Citygate Associates: Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services Consulting Clients

Project Type	Client	Service Provided
Fire Services Billings	Port of Los Angeles	Performance audit review of fire services billings to the Harbor Department to review accuracy of billings and determine if services and billing methods are consistent with MOUs between agencies.
Fire Services Re-Structuring	City of Belmont, CA	Fire services review to provide fire services re-structuring advice as the current JPA dissolves.
Fire Safety Review	City of Calistoga, CA	Fire safety review of the proposed Enchanted Resorts Development including project roadways and emergency vehicle access, firefighting water system, and wildland-urban interface wildfire safety requirements.
Overtime Audit	City of Chula Vista, CA	Analysis of Fire Department overtime use, provision of a model for forecasting amount of overtime usage, assessment of use of constant staffing versus overtime to fill vacancies, and recommendation to reduce amount of overtime required to fill vacancies.
Advanced Life Support Program	City of Chula Vista, CA	Review of proposed advanced life support (Fire Paramedic) system to analyze fiscal impact of ALS program and determine whether it might impact the City’s general fund and whether any other financial concerns for sustainability of the program exist.
EOC	City of Fremont, CA	Preparation of Emergency Operations Center orientation, review of the City’s disaster plan assessing completeness and NIMS compliance, facilitation of tabletop exercise focusing on problem solving in emergencies for EOC leaders.
Performance Audit	City of Roseville, CA	Organizational and operational review of municipal fire service to analyze operations, facilities, budget, organizational structure, management policies, functions and activities of the Fire Department.
Overtime Audit	City of Roseville, CA	Identify amount of overtime used in FY 2009-10, review of accuracy of City’s model for calculating cost of overtime versus hiring additional staff, review and evaluation of practices and policies to reduce overtime usage.
Diagnostic Assessment	Hamilton City Fire Protection District	Preliminary diagnostic assessment of the District.
Revenue Assessment	Placer County Office of Emergency Services	Subcontractor to assist in a fire protection services and revenue assessment study and recommendations of funding options.
Management Audit	Albany, NY	Fire/EMS Department component of a Management Audit for the City of Albany, NY. Citygate served as a subcontractor to The Public Financial Management Group.
Public Information Officer Training	Portland, OR Office of Emergency Management	Development and instruction of a series of UASI training courses for Public Information Officers in the Portland Urban Area for the Portland Office of Emergency Management.
Executive Search	Presidio Trust (CA)	Executive Search for the position of interim Fire Chief for the Presidio Trust.
Incident Mgmt Training	Bay Area UASI (CA)	Incident Management Training for the ten Bay Area counties in the UASI region. Citygate oversaw all aspects of the training, including administration, hiring of instructors, course coordination and scheduling of venues, announcing courses to agencies, receiving and processing applications, selecting students, ordering of materials, and compiling a final report on the training.
Ports	Port of Long Beach, CA	Review of existing firefighting and multi-hazard risk analysis data, response capabilities and future needs in the Port of Long Beach operational area for City of Long Beach Fire Department managed Port assets, including locations of ground-based fire stations and waterborne fireboats. Planning for a public safety federal grant and assistance developing a risk assessment project scope of work.
Operations/ Management	City of Davis, CA	Abbreviated operations and management review of the Davis Fire Department.
Mitigation	City of Napa, CA	Development of a mitigation strategy for St. Regis Hotel Project and a review of fire and emergency service issues.
Executive Search	Kelseyville FPD (CA)	Executive Search for the position of Fire Chief for the Kelseyville Fire Protection District.
Mitigation	PG&E	Fire impacts study and accompanying fiscal analyis to include identification of impacts to the Maxwell Fire Protection District from PG&E's planned construction of a gas fired combined cycle power generation facility.
Cost of Services	City of Loma Linda, CA	Assessment of service and cost impacts on the City of Loma Linda’s Fire Services by its Medical Center Complex.
Prevention	Copperopolis, CA	Technical support to the Copperopolis Fire Marshal for the fire code adoption process.
Mitigation	Donnelly Rural Fire Protection District (ID)	Mitigation study of the impact on Fire and Emergency Response Service of the Tamarack Resort.
EOC	Piedmont, CA	Development and delivery of a basic EOC Orientation Training Exercise for the City of Piedmont.
Overtime Audit	City of Poway, CA	Review of overtime usage and policies in the Poway Fire Department.
Response Statistics	City of Fremont, CA	Analysis of the Fremont Fire Department deployment statistics and proposed baseball park fire response issues.
Incident Mgmt Teams	Alameda County, CA	Training to develop regional multi-disciplinary incident management teams for all hazard responses and for EOC support.
Service Costs and Options	City of Brentwood, CA	Evaluation of information and options as presented to the City of Brentwood by the Fire District and the provision of additional fire-services-related analysis and recommendations.
Impact Fees	City of Cloverdale, CA	Update of Master Needs Assessment and Police/Fire Development Impact Fees.
EOC	City of Yorba Linda, CA	Assistance in the design and delivery of an entry-level training for its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) staff.
Training Program Development	Emergency Medical Services Authority (EMSA)	Develop an EMS WMD training program utilizing the Emergency Medical Response to WMD incidents and Med-Plus curriculum for EMSA. Once curriculum is developed, perform Train-the-Trainer courses based on curriculum using supplemental material including instructional binders, PowerPoint presentations, video clips, case studies, and other visual aids.
EMS Transport	City of Roseville, CA	Fire and Emergency Medical Services analysis and development of a comprehensive Ambulance Transportation Service for this rapidly growing Placer County, CA city.
Advance Planning	City of Patterson, CA	Analysis of both current and future fire protection levels for this fast growing community.
Services Cost Sharing	Alpine Springs County Water District (CA)	Study to determine a cost allocation and funding plan to facilitate the annexation of the Alpine Meadows Volunteer Fire Department into the North Tahoe Fire Protection District.
Management Team Workshop	North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District, NV	Management Team Workshop for the North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District.
Overtime Audit	City of Alameda, CA	Analysis of overtime costs of the Fire Department in relation to agreed-upon benefits for the departmental members and federal regulations that establish criteria for the granting of overtime.