted to approve a motion that the Emergency Declaration of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District as aforesaid shall be and the same is hereby suspended in all respects effective September 9, 2020 subject to the further Order of the Board of Fire Commissioners, that the District Reopening Policy as proposed by the Board of Fire Commissioners and the Chief of the Department , and reviewed by District legal counsel , is hereby adopted effective immediately , and the special emergency response rules and protocols for emergency responses by members of the Hampton Bays Fire Department , including but not limited to those and previously proposed by the Chief of the Department and approved and adopted by the Board of Fire Commissioners including those adopted as to training and response to alarms at the request of Chief of the Department Christian Hansen at the meeting of the Board on August 5, 2020 as aforesaid, , shall continue in full force and effect, all subject to amendment and the further Executive Orders of Governor Cuomo and all other applicable authorities , and the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Hampton Bays Fire District and the Board continue to reserve the right to issue any further Orders and directives deemed necessary and appropriate for the, reinstatement , resumption continuation, modification, amendment or termination and enforcement of the terms and provisions of the Emergency Declaration , and continuation, modification, amendment enforcement or termination of the terms and provisions of the Reopening Policy and special emergency response rules and protocols and for the public health, safety and welfare which is the paramount concern and objective of all and the Board continues to reserve the right to issue any further Orders and directives deemed necessary and appropriate for the, for the public health, safety and welfare which is the paramount concern and objective of all. Hampton Bays New York September 2, 2020 So Ordered by the Hampton Bays Board of Fire Commissioners Robert King Chairman Christopher Langsdorf, Commissioner Kevin Kenny Commissioner Kevin Connolly, Commissioner Richard Durand Commissioner
David G. Van Scoy Sr.
Hampton Bays Fire District Secretary
Hampton Bays Fire Department Headquarters 69 West Montauk Highway Hampton Bays, NY 11946
Hampton Bays Fire Department Station 1 106 Ponquogue Avenue Hampton Bays, NY 11946
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