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Board directs transfer of county hazardous-materials program to Contra Costa Fire to unify prevention and response
Summary
After months of staff and labor discussions, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to direct county staff to proceed with transferring the county'administered CUPA and hazardous-materials employees to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District, keeping the Integrated Pest Management program with the Agricultural Commissioner.
The Board of Supervisors on June 24 voted unanimously to move forward with a plan to transfer the county'operated hazardous materials (HazMat) program and Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) duties to the Contra Costa County Fire Protection District (Con Fire). The motion directs staff to pursue the steps necessary to complete the transfer and return with a timeline and the legal, human-resources and regulatory steps needed to effect a successful transition.
Why it matters: County officials said combining the county'HazMat regulatory programs with Con Fire's emergency-response capability will reduce duplication, improve incident intelligence sharing, streamline public communications during incidents, and place prevention-focused engineers and inspectors within a single organizational structure responsible for both regulation and emergency response.
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