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Findings and Recommendations 9 findings
F1
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AWA has taken steps to increase transparency, yet still has room for improvement.
No recommendations for this finding
F2
Page 14
AWA’s financial stability remains a great concern.
No recommendations for this finding
F3
Page 14
Employees have not been sufficiently trained on their use of the Springbrook software. 3
No recommendations for this finding
F4
Page 15
During this investigation, the Grand Jury found no retaliatory actions by AWA management to employees.
No recommendations for this finding
F5
Page 15
The Interim GM has begun a reorganization of AWA. The outcome and structure of the reorganization is unknown at this time.
No recommendations for this finding
F6
Page 47
A Fire Chief routinely self-dispatches to incidents, and therefore violates protocol.
No recommendations for this finding
F7
Page 47
On multiple occasions, a Fire Chief canceled responding resources who would have been first to arrive in order to allow another department to respond, thereby unnecessarily adding to the response time. Not using the first-arriving engine resource is a public safety issue.
No recommendations for this finding
F8
Page 47
A Fire Chief slowed down an engine arrival by intentionally driving their district/department’s vehicle slowly in front of the responding engine of another district or department. Slowing down a responding engine is a public safety issue. 36
No recommendations for this finding
F9
Page 48
Amador County Fire Departments have been prevented from participating in training with other local fire departments.
No recommendations for this finding
No Responses Found 1
Government entities assigned to respond to this report. No response documents have been linked in our database.
Amador Water Agency
Special District