HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 03132012 - FPD C.01RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to apply for and accept a 2012
California Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant in an amount not to exceed $20,000 to provide
wildland fire protective clothing and training for the Briones Reserve Program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$20,000, 50% State (CAL FIRE); 50% District match required. Funds are appropriated for
the purchase of wildland fire protective clothing in the fiscal year 2012-13 District operating
budget. This grant, if awarded, will expand what the Distict can do with those limited funds.
BACKGROUND:
The Volunteer Fire Assistance (VFA) Program, formerly known as the Rural Community
Fire Protection (RCFP) Program, provides federal financial, technical, and other assistance
to state foresters and other appropriate officials to organize, train and equip fire departments
in rural areas and rural communities to suppress fires.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 03/13/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, Director
Mary N. Piepho,
Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
ABSENT:Gayle B. Uilkema, Chair
Federal D. Glover,
Director
Contact: Daryl L. 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: March 13, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 1
To:Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:Daryl L. Louder, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Date:March 13, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:2012 California Volunteer Fire Assistance Grant
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
VFA Program objectives include 1) providing financial, technical, and related assistance to
state foresters to organize, train, and equip local firefighting forces for fire protection in
rural areas and communities of 10,000 persons or less; 2) determining benefits and costs of
fire protection of rural lands and evaluating the distribution of these costs and benefits
among all approproate entities; and 3) developing policy and monitoring states'
administration of equipment and supplies purchased in whole or in part with VFA Program
funds.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The District will lose the opportunity to apply for this grant.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
NA