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FROM: Fire Chief Keith B. Richter ` Costa
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District `.
County
DATE: October 'I2, 2004 •s>.� --•N �• 1���'•
SUBJECT: Donation Of Equipment for Fire Trails Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Chair, Board of Supervisors, to accept a donation of equipment
totaling approximately $56,000 from PG&E on behalf of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection
District to enhance the District's Fire Trails Program.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The value of the equipment being donated is estimated by PG&E to be approximately $56,000.
BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION:
The District's Fire Trails Program provides for the grading of fire trails in off-road, usually hilly areas to
allow fire apparatus access in the event of wildland fires. Graded fire trails also serve as fire breaks.
There are approximately 260 miles of fire trails in the District.
The donated equipment includes a Dump Truck with an estimated value of$27,800; a
Backhoe/Loader, $18,000; a one-ton 4x4 Pickup Truck, $6,500; and a Tiltbed Trailer, $3,700.
The Backhoe/Ladder will assist in the installation of drainage control measures as needed on fire trails,
thereby reducing erosion; will assist, with added flair-mower attachments, on fire trails by reducing the
fuel load; can be shared with the Rescue Program including training; and can be called to structure
fires to assist in overhaul.
The Dump Truck and Tiltbed Trailer will be used to haul the Backhoe/Loader and other equipment, as
well as to haul Rip-Rap to shore fire trails.
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Contact: Mike George 941-3311 .JOHN SWEETEN,CLERK O�'THE BOARD&
cc: County Administrator/Rich Seithel S)..IPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
C.C.C. Fire Protection district
Auditor-Controller
BY_ /j 4- DEPUTY
The Pickup Truck will beck-up our existing, aging vehicle in the Fire Trails program and serve as a
utility vehicle for hauling various items.
The District does not plan to incorporate these four (4) pieces of equipment into its basic fleet, meaning
that there is no intention to replace the equipment as it wears out and is no longer useful. Instead, the
District views the equipment as "extras" which will no longer be available for use when it becomes non-
operational,
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