Napa County Grand Jury • 2014-2015

Napa County Fire Department*

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Findings and Recommendations 4 findings

F1
required, and the FSAC meetings and agendas are not being published on the 203 County of Napa website for public viewing or access. 204
No recommendations for this finding
F2
The Napa County volunteer fire companies continue to have concerns with the 205 documents such as the Memorandum of Agreement and the Site Use 206 Agreement (see Appendix). 207
Related Recommendations (1)
R2
By September 1, 2015, the nine Napa County Volunteer Fire Chiefs to re- 226 address their issues with the Memorandum of Agreement and the Site Use 227 Agreement documents by sharing with the FSAC a detailed letter that lists and 228 highlights each concern 229
F3
Training and Certification continues to be a challenge for Napa County Fire 208 volunteer members. In order for Napa County Fire to maintain and possibly 209 grow the volunteer firefighter ranks, there needs to be greater attention 210 applied to a comprehensive training program that provides ample opportunity 211 for volunteer firefighters to receive the required training. 212
Related Recommendations (1)
R3
By September 1, 2015, The Fire Service Advisory Committee to ask for input 230 from all the Napa County Fire volunteer firefighters with regard to training 231 issues and by December 31, 2015, to present a plan to resolve the identified 232 training issues. 233
F4
Payroll for volunteer firefighters that work on cover assignments at Napa 213 County Fire career fire stations or on other fire assignments is not paid in a 214 timely fashion. Receipt of payroll takes anywhere from three to nine months 215 after an assignment has ended. This is a hardship for volunteers that take time 216 off from regular jobs to work on cover assignments. 217
Related Recommendations (1)
R4
By December 31, 2015, Napa County Administration staff to implement 234 procedures to pay volunteer firefighters for wages that were earned while on 235 cover assignments of their assignments. 236

Additional Recommendations 1

These recommendations are not explicitly linked to specific findings.

No Responses Found 2

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County of Napa Agency
Napa County Board of Supervisors Elected County Office

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