HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12062011 - FPD SD.7RECOMMENDATION(S):
ACCEPT oral report to provide an overview of automatic aid agreement with the City of
Richmond. (Daryl Louder, Fire Chief)
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. This report is for informational purposes only.
BACKGROUND:
In 2006, the Fire District entered into an Automatic Aid Agreement with the City of
Richmond. The agreement ensures that the closest fire engine will be dispatched in order to
increase citizen and firefighter safety regardless of the jurisdiction or geo-political
boundaries. The agreement stipulates that at the end of each year, Richmond and the District
will compare the total responses for each department. The agency with the greater number
of calls will be compensated using the following methodology, i.e., hourly crew rate, hourly
apparatus rate, administrative overhead rate, and cost for radio system utilization per
incident. In 2009-2010, Richmond responded to 1,496 calls within the County and the
District responded to 703 calls within Richmond. This resulted
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/06/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, Director
Gayle B. Uilkema, Chair
Mary N. Piepho, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director
Contact: Chief Daryl
Louder, 925-941-3500
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on
the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 6, 2011
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: Daryl Louder, Fire Chief
SD. 7
To:Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:Daryl L. Louder, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Date:December 6, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Overview of Automatic Aid Agreement with the City of Richmond
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
in a charge of $354,431 for services. This is the only mutual or automatic aid agreement that
the District participates in where charges are incurred. The District is attempting to
renegotiate the fees for the automatic aid agreement and has proposed a number of options
to Richmond for consideration, i.e., elimination of the payments, use of in-kind services,
equalizing the fee, etc.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
No impact.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.