ORANGE COUNTY FIRE AUTHORITY - 2012 JPA - INCLUDES PROPOSAL

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Santa Aria Proposal for Emergency Services Personnel if the City of Santa Ana decides to contract with the Orange County l~irc ~~uthorit}' for ecmergency services, the C>C1''11 is committed to making the transition of the Santa Ana lire Dcpartnzcnt's operations and personnel to the OCFA as smooth. as possible- "I'he positions filled arc those created by the contract between the City of Santa Ana and the OCI~A- Therefore, the considerations rendered regarding personnel arc based on any new positions added to the OCFA by this contract. The OCFA will hire all sworn safety personnel the[ arc current Santa 1\na l~irc Department employees based on their rank held on October 21, 2011, subject to the conditions noted in this section and the following: Proposrd current employees for hiring (193 safety personnel, and 14 non sworn personnel) • 1 Division Chief • 3 Battalion Chiefs • 3H I=ire Captains • 3G Dire Apparatus Engineers • 72 l~irefightcr/l~ircfighter-Paramedics • 1 Assistant Fire Marshal • S Dire Prcvenrlon Staff • 1 Office Service Specialists (subject to Ml~~IRS grant) • G Dispatchers • 1 ISMS -Nurse (civilian paramedic/RN) "I'hc policy of the OCF.1 is that. only positions of rank (Division Chief, Battalion CI-tief, Cap[ain, En~>ineer) created by the addition of a new contract are a~°ailable m the new transitioning personnel. If the. transitioning city has more positions of rank than the option selected, those. individuals in excess will be transitioncd as l~iretighters. The Santa Ana k^'irc Chief will be oftcrcd a Division Chief position- "Phe Santa Ana lire Marshal shall be offered an Assistant Fire 1~Iarshal position- Two additional Fire Captain positions will be required in administrarion, which will allow for the transition of t~vo Santa Ana 1-~irc Captain positions to he transitioncd at that rank- The. city will detcrtninc which individuals wil] fill the. positions of rank, prior to the transition. "The dispatch and fire prevention civilian position offers will be based upon available assignments and are at the discretion of OC:I~;y. "I-he city will dctcrnzine based on its process the individuals that will be oftcrcd positions. If the City of Santa Ana elects to allow OCF.r~ to manage the Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) grant the OCFA would offer the current clerical employee managing this program a position within the OCFA; the en~ploycc's salary and benefits being offset by this grant. OCI~A does not "transition" ci~-ilian staff- Civilian staff arc hired Orange County I' ire Authority 36 of 50 Deccrnber 2, 201 ]