06 cdf grijalva update

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Ruben Grijalva, Chief Director / State Fire Marshal October 18, 2006

CDF Update: 

CDF Update 1st 100 Days – Department Issues / Goals Immediate needs Mid-Range needs Long term needs

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Visited 18 of 21 CDF Units Statewide One on one with Unit Chiefs Groups of Supervisors and Managers Statewide Firefighters Union and some Chapters

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Visited Various Stakeholders Regional Council of Rural Counties CA League of Cities California Forestry Association Sierra Club County and Area Fire Chiefs Associations State Legislators Federal Partners

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Goal Identify key issues facing CDF Develop a plan to address those issues

CDF Update: 

CDF Update What I found: Unfunded liabilities Labor issues Budget deficits Aging infrastructure Aging equipment Morale impacted by compaction / inversion issues Identity issues Mission unclear

CDF Update: 

CDF Update What I also found: Hardworking, dedicated employees Strength in Partnerships with local government A Governor supportive of solving these issues A management team ready to lead, if given the chance

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Base Budget Deficit – $20 to $39 million Caused by year after year of absorbing higher workers compensation, unemployment, and other unfunded liabilities Implemented cost control measures No reductions for safety, legal mandates, maintenance of equipment for fire season, etc. CDF negotiated base budget increases for the current FY and future FY’s with the Department of Finance Distributed $10 million end of year funds for critical items

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Labor Agreement – 2 year rollover Governor and Legislature approved a 2 year roll over of current CDF Firefighters contract with some significant changes Constant pay year-round for employees 72 hour work schedule for Firefighter 1’s and BC’s Firefighter 1’s to get same pay for 72 from 96 hr schedule BC’s to 72 hr schedule to serve as basis for inversion solution Approximately 300 new firefighters Number of new BC’s to be determined

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Engine Replacement - $10 Million Supplemental Governor provided supplemental funding 42 new engines per year 24 ECT’s per year 15 new engines for OES

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Succession Planning $5 million new funding per year To address increased need for training and academy needs To over staff key positions during transition

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Infrastructure Increases CDF given authority to build FS and other key facilities, rather than DGS Added positions to Tech Services to oversee increased construction projects Build approx. 5 additional FS per year over existing rate of replacement 20 years to catch up

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Completing Helicopter Replacement Study After 3 years of engine replacement Shift $10 million toward helicopters Federal Excess Program State of the art, all-risk mission BCP to Legislature and Governor

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Inversion Issue Governor approved CDF, DPA, Finance plan Asst. Chiefs to see approx. 12% PERSable increase Recruitment & Retention Bonus 22K (non-PERSable) for 3 years Unit Chiefs 5% more than AC’s 3% @ 50 CEA’s to be addressed by increased cap

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Fire Season – High acreage, low loss Executive Order DC10 USFS partnership OES, Local Government partnership Successful Campaigns

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Changing Faces – Reorganization Two Regions Integration of State Fire Marshal Office New Appoinments Chief Deputy Asst. State Fire Marshal Deputy Director of Fire Protection Programs 2 Asst. Region Chiefs 11 of 21 Unit Chiefs

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Two-year work plans Schedule A / Amador changes Tulare Riverside County San Diego Placer E. Contra Costa Half Moon Bay

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Contract Counties Continued good relationships Look for new opportunities Additional contract counties?

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Branding Issues Mission of CDF has evolved Year round, Full service, All-risk Floods, Landslides, Fires, EMS, Hazmat, SFM, Resource Mgmt., OES Mission tasking, etc. Disaster Response Partners with Local, State, and Federal Government International Responses (Baja, Mexico) 7 Points of Light Russ Bogh – “Cal Fire”

CDF Update: 

CDF Update Continuous Communications Up / Down Chiefs Weekly Memo Communiqué SFM Newsletter – “Chief 2 Chief” SFT Newsletter Others