Pebble Beach Community Services District Fire Department 3101 Forest Lake Road, Pebble Beach, CA. 93953 Staff Report To: From: Board of Directors George W. Haines, Fire Chief Subject: Monthly Activity Report October 15 th to December 1, 2008 Operations: Emergency Incident Responses On October 15 th, 2008 at 3:22 PM, Pebble Beach and CAL FIRE crews responded to a reported vegetation fire. The exact area of the fire was not known. The reporting party was calling from Pacific Grove and felt the fire was on Huckleberry Hill. Fire personnel were able to locate the fire on Congress Road near Forest Lodge Road. The fire was extinguished by the first two arriving engines within ten minutes. One engine from Pacific Grove Fire also responded. The cause of the fire was determined to be discarded lit drug paraphernalia. On 10/22/08 at 10:10 a.m., Truck 6671 and Medic Engine 6611 responded to a reported residential structure fire. Upon arrival of Pebble Beach Units, visible smoke was seen coming from the garage of the residence. Fire personnel initiated a direct fire attack and fully extinguished the fire in approximately 10 minutes. Fire damage was limited to the garage. Mutual aid from the City of Monterey was received as part of a standard residential structure fire response plan. After a thorough investigation, the cause of the fire was determined to be a discarded cigarette. Estimated total loss from the fire was $25,000. On November 7, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Truck 6671 and Medic Engine 6611 were dispatched to a reported residential structure fire on Benbow Lane. The responding fire personnel were met by the resident who advised them that a place mat had caught fire and they extinguished the fire with a fire extinguisher. Estimated loss per the resident was $5,000. On November 16 th at 9:36 AM, Medic Engine 7212 responded to 72 Ocean Pines for a person trapped in an elevator. The elevator was stuck between the first and second floors with a single elderly resident trapped inside. The occupant was extremely agitated and was felt to be suffering some difficulty breathing. An additional engine and an ambulance were summoned to assist. Fire crews removed the exterior door to the elevator shaft to make access to the patient. The patient was relocated to his apartment and assessed by Fire personnel. It was determined that the patient did not require transport to the hospital.
Page Two Apparatus and Equipment All Pebble Beach fire equipment is in service and available. Replacement of the ALS Fire Captain Vehicle Staff received four bids for a replacement command vehicle for the paramedic captain. The vehicle has been ordered for the lowest price of $28,894 and will be delivered in January 2009. The new vehicle, a 2009 Chevy Silverado, will replace the 2001 Ford Expedition. The budget includes $40,000 for the vehicle including emergency lighting, siren package and accessories. PBCSD will serve as the lead agency and submit reimbursement requests to Cypress and Carmel Highlands Fire Districts as agreed to in the Battalion Wide Advanced Life Support Paramedic Program. The estimated total costs for PBCSD, Cypress and Carmel Highlands Districts are $15,000, $15,000 and $10,000, respectively. Memo to DGM/CFO Kilic is attached. Training: New Training Fire Captain Fire Captain Colette O Conner has started as the new B-2 Training Captain replacing Fire Captain John Owens who was promoted to Battalion Chief. Emergency Medical System Continuing Education Drills Personnel were scheduled to review Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) curriculum, practice skills and complete written tests to obtain Continuing Education Units (CEU s). EMT s are required to complete 24 hours of CEU s every two years to keep their EMT certification current. Engine and Truck Company Performance Standards All companies where scheduled to perform in service training in their respective response areas in order to maintain engine and truck company performance standards. Confined Space Rescue Training Pebble Beach Station personnel attended training in Confined Space rescue and training with PBCSD personnel.
Page Three Charleston Sofa Warehouse Fire Report and Command Training Battalion personnel attended a training course / review of the Charleston Sofa warehouse fire and command training. Areas covered during the training were lessons learned, operational risk management, situational awareness, appropriate strategy, accountability, effective communications and pre-fire planning. Advanced Life Support Program All personnel reviewed triage procedures and the new County triage tags. Engine companies did hands on training to review and practice the interface between basic and advanced life support personnel and skills. Paramedic personnel were trained and certified in the use of a new IV administration set up. Fire Prevention Bureau: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Program Fire Captains Valdez, Mondragon, Agenbroad and Lopez completed the training of the Big Sur class. Pebble Beach CERTs Wayne O Neil and Dave Ramsey also attended the 20 hours of training to assist the Fire Department. There were 57 Big Sur participants at the final skills testing at the Pebble Beach Fire Station on November 22. Engine companies from Pebble Beach and Carmel Hill were utilized to provide instructors and skill site proctors. Fire Captains Valdez, Mondragon, Agenbroad and Lopez also completed the training of the Pebble Beach, Carmel Highlands and Cypress joint CERT class. Pebble Beach CERT s Dave Ramsey, Rhonda Ramsey, and Wayne O Neil attended all 20 hours of training to assist the Fire Department in delivering this course. Of the 18 people who completed the 20 hour training, Pebble Beach had 11 participants, Carmel Highlands 5, and Cypress 2. Huckleberry Hill Fuel Reduction Maintenance Project Staff has completed all necessary requirements to begin fuel reduction maintenance in the area of Huckleberry Hill directly below areas along Los Altos Road and Costanilla Way. This project is a continuation of the maintenance for this area as outlined in the Pebble Beach Fire Defense Plan. The trees to be removed have been marked by Forester Steve Staub and the Pebble Beach Company will provide a chipping crew and chip hauling truck for the project. Cal Fire hand crews have been requested and their coordinator has walked the project with staff to determine the necessary crew time and equipment needs. Work will commence as soon as crews are available.
Page Four Building Plan Reviews and Inspections 12 new Projects/Plans approved 22 Field inspections completed A total of 120 hours was spent on Plans and Field inspections. Events The initial 2010 US Open safety planning meeting took place with United States Golf Association, Pebble Beach Company and PBCSD Fire/CAL-FIRE representatives. Although items discussed were very preliminary, meeting the working group for the US Open will facilitate communications, simplify the permitting process and generally make the event planning and operation process smoother for those involved in public safety. Because San Diego hosted the 2008 US Open, staff has been communicating with the San Diego Fire Prevention office to benefit from their experiences with the event. US Open staff estimate that 50,000 people will be attending the event each day for approximately 5 days. The event will be held entirely on the Pebble Beach course. Planning continues smoothly for the 2009 AT+T. Miscellaneous: The recent news letter was successful in generating quite a bit of interest for residential Knox Box order forms (over 20 in the last week alone). This rapid entry system is used by PBCSD Fire to reduce forcible entry damage and the time needed to gain access through a locked gate or into a residence during an emergency. Fire Captains Valdez and Lopez attended the monthly Monterey County Citizen Corps Council (MCCCC) meeting held at the Monterey County Office of Emergency Services. The MCCCC will be producing a 2009 calendar that promotes Disaster Planning and Preparedness. Chief Haines will be featured with his disaster safety kit in the month of June. On November 19 th, Fire Captains Valdez and Mondragon taught American Heart Association Heart Saver CPR to 19 Monterey County SPCA employees. Boy Scout Troop 90 had 5 CERT Scouts recognized by President Bush during the 2500 hour awards ceremony at the last PBCSD Board meeting. These exemplary young people continue to train to aid our community in case of an emergency.
Page Five The honorees were: Malcolm Jamison Thomas Paxton Kevin Hamabata Andrew Paxton Michael Paxton Pebble Beach Fire Department personnel hosted a birthday party for 101 year young Violet Gunning, who lives on Bird Rock. The Fire Prevention staff met Violet when she called the station after receiving a Reverse 911 call from us about a fire on Stevenson Drive. She wanted to know where that was and when staff provided that information she mentioned that she was a former school teacher and loved maps, but didn t have one of the Forest. Captains Valdez and Agenbroad took a small map to her, met her caregiver and have been periodically visiting her since then. Violet expressed interest in seeing the fire station, so staff planned a party for her on December 3rd. She was chauffeured to the station, given a tour, met all the firefighters and enjoyed a luncheon and cake with the crew and chiefs. Inspired by Violet s enjoyment of maps, the staff presented her with a full size, laminated wall photo map of Pebble Beach. Board members will be invited to her 102 nd birthday next year!
To: From: Suha Kilic, Deputy GM/CFO Dennis A. Carreiro, Battalion Chief Date: November 24, 2008 Subject: Advanced Life Support Fire Captain Replacement Vehicle The Pebble Beach Community Services District is the lead agency for the cost share for the Battalion Advanced Life Support Program. As the lead agency, this District purchases the vehicle assigned to this position and is then reimbursed by our partner Districts. The vehicle that is currently assigned to this position is identified in our District Capital Outlay Program. It is scheduled to be replaced after seven (7) years of service. The vehicle that is being replaced is a 2001 Ford Expedition. The 2008/2009 budget provides for the purchase of this vehicle with a maximum cost of $40,000. This is to include the vehicle, emergency lighting and siren package and accessories. The District will submit re-imbursement requests to the Cypress and Carmel Highlands Fire Protection Districts as agreed to in the Battalion Wide Advanced Life Support Program. Cypress Fire District will reimburse 37.5% ($15,000) of the total cost vehicle. Carmel Highlands District will reimburse 25% ($10,000) of the total cost of the vehicle. The anticipated net cost to PBCSD will be $15,000 In the past, the District has utilized State of California California Multiple Award Schedule. The contract for this type of vehicle is Ford and our closest approved vendor is Downtown Ford of Sacramento. In working cooperatively with our other local cooperating agencies we solicited bids based on a multiple vehicle purchase plan. A total of five vehicles were identified in the various District budgets for purchase this fiscal year. Staff compiled a list of specifications for the replacement vehicle. Five (5) dealers were asked to submit bids. Of the five dealers that were contacted, four returned bids and one of those has since gone out of business. The results of the bid are: Dealer Century Chevrolet Cardinale GMC Maita Chevrolet Downtown Ford Model year 2008 2009 2009 2009 Model Silverado Sierra Silverado F250 Delivery Out of business March 09 January 08 April 09 Price $36,350 $34,644 $28,894 $31,672 The successful bidder for the replacement vehicles is Maita Chevrolet of Elk Grove. A Purchase Order has been submitted to the dealer this vehicle. We anticipate the delivery of this vehicle in early January. Maita Chevrolet was also the successful bidder providing four additional fire vehicles for Cypress, Carmel Highlands and San Benito County Fire.