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To:	Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:	Jeff Carman, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Date:	January 9, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Appropriation and Revenue Adjustment – Live Fire Training Unit

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/09/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Jackie Lorrekovich, Chief, Admin Services (925) 941-3312

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: January 9, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE Appropriation and Revenue Adjustment No. 5035 authorizing use of revenue in the amount of $410,000 from 1) a Federal grant award and 2) the local agency match from fund balance and appropriating it for the purchase of a live fire training unit in the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District.

FISCAL IMPACT:

73% Federal; 27% local agency match. Use of fund balance, not to exceed $110,000 from the Fire District General Operating Fund (Fund No. 202000).

BACKGROUND:

On November 15, 2016, the Governing Board of the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (District) authorized the Fire Chief to apply for and accept federal grant funding for a Phase 5 live fire training unit. The District was successful in being awarded this grant from the FEMA Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The live fire training system enables firefighters to incrementally develop knowledge of fire behavior and skills for fire control and suppression as they advance through five available skill centers. The system includes a purpose built training unit that replicates real world scenarios. This enables instructors to deliver extremely realistic, hands-on training.

The District is currently without such a training unit and live burn opportunities are extremely rare. Having our own training unit will enable the District to keep on-duty engine companies in the District delivering training that would otherwise only be available out of County.

The federal award amount is $296,591. During the specification process, the lowest quote for a training unit that met the needs of the District was in excess of $400,000. With a federal contribution of $296,591 and a local agency match requirement of $29,659, the District will also need to fund the additional amount needed to acquire the desired equipment. The District's total contribution should not exceed $110,000.