The Cityside Townhouses at 605 E. Main Ave., which are slated to be torn down as part of the Mead Johnson Nutrition modernization project, will be used as a training ground for Zeeland firefighters and police under an agreement between the city and Mead Johnson that was approved Monday.
By Greg Chandler
Zeeland Record
The Zeeland fire/rescue and police departments will get an opportunity to conduct training at several former residential properties that were acquired by Mead Johnson Nutrition last year as part of the company’s modernization project.
The City Council Monday approved a hold harmless agreement with Mead Johnson, where the city won’t hold the company liable for any potential accidents or injuries that may occur during training. The agreement covers the homes at 549 and 553 East Main Ave., and the Cityside Townhouses at 605 E. Main.
“We don’t often get houses inside the city to train in,” Interim Fire/Rescue Chief Mitch Harsevoort told the council.
The two homes and the townhouses were slated to be torn down as part of the Mead Johnson project. The fire and police departments had been in discussions with the company about the possible use of the structures for training. City Attorney Jim Donkersloot drafted the agreement and brought it to council for action.
“We won’t be doing any live fires, but we’ll be smoking them out, doing forceable entry, ventilation, those type of things … This gives us (an opportunity to train in) both older construction of the houses, as well as modern construction that we don’t have a lot of in the city in the townhouses,” Harsevoort said.
The city and Mead Johnson must still agree on an acceptable time and date for the training activities to occur. All schedules and dates requested by the city are subject to Mead Johnson’s review and may be accepted or declined at the company’s sole discretion, according to the agreement document.
Zeeland Record
The Zeeland fire/rescue and police departments will get an opportunity to conduct training at several former residential properties that were acquired by Mead Johnson Nutrition last year as part of the company’s modernization project.
The City Council Monday approved a hold harmless agreement with Mead Johnson, where the city won’t hold the company liable for any potential accidents or injuries that may occur during training. The agreement covers the homes at 549 and 553 East Main Ave., and the Cityside Townhouses at 605 E. Main.
“We don’t often get houses inside the city to train in,” Interim Fire/Rescue Chief Mitch Harsevoort told the council.
The two homes and the townhouses were slated to be torn down as part of the Mead Johnson project. The fire and police departments had been in discussions with the company about the possible use of the structures for training. City Attorney Jim Donkersloot drafted the agreement and brought it to council for action.
“We won’t be doing any live fires, but we’ll be smoking them out, doing forceable entry, ventilation, those type of things … This gives us (an opportunity to train in) both older construction of the houses, as well as modern construction that we don’t have a lot of in the city in the townhouses,” Harsevoort said.
The city and Mead Johnson must still agree on an acceptable time and date for the training activities to occur. All schedules and dates requested by the city are subject to Mead Johnson’s review and may be accepted or declined at the company’s sole discretion, according to the agreement document.
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