HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 11102015 - FPD D.3RECOMMENDATION(S):
ACCEPT a report from the Fire Chief providing a status summary for ongoing Fire District activities and initiatives.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact.
BACKGROUND:
At the request of the Contra Costa County Fire Board of Directors, the Fire Chief is providing a report on the status
and progress of the various District initiatives.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
The report will not be formally accepted by the Board.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
No impact.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 11/10/2015 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, Director
Candace Andersen,
Director
Mary N. Piepho, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director
Contact: Jeff Carman,
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: November 10, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
D.3
To:Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:Jeff Carman, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Date:November 10, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Fire Chief's Report
ATTACHMENTS
Fire Chief's Report - November
2015
2010 Geary Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4619 ● (925) 941-3300 ● www.cccfpd.org
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
November 10, 2015
TO: Board of Directors
FROM: Jeff Carman, Fire Chief
RE: Fire Chief’s Report
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The District continues to work on the rebuilding of Fire Station 16 in Lafayette. The
District’s contractor, facilities manager, and a structural engineer have been working
to determine if there are any issues that would prevent us from utilizing the existing
frame and foundation to rebuild the station. To date nothing has been found that
would contradict the tentative plan. The original drawings have not been located, so
our next step is to contract with a firm to produce drawings for the fire station. Once
we have drawings in our possession, we can proceed with requesting bids for the
construction phase.
The District continues to work with County Counsel and the County Administrator’s
Office to finalize our contract with the County Emergency Medical Services Agency.
This has been a tedious process, but we are very near completion. Once completed,
the District will begin work with County Counsel on the contract between the District
and AMR.
The District continues to work on filling vacant positions. We are moving forward with
Academy 49, which is slated to begin in early January 2016. We have interviewed
candidates to fill a vacant dispatcher position and will begin interviews for fire
equipment mechanics and fleet manager this month.
Our new apparatus are nearing completion and final inspections should be done by
the end of November. Deliveries will begin after the first of the year and continue
throughout the first quarter of 2016.
In July, we received approval to add a third firefighter to Squad 6 (Concord) and
make it a full engine company due to a very high hazard fire season. On November
3rd we reduced staffing back to two firefighters, placing Squad 6 back in service now
that the fire season appears to be over. During July, August, and September, Engine
6 ran 1,035 incidents, averaging 11 calls per day. Of those 1,035 incidents, 160
were fires and 385 were non-medical calls. Although Engine 6 is down-staffed again
for the winter, it is one of our top priorities to re-staff next budget year.