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The Dispatch/Maryland Coast Dispatch
May 17, 2013
Hurry, Hurry, Hurry! Ocean City Weighing Humvee
Acquisition For Storm Response
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A Humvee, such as the one pictured above, could be added to Ocean City’s emergency vehicle arsenal if the Mayor and Council approves its acquisition. Submitted Photo
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OCEAN CITY – Many municipalities across the country have been taking advantage of the government’s program that provides surplus military equipment free of charge, and Ocean City is looking into acquiring military vehicles to operate emergency rescues during inclement weather. During a Police Commission meeting Monday morning, Ocean City Police Department (OCPD) Captain Gregory Guiton presented the opportunity to acquire military Humvees. “It’s free, but we all know that free is never free, there is always associated costs,” Guiton said, explaining the costs will begin with transporting the vehicle to Ocean City and whatever work to be done to the vehicle afterwards, such as paint and equipment. Guiton furthered the department is looking to receive a vehicle from the closest military base of Ft. Meade or Dover. The vehicle does not have to be limited to police use only, but could be used across city public safety departments, such as fire and beach patrol. With two major hurricanes impacting Ocean City in the past two years, the town has relied on military assistance and their vehicles to rescue Ocean City residents from high waters. Guiton pointed out military procedure is to have two drivers and a spotter in the vehicle, and once Ocean City’s own personnel joins the rescue it leaves little room for others. “By acquiring one and making it a city vehicle … we would have the ability to have the vehicle for these types of scenarios that seem to be happening more frequently,” he said. “It doesn’t take a lot of water for our standard vehicles to not be able to go through [high water] and a vehicle such as
the military Humvees would be a bonus force to have to provide service to the town specifically during these types of weather events.” Guiton provided research conducted on other agencies who had taken on military vehicles and their choices in customization, such as having it painted in town colors and branded and adding emergency lights or different types of caps, which would all be additional expenses. Guiton cautioned against picking available vehicles out on the Internet and if this was a direction the Mayor and City Council wanted to move in he recommended having staff travel to the location to inspect the condition of the available vehicle to avoid repair costs. “If you thought this is something the town would be interested in, this might be the time to at least acquire it and then put it on the back burner as far as how much you really want to invest in the vehicle itself,” he said. “The availability of the Humvees is getting less and less because people are taking advantage of getting these and it is hit or miss.” Captain Michael Colbert added during Hurricane Sandy Ocean City asked the state for three Humvees and two deuce and a half vehicle. Due to the ongoing devastation caused by the hurricane to the north, the state was in need of those vehicles in other locations. “In this instance, we could release them sooner … it would help us reduce our needs from outside of the area,” he said. Mayor Rick Meehan was in favor of moving forward in acquiring a military vehicle to be used strictly for emergency purposes but added in Ocean City’s case the vehicle should be equipped with a snorkel kit to ride in high waters. SEE NEXT PAGE
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