RVFPD 2008-2013 Strategic Plan - San Ramon Valley Fire

I am very pleased to present the San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District’s Strategic
Plan for 2008 through 2013. The Strategic Plan is a key foundational document that
serves as a blueprint to build and improve our organization. It is designed to focus our
attention and guide our decision making as we continue to transform the District into a
reference agency of exceptional quality and best industry practices. This plan is the result
of a year-long collaborative effort between all members of our organization and is
intended to begin where the previous strategic plan concluded. Information for this plan
was gathered in both group settings and individual one-on-one meetings with every
employee of the District. The Board formally adopted this plan on February 25, 2009.
In 2012, the District will celebrate its 100-year anniversary. It is our intent to be a CFAI
accredited agency by that time – a goal at the heart of this plan. Accreditation reassures
the citizens we serve and ultimately protects their interest and investment in District
services. It also serves to help us identify areas in need of improvement through a
comprehensive self-assessment process and rigorous external review of our capabilities
and practices. In addition, the accreditation process will assist us in maintaining our ISO
Class 2 rating and creates the environment to evaluate the feasibility of a rating
improvement.
This plan contains five principal goals that can only be accomplished with the full
commitment and combined best effort of our Board of Directors, Management Team,
Union Leadership and each and every member of our organization. We have all begun to
feel the increased demands and commitment that attaining such lofty goals will require. I
believe our personnel are up to the challenge and are motivated and encouraged by our
significant accomplishments to date. The prospect of becoming an organization with even
higher reliability, which provides even more public value than we do today – to truly be
one of the best of the best – is the opportunity which lies before us.
I am confident that the members of this great organization will embrace the challenges
contained in these pages, and that we will be successful in seeing this vision through over
the next five years.
Sincerely,
Richard Price
Fire Chief