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The caller said illegal fireworks typically escalate in June and peak around July and that a recent large illegal fireworks display in Ventura, posted on the Nextdoor app, could be heard in Oxnard. The caller urged the city to plan now for enforcement and said an ordinance alone is ineffective without enforcement capacity.

No formal action or committee direction was recorded in response to the comment; the clerk confirmed the public speaker concluded and the meeting proceeded to the consent agenda.

The comment was recorded as part of the meeting's public-comment period and did not result in a staff report or a motion during the session.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Comm. Services, Public Safety, and Housing & Development Committee Meeting - 3/11/2025","oneSentenceSummary","During public comment, a caller asked the city to plan for stronger enforcement of illegal fireworks beginning in June, saying an incident in nearby Ventura was loud enough to be heard in Oxnard and arguing an ordinance needs effective enforcement.","taxTitle","Oxnard City, Ventura County, California","taxId",3809,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6639985,"Oxnard committee recommends council authorize paramedic field-internship agreement with CalJAC through 2027",366,974000,1340000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2556480-6e6c85001aade64a2db549d3e531ef04&start=974&end=1340","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2556480-6e6c85001aade64a2db549d3e531ef04/thumbnail_974000.jpg","/articles/6639985/Oxnard-City/Ventura-County/California/Oxnard-committee-recommends-council-authorize-paramedic-field-internship-agreement-with-CalJAC-through-2027","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6639985-15a21e083356dd6406a694376ded5d9b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771162291&Signature=AuiyxU5IU5wFPh1Z0sm7Wa-smT8H4DLGLtJ0FWd-81VlDzGdrE-n5jvydXxB3aOUTeUwLajJIhiXgAZcWDE913Fi6ZvYb6eJQ84HdSN--NdWJcGwhh839Dg994ueLxd0LUp6NQeDvtyhcGMOsVYiHNnRuCh~YAHYwQNjNT91f4yL7OtdXzqQwYfcFEISSHhEd25hL-JfZjglb7CfBoMcn-ReYq-wf6X-MZUfFSu7CrCHISUzmCD3A5usgELkaVCCckzObUw4lwmGUrxHb3E90pg4mJ8LcbzMzUEYQFKgmwJJsCH6~wRvpIzirY8Gyq0YYjMtAcwrE7MwIf5MNCatng__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Oxnard City Committee on Public Safety and Housing Development on March 11 recommended that the City Council authorize the city manager to execute a paramedic/EMT student field-internship agreement with the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee (CalJAC) for a term ending Dec. 31, 2027. The committee voted 3-0 to forward the agreement.

Fire Department leaders told the committee the agreement will allow paramedic students to complete required field experience in a densely populated area, complementing classroom instruction and hospital rotations. From start to finish, the chief said, paramedic training takes roughly nine months: about five months in a classroom, followed by hospital time and field internship.

The department described the agreement as part of a broader workforce-development strategy. Through a grant-funded EMS Corps program, the department currently has a cohort of about 20 students, the chief said. Students accepted into the program receive a stipend while they train; once they attain six months of field experience they are eligible to pursue paramedic certification and, potentially, internship placements under the CalJAC agreement.

Councilmembers and neighborhood representatives praised the program. A representative from the Pleasant Valley Neighborhood Council told the committee residents were impressed with outreach and the opportunity the program creates for community members to obtain marketable public-safety skills.

The chief said field training officers will receive additional compensation: a 5% ad pay for shifts served as field training officers and a one-time $800 training officer payment tied to completing 480 hours of field instruction, as described during the meeting. Applications for the next cohort were described as open through March for a July start; the chief provided the program website as Oxnardemscores.org for additional information and application details.

The motion recommending authorization of the agreement was moved by Chair McArthur and seconded by Committee Member Perallo. The roll call recorded Chair McArthur, Committee Member Perallo and Committee Member Perez voting \"yes,\" and the motion carried 3 to 0.

The department said the internship agreement is intended both to increase local capacity for emergency medical services and to create a pipeline for hiring locally trained personnel.","The committee voted 3-0 to recommend the City Council authorize an EMT/paramedic student field-internship agreement with the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Committee (CalJAC) through Dec. 31, 2027, citing workforce development and an existing EMS Corps cohort of 20 students.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6639991,"Oxnard committee acknowledges fire department—report that shows 38% residential compliance, cites 10 arson arrests",322,253000,575000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2556480-6e6c85001aade64a2db549d3e531ef04&start=253&end=575","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2556480-6e6c85001aade64a2db549d3e531ef04/thumbnail_253000.jpg","/articles/6639991/Oxnard-City/Ventura-County/California/Oxnard-committee-acknowledges-fire-departmentreport-that-shows-38-residential-compliance-cites-10-arson-arrests","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6639991-d5fb702d5613e2f131b67f4f8018b043/orig.mp4?Expires=1771162291&Signature=MhZjAzGdaYlLYW1U6u6FXhjOjPTfTJixvr30BXUSXFl7x77mK~EBCm6WhF6UtBnsqfhyOdrolkFqGXrNuZBxb~hM7rb7zJveeOsra8kwhzGMoAL8fNDB5I9qqJ7osOo~v0juEbHp~4Rb1qJPhWhV77oywUW3WYkRtB5tchDtTKzdSvAf0KAeDezJP7-u0y240UZ9Am~-XdzOnGCgjAS22byFVXFEw7XCwoPHVFXKXIwpzEfCKn2mFhnKPtZzKhQqZWKOzJlB8sWCYCdcxHO89uxs3EtuuN8J27WGJk9g6HGGjLrNXWh67jRoZrt-VmgoOjyBLpTDdh6JlCaZ0szP7g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Oxnard City Committee on Public Safety and Housing Development voted 3-0 on March 11 to adopt a resolution acknowledging receipt of the Oxnard Fire Department\u0000annual report on state-mandated inspections, as required by sections 13146.2 and 13146.3 of the California Health and Safety Code.

The report, presented by the Fire Chief (Oxnard Fire Department), highlights a 100% compliance rate for E occupancies (educational uses) and a substantially lower compliance rate for residential inspections, which the chief said is currently 38%.

The nut of the report is public safety: state law requires inspection of specified occupancies, and the department used the annual report to summarize inspection activity, enforcement challenges and related initiatives for the prior year.

The chief told the committee that the lower residential compliance rate stems from staffing and workload issues. Some inspections are performed by engine company crews as an auxiliary duty; those crews have struggled to keep up because of increased emergency call volume, mutual-aid responses and training demands. The chief said the department has focused more intensively on inspections in the last five years and is still locating buildings that had not been inspected for many years.

The report also notes 10 arson arrests in the past year; the chief said none of those cases had yet reached prosecution, and that Oxnard Fire Department investigators typically hand cases over to Oxnard Police Department detectives to prepare them for the district attorney. The chief said a longer-term goal is to develop the fire department\u0000capacity to take cases through to prosecution.

The department described a grant to install 5,000 smoke detectors. The chief said one installation event was held in January and another is scheduled in May in partnership with the American Red Cross; roughly 1,000 detectors have been installed so far from the current grant. The chief added that the federal program administering the grant was expected to reopen applications in April, potentially allowing the city to seek additional detectors.

Committee members also pressed the chief on call volume. The chief said the largest driver of increased calls is medical emergencies, which rose after the COVID-19 period and have not receded; that trend, he said, is increasing overall call volume faster than population growth. The department is exploring a community paramedicine program to address lower-acuity repeat calls, and the county\u0000Board of Supervisors is expected to send a new ambulance service contract out to bid later this year, which the chief said could relieve pressure on the department.

Committeemember McPherley thanked the department for its work and referenced the 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire in Oakland to underscore the stakes of life-safety enforcement. \"It's amazing to see that your team is really working to ensure the safety and protection of our community,\" McPherley said.

The committee moved the item forward to the full City Council. The motion to adopt the resolution acknowledging receipt of the report was moved by Chair McArthur and seconded by Committee Member Perallo; the roll call vote recorded Chair McArthur, Committee Member Perallo and Committee Member Perez as voting \"yes,\" and the motion carried 3 to 0.

The committee discussion made clear it views the inspection program as constrained by staffing and interdepartmental capacity, and the chief said the department will return with comparative compliance data from surrounding jurisdictions if requested.","The committee voted 3-0 to forward a resolution acknowledging the Oxnard Fire Department\u0000\u0000annual report on state-mandated inspections, which shows 100% compliance for educational occupancies but a 38% compliance rate for certain residential inspections, plus 10 arson arrests and a 5,000-smoke-detector grant.","actionData","errors"]

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