Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Michael P. Callagy, County Executive
Subject: Measure K: King’s Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade Engine 356 Replacement
RECOMMENDATION:
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Measure K: Adopt a resolution authorizing a one-time grant of Measure K reserve funds, not to exceed $680,000, to the Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade, Inc for eligible acquisition costs of one replacement Type 3 wildland fire engine, and authorizing and directing the County Executive, or designee(s), in coordination with the County Attorney, to negotiate and execute the corresponding grant agreement with Kings Mountain Fire Brigade, Inc.
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BACKGROUND:
San Mateo County contracts with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE) to provide fire protection services in the unincorporated areas of the County that are not served by a fire protection district. Under this arrangement, CAL FIRE serves as the San Mateo County Fire Department.
The County also cooperates with the La Honda Fire Brigade (LHFB) under a Memorandum of Understanding approved by the Board of Supervisors through Resolution No. 069569 on July 22, 2008. The MOU authorizes LHFB to provide volunteer fire protection and emergency response services in cooperation with the San Mateo County Fire Department, and defines a service area encompassing approximately 250 square miles of the County’s rural mountain and south coast communities and recognizes the service of approximately 40 volunteer firefighters, including members of both the La Honda Fire Brigade and Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade.
Within this coordinated County fire protection and mutual aid system, the Kings Mountain Volunteer Fire Brigade operates as the Kings Mountain Fire Department at Fire Station 56, in coordination with CAL FIRE. Its current frontline wildland apparatus, Engine 356, is a 2003 Freightliner Hi-Tech Type 3 engine that is nearing...
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