CONTRA COSTA COUNTY  
Administration Building Board Chambers | 1025 Escobar St., Martinez, CA  
AGENDA  
Tuesday, May 14, 2024  
1:00 PM  
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT  
Board of Directors  
FEDERAL D. GLOVER, CHAIR  
CANDACE ANDERSEN, VICE CHAIR  
JOHN GIOIA  
DIANE BURGIS  
KEN CARLSON  
LEWIS BROSCHARD, FIRE CHIEF, (925) 941-3300  
MONICA NINO, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND CLERK OF THE  
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, (925) 655-2075  
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of the Board, the total amount of time that a member of the public may use in addressing the Board on all agenda  
items is 10 minutes. Your patience is appreciated.  
A lunch break or closed session may be called at the discretion of the Board Chair. Staff reports related to open  
1:00 P.M. Convene and call to order  
1.  
CONSIDER CONSENT ITEMS (Items listed as C.1 through C.13 on the following  
agenda) – Items are subject to removal from Consent Calendar by request of any Director.  
Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered with the Discussion Items.  
2.  
DISCUSSION ITEMS  
CONSIDER approving and authorizing the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute an  
Ambulance Services Pre-Award Agreement between Contra Costa County Fire  
Protection District and American Medical Response West, Inc. for the period May  
15, 2024 through December 31, 2025. (Lewis Broschard, Fire Chief)  
D.1  
CONSIDER accepting a report from the Fire Chief providing a status summary  
for ongoing Fire District activities and initiatives. (Lewis Broschard, Fire Chief)  
D.2  
Attachments:  
PUBLIC COMMENT (2 Minutes)  
3.  
CONSENT ITEMS  
ADOPT Resolution No. 2024-8 designating the week of May 19-25, 2024 as  
Emergency Medical Services Week, with the theme of "Honoring Our Past,  
Forging Our Future", as recommended by the Fire Chief.  
C.1  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the  
Fire Chief, a purchase order with The Knox Company in an amount not to exceed  
$443,000 for the purchase of Knox lock boxes. (90% Federal Grant, 10%  
CCCFPD General Operating Fund)  
C.2  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute an  
InterLocal Participation Agreement with the BuyBoard National Purchasing  
Cooperative for the District to join the Cooperative and access lower purchase  
prices for goods. (No fiscal impact)  
C.3  
C.4  
C.5  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent to execute, on behalf of the  
Fire Chief, a purchase order with Kalmikov Enterprises, Inc. (dba Fire Apparatus  
Solutions), in an amount not to exceed $1,420,000 to procure an incident and  
breathing support vehicle. (100% CCCFPD General Operating Fund)  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a contract  
with the Cal Poly Corporation to provide temporary access to the Contra Costa  
County Fire Protection District’s Training and Education Center for the California  
State-Certified Prescribed Fire Burn Boss Training, for the period June 10, 2024  
through June 14, 2024. (No fiscal impact)  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a contract  
with the U.S. Department of the Navy to use the former Concord Naval Weapons  
Station for training purposes, for the period June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025.  
(No fiscal impact)  
C.6  
C.7  
C.8  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to enter into a  
Memorandum of Understanding with the San Ramon Valley Fire District, for  
annual allocations of $1,100,000 for the use of their South County Training  
Facility for the period. (100% Measure X Funds)  
APPROVE the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 financial audits of the former East  
Contra Costa Fire Protection District. (No fiscal impact)  
Attachments:  
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or designee, to execute a contract  
with AP Triton, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $400,000 to provide ongoing  
fire-based emergency management consultant services to the District for the  
period May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2029. (100% CCCFPD EMS Transport  
Fund)  
C.9  
AUTHORIZE the Fire Chief, or his designee, to execute a construction contract  
with Thompson Builders Corporation, in the amount of $12,345,678 for tenant  
improvements at the Fire Protection District Communications Center. (100%  
EMS Transport Fund)  
C.10  
C.11  
DENY claims filed by John Jenkin; Jay Rana, General Manager for Sonesta  
Select, and Fred Zhang.  
RATIFY the execution of a grant application by the Contra Costa County Fire  
Protection District to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal  
Emergency Management Agency Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program, in an  
amount not to exceed $3,000,000, for the purchase of self-contained breathing  
apparatus equipment. (90% Federal, 10% District General Operating Fund match)  
C.12  
C.13  
RATIFY the execution of a grant application by the Contra Costa County Fire  
Protection District to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Federal  
Emergency Management Agency, in an amount not to exceed $14,890,080 for the  
FY 2023 Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant program for a  
three-year period upon award. (100% Federal)  
ADVISORY COMMISSION  
The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District Advisory Fire Commission is scheduled to meet next on  
Monday, June 10, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at their Administrative Office, 4005 Port Chicago Highway, Suite 250,  
Concord, CA 94520.  
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motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless requested by a member of the Board before  
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the entire consent agenda.  
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DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS  
Pursuant to Government Code section 84308, members of the Board of Directors are disqualified and not able to  
participate in any agenda item involving contracts (other than competitively bid, labor, or personal employment  
contracts), franchises, discretionary land use permits and other entitlements if the Board member received, since  
January 1, 2023, more than $250 in campaign contributions from the applicant or contractor, an agent of the  
applicant or contractor, or any financially interested participant who actively supports or opposes the County’s  
decision on the agenda item. Members of the Board of Directors who have received, and applicants, contractors  
or their agents who have made, campaign contributions totaling more than $250 to a Board member since  
January 1, 2023, are required to disclose that fact for the official record of the subject proceeding. Disclosures  
must include the amount of the campaign contribution and identify the recipient Board member, and may be  
made either in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors before the subject hearing or by verbal disclosure  
at the time of the hearing.  
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