And selected removal and maintenance of existing landscaping
Phase II will include renovations to the exterior building and interior renovations. Phase I started in December and should wrap up in May 2021, while Phase II will be a nine-month construction project starting in May with scheduled completion by late January 2022. The project team features architect NANO, LLC, contractor Centric Gulf Coast, Inc. (Phase 1), and CPA Project Manager Jennifer Lilos.
The Fire Administration, Safety/Community Relations, Fire Prevention, Logistics, Compliance (IT) and Operations Deputy Chiefs will be relocated to this new consolidated Fire Headquarters facility, along with other NOFD Divisions currently working from remote locations at four different facilities, including Special Operations (MTA East), Medical (2920 Magazine St.) Supply Shop (821 Magazine St.) and the Supply Annex (4330 St. Claude Ave.). The Supply Shop and Annex will be relocated to the former Fire Communications facilit
3M to destroy 500,000 counterfeit N95 respirators
3M to destroy 500,000 counterfeit N95 respirators By KEYC Staff | December 23, 2020 at 2:10 PM CST - Updated December 23 at 2:10 PM
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KEYC) - State officials have prevented 500,000 counterfeit N95 respirators from being distributed to Minnesota healthcare facilities.
The State Emergency Operations Center ordered the 3M branded respirators for hospitals and clinics across the state. Officials say the vendor, Supply Link, Incorporated, contracted with the State to provide the respirators, but no public funds were used. The counterfeit respirators, valued at $2.1 million, will be turned over to 3M for destruction. 3M has worked with law enforcement agencies worldwide to seize more than 7 million counterfeit respirators.
Minnesota healthcare facilities almost received 500,000 counterfeit respirators
State officials teamed with 3M to detect and prevent the mass fraud.
Posted: Dec 22, 2020 12:38 PM
Posted By: Mike Bunge
ST. PAUL, Minn. – State officials say they worked with 3M to stop 500,000 counterfeit N95 respirators from being distributed to Minnesota healthcare facilities.
“Protecting the health and safety of frontline health care workers is our top priority,” says Administration Commissioner Alice Roberts-Davis. “Part of sourcing scarce personal protective equipment in an intensively competitive environment is ensuring authenticity and effectiveness before delivery to healthcare facilities. Our partnership with Minnesota’s leading businesses such as 3M has been instrumental in providing reliable products.”
Minnesota, 3M remove 500K fake N95 respirators from circulation
The masks were headed to hospitals in Minnesota that couldn t get their own PPE.
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Thousands of N95 respirators valued at $2.1 million were not distributed to healthcare facilities in Minnesota after it was discovered they were counterfeit.
According to a news release from the Minnesota Department of Administration, the state and Minnesota-based 3M prevented the distribution of the 500,000 fake masks.
“Protecting the health and safety of frontline health care workers is our top priority,” said Administration Commissioner Alice Roberts-Davis. “Part of sourcing scarce personal protective equipment in an intensively competitive environment is ensuring authenticity and effectiveness before delivery to healthcare facilities. Our partnership with Minnesota’s leading businesses such as 3M has been instrumental in providing reliable products.”
Created: December 22, 2020 12:21 PM
The state of Minnesota and 3M have partnered to prevent 500,000 counterfeit N95 respirators from being distributed to state health care facilities. According to the Department of Administration, the counterfeit respirators will be turned over to 3M for destruction. The fake respirators are valued at $2.1 million.
The State Emergency Operations Center s Critical Care Supplies Work Group ordered the 3M-branded N95 respirators, Model 1860, as emergency supplies should hospitals and clinics be unable to procure their own personal protective equipment (PPE). The vendor, Supply Link, Inc., contracted with the state to provide the respirators. The state does not generally pay for PPE until the items have been received, and no public funds were expended for this order.