From the Volusia County Fire Services website: "The Volusia County Technical Rescue Team is comprised of personnel from Fire Services, Corrections and the Volusia County Beach Patrol working together to respond to any incident within Volusia County that is beyond the capabilities of the responding engine companies."

Doesn't this mean that this service does not need to be inlcuded in proposals because the team responds across jurisdictions already? To "any incident"?...and is not based on a contract..but is a county service...paid for w/ our county taxes?

From the Volusia County Fire Services website: "The Volusia County Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Team, a State Resource team, is designed to provide a specialized response of personnel and equipment to incidents involving materials that present a physical, health, biological or radiological hazard to the public. ... The team is comprised of 68 members of specially trained personnel from Volusia County Fire Services, other county agencies, municipal fire departments, and EVAC."

Again, just asking...If this is a "state resource team" that is interdepartmental and crosses all jurisdictions currently...why would that require special consideration in a proposal for municipal fire service? Doesn't this team respond to municipalities and unincorporated areas across the county already...regardless of who the provider of basic fire service is?