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ITEM #9 <br />CITY OF COLTON <br />AGENDA REPORT <br />FOR COUNCIL MEETING OF DECMEBER 6, 20"05 <br />TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL <br />FROM: Tom Hendrix, Fire Chief <br />SUBJECT: Authorize the City Manager to Sign an Affiliation Agreement with <br />the California Paramedic Institute <br />DATE: November 17, 2005 <br />BACKGROUND: <br />The Fire Department has and continues to assist local community colleges and other training <br />institutions in the precepting of paramedic students. Paramedic students, as part of their training, <br />must be evaluated by a licensed paramedic during the last phase of their training. The <br />department has precepted multiple students since the inception of the paramedic program in <br />1975. Each college or training institute that utilizes Fire Department paramedics must sign an <br />affiliation agreement with the City prior to the students being precepted. <br />DISCUSSIONIANALYSIS: <br />The California Paramedic Institute (PTI) of Lake Forest, California has approached the Fire <br />Department to precept one of their students. The student is a firefighter with the Loma Linda Fire <br />Department and has specifically requested to be precepted in Colton. The Fire Department has <br />not precepted students for PTI in the past and therefore needs to sign a new affiliation agreement. <br />The Fire Department is requesting the City Manager receive authorization to sign the attached <br />affiliation agreement. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: <br />No financial impact to the City. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: <br />No environmental impact to the City. <br />RECOMMENDATION: <br />The Fire Department respectfully requests that the City Council authorize the City Manager to sign <br />the attached affiliation agreement with PTI. <br />CONFLICT OF INTEREST; <br />None <br />