FIRE TECHNOLOGY
Appendix E: Proposal for New Initiatives (Complete for each new initiative)
Audience: Deans/Unit Administrators, PRBC, Foundation, Grants Committee, College Budget Committee
Purpose: A “New Initiative” is a new project or expansion of a current project that supports our Strategic
Plan. The project will require the support of additional and/or outside funding. The information you
provide will facilitate and focus the research and development process for finding both internal and
external funding.
How does your initiative address the college's Strategic Plan goal, or significantly improve student
learning?
GOAL D: Vision, Leadership & Innovation / D5 – Provide safe, secure, and up-to-date facilities and technology.
Acquire the parcel in San Leandro adjacent to the Alameda County Training Facility (near San Leandro BART) as a
transit campus for Chabot, with classrooms and resources available for Fire Technology and other programs, and
develop a Joint Powers Agreement with Alameda County Fire for shared use of these classes and the fire training
center. Fire Academy, Driver/Operator and Fire Officer courses could transition to this new location off Chabot’s
campus, including a limited number of potential general education courses.
What is your specific goal and measurable outcome?
A home for the Fire Academy that meets our training needs. Fire Technology courses have been offered since
1963. The first Fire Academy was in 1979 at the NIKE Site and San Leandro Training Center. During the previous
Educational Master Planning and Facilities Planning, the needs of the Fire Technology program were not
represented. Several years ago, the District sold the NIKE Site, but did not reinvest the funds from the sale into the
Fire Technology program, nor the Fire Academy (choosing instead to apply the revenue from the sale toward art
projects at both Chabot and Las Positas College campuses). The San Leandro Training Center may be sold for
residential development in the next few years when the economy improves (if the land adjacent to it is sold to a
developer), leaving the Fire Academy nowhere to go. Following the advice of former President Celia Barberena,
the Fire Technology Program needs to be self-sufficient. As programs on campus have grown, their facility needs
have been addressed. The same cannot be said for the Fire Academy and the Fire Technology Program as a whole.
Recent Facilities Meetings regarding the draft Facilities Master Plan proposes that the Fire Tower needs are
supported off campus.
Until this project has the approval to move forward, I cannot estimate some the information requested.
What is your action plan to achieve your goal?
Activity (brief description)
Address the facility needs in the updated Facilities Master Plan.
Pursue a Joint-Powers Agreement with Alameda County Fire
Department for a shared use facility.
Purchase the parcel of land adjacent to the Alameda County Fire
Training Center in San Leandro from Wells Fargo Bank with Measure
B Funds.
Design the classroom facility consistent with the Fire Technology,
Fire Academy and Fire Prevention Inspector program needs, along
with other potential off-campus programs.
Target
Required Budget (Split out
Completion personnel, supplies, other
Date
categories)
How will you manage the personnel needs?
New Hires:
Faculty # of positions
Classified staff # of positions
Reassigning existing employee(s) to the project; employee(s) current workload will be:
Covered by overload or part-time employee(s)
Covered by hiring temporary replacement(s)
Other, explain
At the end of the project period, the proposed project will:
Be completed (onetime only effort)
Require additional funding to continue and/or institutionalize the project
(obtained by/from):
Will the proposed project require facility modifications, additional space, or program relocation?
No
Yes, explain:
Will the proposed project involve subcontractors, collaborative partners, or cooperative agreements?
No
Yes, explain:
Do you know of any grant funding sources that would meet the needs of the proposed project?
` No
Yes, list potential funding sources: