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<br />May 8, 2020 <br /> <br />Collier County EMS <br />8075 Lely Cultural Parkway, Suite: #267 <br />Naples, FL 34113 <br /> <br />Re: OCI Associates, Inc. <br /> <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br /> <br />I am pleased to take this opportunity to recommend OCI Associates, Inc. My experience with this <br />engineering firm was during the construction of our recent fire station on Captiva Island. The <br />project was a complex design in order to meet the demands of the Fire District. The Captiva <br />station is the only one on the island, which meant it had to function in many roles for the <br />administration, operations, and training staff. <br /> <br />The challenge we presented for the MEP design was that we wanted the building to be as green <br />and mechanically efficient as possible. The station would have to function as our EOC after a <br />catastrophic event such as hurricane while running on generator power for potentially 2-3 weeks. <br />This meant we had to use as little power as necessary to operate while at the same time <br />providing power to the entire station for crews to live and work in. We also wanted the fire <br />protection system to be designed with a separate training module built-in to supply our training <br />stairwell. The system needed to provide protection to the facility while at the same time having a <br />section not active in order to operate in a training scenario. I feel in conjunction with Sweet <br />Sparkman Architects, OCI did a fantastic job meeting these demands for us. <br /> <br />In closing, I would like to recommend OCI Associates as a very effective and professional <br />engineering firm, and I wish you well in your project. <br /> <br />Respectfully, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Jeff Pawul, Fire Chief <br />Captiva Island Fire District <br />239-472-9494 x203 <br />jpawul@captivafire.com <br />REFERENCES