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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:	February 12, 2019

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Purchase Contract for a Type 1 Hazardous Materials Response Vehicle

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/12/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, Director
Candace Andersen, Director
Diane Burgis, Director
Karen Mitchoff, Director
Federal D. Glover, Director

Contact:

Aaron McAlister, Assistant Fire Chief 925-941-3300 x1103

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, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a purchase contract with Golden State Fire Apparatus, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,300,000 for the manufacture and purchase of a Type One Hazardous Materials Response Vehicle for emergency response and mitigation of hazardous material incidents.

FISCAL IMPACT:

100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund Balance.

BACKGROUND:

In 2016, the Fire District made a strategic decision to initiate the formation of a hazardous materials team within the organization that would be staffed on a 24-hour basis to respond to and mitigate hazardous materials incidents within the Fire District. An agreement was reached with the California Office of Emergency Services Fire and Rescue Division (CA OES) to become an assignee of a Type 2 Response Vehicle. This agreement provided training for the members of the organization to become qualified in this specialty.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Our team has been up and running since the OES vehicle was delivered in April of 2018 and continues to develop in capabilities. The Hazardous Materials Team operates from an assigned vehicle from CA OES and is completely reliant on that vehicle. Recently, the vehicle was out of service for over 30 days while it received warranty related repairs in Sacramento. This compromises our ability to respond to incidents. The agreement with CA OES also has some restrictive rules about how the vehicle can be utilized locally.

Ideally, the District would have some back up or reserve capability as it does for engines, ladder trucks and other apparatus. The matter before the Board allows the District to purchase a Type 1 Hazardous Materials Response Vehicle that will be owned and operated by the District. This will allow the CA OES vehicle to serve in a back up or reserve capacity. Additionally, the District desires to upgrade the team to a Type 1 Hazardous Materials Response Team in the future. Acquiring this vehicle will allow the District to plan for that enhanced future capability.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The District would continue to rely on the California Office of Emergency Services assigned vehicle and would not have back up capability when that vehicle is out of service.