FIRE TECHNOLOGY
Appendix F8: Facilities Requests
Audience: Facilities Committee, Administrators
Purpose: To be read and responded to by Facilities Committee.
Background: Following the completion of the 2012 Chabot College Facility Master Plan, the Facilities
Committee (FC) has begun the task of re-prioritizing Measure B Bond budgets to better align with current
needs. The FC has identified approximately $18M in budgets to be used to meet capital improvement
needs on the Chabot College campus. Discussion in the FC includes holding some funds for a year or two
to be used as match if and when the State again funds capital projects, and to fund smaller projects that
will directly assist our strategic goal. The FC has determined that although some of the college's greatest
needs involving new facilities cannot be met with this limited amount of funding, there are many smaller
pressing needs that could be addressed. The kinds of projects that can be legally funded with bond
dollars include the "repairing, constructing, acquiring, equipping of classrooms, labs, sites and facilities."
Do NOT use this form for equipment or supply requests.
Instructions: Please fill in the following as needed to justify your requests. If requesting more than one
facilities project, please rank order your requests.
Brief Title of Request (Project Name): Fire Fighter Roof Training Props at PE Complex
Building/Location: 2900
Description of the facility project. Please be as specific as possible.
Add two roof training props with lighting for students to place ladders against and climb upon.
Currently, students perform roof access techniques onto PE Complex roofs with fire ladders. The
intent of this request is to have the proper roof props placed atop the 1-story roof of Building 2900 so
that the ladders do not cause damage to the roof surface.
What educational programs or institutional purposes does this equipment support?
Supports Fire Conditioning training and Fire Fighter 1 Academy ladder skills development throughout
the year.
Briefly describe how your request relates specifically to meeting the Strategic Plan Goal and to
enhancing student learning?
Student retention is core concern at Chabot College. When it comes to training with Fire Ladders, students need
the practice carrying, raising, extending and placing these ladders to be successful in the Fire Academy. Due to
strength issues, some students need at least two or more semesters of the Fire Conditioning training to
competently meet the ladder training standards. The renovation of the PE complex did not take into account the
fact that the Fire Conditioning students throw these ladders to the roof of Building 2900 and access the roofs as
part of their training. The proposed roof props are intended to handle the rigors of ladder training while
protecting the roof of the structure. The additional lighting is needed for safety of students training at night.
Brief Title of Request (Project Name): Additional Computer Lab and Student Study Area
Building/Location: 1600
Description of the facility project. Please be as specific as possible.
Add a study area to Building 1600, similar to upgraded improvements in Building 1800. Also, add an
additional state of the art computer lab in 1600 for online hybrid courses to use.
What educational programs or institutional purposes does this equipment support?
Supports need for CTE students in Applied Technology courses to have an indoor study area similar to
Building 1800, especially Fire Tech students who need break out rooms to perform class activities.
Also, a state of the art computer lab where Applied Tech students can do course related assignments
would help with retention, due to students who lack personal computers due to financial hardships.
Briefly describe how your request relates specifically to meeting the Strategic Plan Goal and to
enhancing student learning?
Student retention is a core concern at Chabot College. Several students who apply to the Fire Tech program do
not possess their own computers , so their ability to complete assignments is limited to the availability of
computers that have the software and resources necessary to support their assignments. Due to the limited
number of computer labs in 1600, Fire Tech instructors run into conflicts of time and access before or after some
Fire Tech classes to provide these affected students the opportunity to complete assignments when the library
computer lab is not open.