PORT OF SEATTLE 
MEMORANDUM 

COMMISSION AGENDA             Item No.      6e 
ACTION ITEM          Date of Meeting Date of Meeting  August 10, 2010 
DATE:    June 30, 2010 
TO:      Tay Yoshitani, Chief Executive Officer 
FROM:    Randy Krause, Fire Chief 
SUBJECT: Resolution No. 3640, First Reading. Declaring Port Firefighting Vehicle POS
#052, Engine #712 as Surplus.
Value of this transfer: $ 7,000 - $9,500                       Source of Funds: N/A 
ACTION REQUESTED: 
Resolution No. 3640 First Reading. Declaring certain personal property surplus for Port of
Seattle purposes: One Port firefighting vehicle, a 1986 Darley Fire Engine, POS #052, Engine
#712, is surplus and further declaring that said property should be transferred to the Puget Sound
Skills Center. 
SYNOPSIS: 
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (the Airport) cannot adequately protect the people we serve
nor preserve its property without a fully trained and equipped Fire Department. To ensure fire
equipment is fully functional, the Fire Department follows a replacement cycle. After new fire
vehicles are purchased, tested, and placed in service, then the oldest vehicle is designated surplus 
for use elsewhere. 
The Port plans to transfer one 1986 Darley Fire Engine, Serial No. 423876-DARLEY, with an
estimated value between $7,000 and $9,500 to the Puget Sound Skills Center (PSSC), one of 13
skills centers in Washington State and located just west of the Seattle-Tacoma International
Airport in Burien, WA.. The PSSC is a specialized secondary education program offered by the
Highline School District, which provides career, technical and academic programs in 18 fields,
including Fire Services. 
The Port has a close working relationship with the PSSC, which is part of the Highline School
District and draws students from the Federal Way, Tahoma and Tukwila School Districts, as well
as Highline. A number of Port staff have partnered with instructors at the PSSC to provide
assistance and real life examples to heighten the education experience for students at the Skills
Center. One of the longest and most fruitful partnerships has been between the Port Fire

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June 30, 2010 
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Department and the Center's Fire Services program. The Port Fire Department continually finds
ways to support the program and the transfer of the Darley Fire Engine is just the latest example.
BACKGROUND: 
The Port of Seattle Fire Department has declared surplus to its needs the following item: 
Used Structural Firefighting Vehicle, described as a 1986 Darley Fire Engine, Serial No.
423876-DARLEY, estimated value between $7,000 and $9,500. 
Pursuant to the Fire Department Apparatus Replacement Master Plan, this vehicle has exceeded
its useful life as a first line response and/or reserve vehicle. A replacement vehicle, previously
authorized for purchase by Commission on September 4, 2009, has been received, tested,
accepted and is now in service.
The PSSC continues to express a financially restricted need for surplus fire trucks. The current
Structural Firefighting vehicle that this apparatus will replace is out of service and in desperate
need of replacement. The Port's transfer of the Firefighting Vehicle to the PSS would respond to
that need.
FINANCIAL IMPLICATION: 
The asset has fully depreciated and the net book value is zero. There is an estimated value of
$7,000 and $9,500, open to a limited market for resale. 
TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE SUMMARY: 
Surplusing the vehicle to the PSSC benefits the regional economy by supporting a public 
vocational education program to train future firefighters and associated fire service personnel and
reducing PSSC's costs. As part of the Airport's supportive community commitment, it is
important that the Port finds ways to be supportive of all of its neighbors, including the local
schools. The transfer of the fire engine demonstrates the Port's continued commitment to its role
as a good neighbor. 
ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS: 
Alternative 1  Surplus Fire Engine #712 to the open market: No one entity has expressed a
need for an aging Structural Fire Engine and the cost to transport is prohibitive. This is not the
recommended alternative. 
Alternative 2  Surplus Fire Engine #712 to the PSSC for its Fire Services program: This
alternative allows us to augment and enhance the Port's ongoing vocational partnership with the
PSSC. This is the recommended alternative. 
OTHER DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST: 
Resolution No. 3640.