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Chief Blackmon:
She thinks, at the time, the county tried to do a good job following up with self care, and that has kind of tapered off. They need to do the best job they can with getting people to take care of themselves.

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Chief Blackmon:
The ability to use zoom/webex/etc has improved their ability to collaborate with others and it has been extremely helpful. They have used it across a lot of different areas in the fire department in general.
The use of Amazon Business is a best practice and the ability to use that going forward would be helpful.
Having the ability to expand your resources quickly is huge because you cant provide the service you are required to if you do not have the resources.

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Chief Blackmon:
They were finally able to get temporary assistance on the finance side, and having that ability to expand their human capital quickly was helpful to them. They, unfortunately, lot them at this point.

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Chief Blackmon:
They tend to ask for forgiveness rather than permission (On the fire side).
They were behind on technology greatly. They did not have to deal with Mac products until the pandemic. It took them a tremendous amount of time because the IT team did not have the ability to support them.
The county as a whole was trying to juggle so man things at once.

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Chief Blackmon:
Getting other agencies to commit to their roles.
Sharing resources.
Having the relationships with the other departments and agencies makes a huge difference.

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Chief Blackmon:
Finding equipment and supplies. The City of Henderson used Amazon Business and they found that very helpful, and if they has been able to have that available to them, it would have been helpful in the beginning.
It was difficult that they did not have more resources. They were having to go out to so many different vendors and searching and calling around to set up vendors and it was a challenge

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Chief Blackmon:
Purchasing has been very helpful in making sure they are trained up to the current purchasing requirements.

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Garcia:  I believe that we responded quickly and efficiently in an unprecedented emergency that impacted everyone.

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Garcia:  I believe that we responded quickly and efficiently in an unprecedented emergency that impacted everyone.

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Garcia: I don’t believe we’ve had time to identify that yet.

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Garcia: I don’t believe we’ve had time to identify that yet.

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Garcia: We could be more competitive for remaining inventory if we were able to utilize p-cards versus purchase orders.

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Garcia: We could be more competitive for remaining inventory if we were able to utilize p-cards versus purchase orders.

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Garcia: I don’t believe that we experienced any shortfalls that weren’t experienced by everyone else.  We continued to report price gouging and inventory hoarding to the State level, but it was difficult to prevent during the emergency.  We found it hard to keep companies under contract as the pandemic was viewed as a Force Majeure and as quickly as we were encumbering funds, we had to unencumber and re-encumber because someone else had scooped up the inventory.

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Garcia: I don’t believe that we experienced any shortfalls that weren’t experienced by everyone else.  We continued to report price gouging and inventory hoarding to the State level, but it was difficult to prevent during the emergency.  We found it hard to keep companies under contract as the pandemic was viewed as a Force Majeure and as quickly as we were encumbering funds, we had to unencumber and re-encumber because someone else had scooped up the inventory.

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Garcia:  I believe that the relationships we share between agencies/organizations made it possible to share resources and benefit from each other contacts.

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Garcia:  I believe that the relationships we share between agencies/organizations made it possible to share resources and benefit from each other contacts.

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Garcia: Our biggest challenge early on was competing with other agencies all over the country for the same supply chains.  We also found that scammers engaged early in the emergency.  It became problematic to decipher what was a valid resource and what wasn’t.

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Garcia: Our biggest challenge early on was competing with other agencies all over the country for the same supply chains.  We also found that scammers engaged early in the emergency.  It became problematic to decipher what was a valid resource and what wasn’t.

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Garcia: Clark County Fire and Procurement developed our “Continuity Of Operations Plan” in 2018.  This resource proved valuable in assisting us with sourcing materials and supplies needed early on.  In addition, the Purchasing Dept. has been actively involved with the Emergency Management Division for a while and we have staff that have completed the FEMA training necessary to familiarize us with the MACC operations and responsibilities.

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Garcia: Clark County Fire and Procurement developed our “Continuity Of Operations Plan” in 2018.  This resource proved valuable in assisting us with sourcing materials and supplies needed early on.  In addition, the Purchasing Dept. has been actively involved with the Emergency Management Division for a while and we have staff that have completed the FEMA training necessary to familiarize us with the MACC operations and responsibilities.