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CDF Update

CDF Update. Ruben Grijalva, Chief Director / State Fire Marshal October 18, 2006. CDF Update. 1st 100 Days – Department Issues / Goals Immediate needs Mid-Range needs Long term needs. CDF Update. Visited 18 of 21 CDF Units Statewide One on one with Unit Chiefs

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CDF Update

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

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

  3. 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

  4. 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

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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. 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

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

  16. 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

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

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

  19. 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”

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

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