To enhance community safety by:

• Reducing loss of life and property and safeguarding the environment by effectively responding to fire, rescue and medical emergencies, hazardous material incidents and major disasters;
• Helping members of the community reduce the frequency and severity of fires, accidents and natural disasters by providing public education programs;
• Reducing threats to public safety by enforcing laws, codes and ordinances covering fire and life safety and by abating identified fire hazards on city, private and other agencies' property; and
• Maintaining personnel, apparatus, equipment and facilities in a constantly ready condition.

(percentage of budget chart goes here)
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Operations:

 

Emergency Response

Non-Emergency Response

Apparatus Maintenance

Apparatus Planning and Purchasing

Communications

Small Equipment and Tools

Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus

Personal Protective Clothing

Hose Maintenance and Testing

Small Powered Equipment Maintenance

Ladders

Fire Station Supplies and Maintenance

Keys and Access Procedures

Training:

 

Company-Level Training

Joint Training within West County Area

Administration:

 

Occupancy and Records Management

Policies and Procedures

City Disaster Preparedness and Planning

Fire Prevention:

 

Plan Review

Fire Investigations -- Mandated

Code Review and Updating

Company-Level Code Enforcement Inspections

Inspections on Special Systems and Processes

Fire Hazard Reduction (Public and Private Property)

Fire Pre-Planning

Neighborhood Emergency Assistant Team Program

Public Education:

 

Tri-City Safety Day

School Demonstrations and Site Visits

Tours of Fire Stations

Visual Aids and Public Education Supplies

Joint Response System in West County Area (Automatic Aid)

• Joint Communications (Dispatch)
• Joint Training
• Boundary Drops (Closest Unit to Incident)
• Common Operational Standards
• Operational Coordination/Planning
• Pooling of Resources and Support

• Coverage of Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones along San Pablo Ridge
• Enhanced Automatic Aid with Berkeley and EBRPD

• Within Contra Costa County
• Inter-County within the Bay Area
• OES Region and State

• Mutual and Auto Aid Support at Wildland/Urban Interface

• West County Overhead Incident Management Team
• Contra Costa County Overhead Team
• CSFM Arson Investigation Support
• UCB Bomb Squad
• USCG Support for Ship and Port Incidents and Training
• Chevron Refinery Support for Hazardous Materials Incidents

1. Policy Goals:

 
1. Build on existing successes of joint operations (cost control, service levels).

 
2. Retain local accountability for West county jurisdictions: Cities and Fire Districts.

 
3. Seize opportunities to improve fire protection for the citizens.

 
4. Focus on West county area relationships.

 

2. Expanding Joint Operations System:

 
1. Participating members (RHFPD, Pinole Fire)

 
2. Affiliations (Crockett FPD, MRAs with Berkeley, EBRPD, Moraga-Orinda)

 
3. Program Expansion:

 
1. Training
2. Haz Mat response
3. Coverage enhancements (2nd truck, station move-ups, Overhead Teams, Operations Team, long-range planning)
4. Fire prevention (inspections, plan review, public education, code review, investigations, policy coordination)
5. Emergency preparedness (NEAT and REACT, EOCs, community warning)
6. Facilities and infrastructure (water supply, seismic safety, ADA, communications, employee safety systems)
7. Equipment and apparatus (standardization, purchasing, maintenance, reserve pool)
8. Emergency medical service (paramedic level care, transport, medical priority dispatching, fee for service system)

 
3. Areas for Changing Joint Operations:

 
1. Functional Enhancements

 
1. Pooled command staff
2. Unified Administration
3. Unified labor pool
4. Unified operational procedures and work rules

 
2. Restructuring the partnership

 
1. Contracting for Services
2. JPA -- regional governing through participant agencies (cities, districts)
3. Special District Consolidation
4. Merge with the County Fire District

 
4. Opportunities for Leadership:

 
1. Enhance Joint Operations

 
2. Build linkages (bi-lateral, multi-lateral)

 
3. Clarify vision and goals

 
4. Marshal support among partners

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