To: Board of Directors
From: Lewis Broschard, Chief, Contra Costa County Fire Protection District
Report Title: Training Facility Use Agreement with Contra Costa Community College District
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a Training Facility Use Agreement with the Contra Costa Community College District to pay Contra Costa County Fire Protection District for use of the Fire District Training facility for the period October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Contra Costa Community College District (College District) will pay the Fire District a facilities fee of $46,585 for fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 and $48,000 for FY 2026-2027 for each course that uses the Fire District training facilities, and a live fire training fee of $9,000 for FY 2025-2026 and $9,000 for FY 2026-2027 for live fire training conducted with the assistance of the Fire District.
BACKGROUND:
The College District, through Los Medanos College, provides an Accredited Regional Firefighter I Training Program (ARTP) as one of its many educational programs. The Fire District maintains a State Accredited Fire Academy (facility, equipment, props, and classrooms). The Fire District training facility (Contra Costa Fire Training Center) in Concord is the location for the Los Medanos College ARTP. The Training Facility Use Agreement (Agreement) will permit the College District to continue to deliver their ARTP using the Contra Costa Fire Training Center facility.
The agreement requires the Fire District to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the College District from Fire District’s share of liability for damages, injury or death of or to any person or the property of any person caused by the negligence or willful misconduct of the Fire District, its officers, agents or employees in the Fire District’s performance of the Agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to approve this agreement would result in a loss of revenue for the Fire District and restricted access to the training facilities for the College District.