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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Daryl L. Louder, Contra Costa Fire Protection Dist.
Date:	February 12, 2013

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Status of the Fire Station Closure Plan

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/12/2013

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:

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: February 12, 2013
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT report from the Fire Chief regarding the status of the fire station closure plan.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No fiscal impact.

BACKGROUND:

Fire Stations 4 (Walnut Creek), 11 (Clayton), 12 (Martinez), and 16 (Lafayette) were closed on January 15th as approved by the Board of Directors at the last meeting on December 11th.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Community Meetings – Respective members of our Board of Directors, District staff, County staff, and partner agencies conducted community meetings in each of the affected areas. The goal was to explain why the individual fire stations were impacted and to discuss the specific mitigation strategies that have been implemented in each community in an effort to reduce the adverse impact.

Response Times – Only two weeks of data is available since the closure of the fire stations. This is not statistically significant for an accurate analysis. See Attachment A.

An analysis of the first month of data will be provided verbally at the Board of Directors meeting. To date, the District is not aware of a significant delayed response time or serious impact in the affected areas.

Mitigation Strategies – District staff is working closely with our response partners (County EMS, AMR, Moraga-Orinda Fire, San Ramon Valley Fire, and East Contra Costa Fire) to provide service to the affected communities. Efforts include:

• Closest resource from any agency will respond to the incident
• AMR is reviewing and adjusting their posting locations to provide the best coverage
• County EMS is reviewing and adjusting the response to incidents in medical facilities
• Engine Company 22 (Concord) is operating out of the Clayton fire station from 2 P.M. to 8 P.M. daily on Monday through Saturday
• Reengineering routine business flow and processes to keep units available for response
• Continue to explore the civilian EMS-only pilot program
• Continue to hire and train additional reserve personnel for limited duties

Staffing Levels – The minimum staffing for field operations for 24 fire stations is 219 personnel. The District currently has 216 personnel assigned to field operations. As such, no reductions in force or layoffs are necessary as a result of the recent fire station closures. The District will continue to monitor staffing levels as we prepare the FY-2013-2014 preliminary budget, evaluate attrition rates, and evaluate the potential impacts of AB-197 litigation.

Facilities and Apparatus – Security systems have been installed in the four fire stations and valuable equipment has been removed from the facilities. Each station is being periodically monitored by local police departments as well as staff from adjoining fire stations. Fire apparatus from the respective fire stations has been redistributed to augment the operation capabilities and enhance the reserve fleet.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The report on the status of the fire station closure plan will not be accepted.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not applicable.

CLERK'S ADDENDUM

Speaker: Mr. Diaz, Clayton City Council Member.