Agenda

Return

D.4

To:	Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Board of Directors
From:	Jeff Carman, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Date:	April 10, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Disaster Readiness for Safer Communities (D-RiSC)

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/10/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

ABSENT:

Diane Burgis, Director

Contact:

Fire Chief Carman, (925) 941-3300 x1100

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: April 10, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

SUPPORT the Disaster Readiness for Safer Communities (D-RiSC) coalition members and their efforts to transform our aging mutual-aid system from reactive to proactive. Coalition members include California Fire Chiefs Association and California Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Association.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No impact

BACKGROUND:

As a result of the devastating fires in 2017 and early 2018, fire service organizations across the State have formed a coalition to seek additional funding from the State to update our 70-year-old master mutual-aid system. The update would transform our system from reactive to proactive by funding the pre-positioning of resources ahead of climate-driven events.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Potential lack of funding to support the necessary update of the mutual-aid system.