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Alameda County Fire chief presents five-goal strategic business plan, seeks full-board adoption
Summary
Fire Chief Willie McDonald presented an organizational strategic plan to the Public Protection Committee that centers on five goals and 20 strategies, assigns branch champions and program managers to objectives, and requests support to bring the plan to the full Board for adoption within weeks to months.
Willie McDonald, chief of Alameda County Fire, told the Public Protection Committee on Feb. 25 that the department has finalized a strategic business plan organized around five overarching goals and 20 strategies developed with input from staff, Local 55 and external stakeholders.
McDonald said the five goals include fiscal sustainability; alignment with community values and service expectations; resources to meet mission needs and sustain organizational vitality; improved services and resources; and improved systems and processes, including employee health and wellness. The plan assigns branch champions and program managers to drive objectives, incorporate budget requests and report progress.
Implementation features include program managers selecting one or two initial objectives to focus on, developing action plans, and embedding objectives into personal work plans and the department’s budget-development cycle. McDonald said the department will report progress to leadership on a regular cadence, with program-manager check-ins every other month and biannual reviews built into the tracking process.
McDonald said the department contracted Citygate to assist with development, engaged Local 55 and held outreach with mayors, city managers and the Board of Supervisors during plan development. He asked the committee to receive the plan as informational and to offer support for a future full-board adoption; he said he hopes to bring the plan to the Board within a month or two.
During Q&A, committee members asked about return frequency; McDonald said he prefers an annual return to the committee to keep focus on progress. He also detailed recent mutual-aid deployment to Southern California wildfires: five engines and about 27 personnel responded for roughly two to three weeks and returned safely.
Committee members did not take formal action at the meeting; McDonald said next steps include ongoing implementation, periodic updates to the committee and a request to the Board for adoption when ready.
