DATE:
July 16, 2024
06
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION FROM THE BURN INSTITUTE (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
San Diego County Fire (County Fire), through a cooperative agreement with CAL FIRE, is the fire protection and emergency medical services agency for 92,203 residents across 1.8 million acres in the unincorporated area. In 2019, the Board of Supervisors authorized the establishment of a Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Division within County Fire that is fully integrated with CAL FIRE's State-mandated duties to maximize engagement opportunities with residents that reduce risk in our service area.
Using a holistic approach to increasing resilience, CRR focuses on engaging communities, building evacuation readiness, promoting defensible space and structural hardening, and managing vegetation. A key strategy to engaging individual communities is working closely with their Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT). The CERT program is made up of community volunteer teams, sponsored by area fire agencies, that provide training to residents to develop the skills necessary to safely assist in disaster response and recovery.
County Fire is fortunate to receive support from partner agencies and community members, like those engaged in CERT, who help bolster services and resources. The Burn Institute has been a key partner in helping the County ensure the San Diego County Fire CERT program has the tools needed to effectively serve communities. Most recently, the Burn Institute donated $7,500 to County Fire to fund specialized Automated External Defibrillator (AED) trainers with pictures and text in addition to voice prompts. These units are designed to assist individuals in learning cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) who are deaf, deafblind, people with hearing loss, hard of hearing, late- deafened and limited English proficient, or the term deaf, meaning in all inclusive manner of those just described. The funds will al...
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