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Introduction EMS Staff Outreach & EMS week
 The Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division is responsible for the initial training of all personnel that come into the District during their Fire Academy. The EMS Division develops, delivers and coordinates all medical response related training for all District employees. The exception to this is some paramedic continuing education that paramedics attend outside of the District.
The EMS Division also coordinates the purchasing of all equipment and supplies that are EMS related.
The District currently operates 30 full-time Advanced Life Support (ALS) engine companies. All companies are also staffed by certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT).
 The EMS Division Office is located at the Training Division Campus in Concord. The EMS building houses not only the offices for the entire EMS staff, but also serves as the main medical training classroom for central county and is the District's main conference facility.
Address: CCCFPD EMS Division
2945 Treat Blvd
Concord, CA 94518
Phone: (925) 941-3640
Fax: (925) 941-3649
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Battalion Chief Ben Smith is responsible for the overall coordination and operation of the entire EMS Division. This includes research and development as well as strategic planning, budgeting and oversight. He serves on several Contra Costa County EMS committees including co-chair of the EMS Fire Training Consortium.
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As a Certified Emergency Nurse and Mobile Intensive Care Nurse for twenty-five years I have been afforded the opportunity to work in many aspects of Emergency Medical Services. I have worked in emergency departments and trauma centers both in rural and suburban settings; in the field, staging for event stand-bys and Advanced Life Support Transfers; in education teaching EMTs and MICN at Columbia Junior College; and in administration, as EMS Coordinator for Tuolumne County and Trauma Coordinator at Oroville Medical Center in Butte County. My education consists of a Bachelors Science Degree in Nursing from Pacific Union College, Certified as a Public Health Nurse, and Certified in Trauma Nurse Core Curriculum (TNCC), Certified Mobile Intensive Care Nurse, Certified Emergency Nurse, and I possess a California Junior College Teaching Credential in Nursing, Health and related services.
Contra Costa County Fire Protection District is committed to ensure that prehospital quality improvement is continuous, and dedicated staff guarantee that each patient, at every level and location within the system, receives the most appropriate care in the most efficient manner. It is my job to ensure this happens by developing, monitoring, training and evaluating proficiency of skills and patient care.
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EMS Continuous Quality Improvement RN Greg Kennedy started in EMS in 1984 when he enlisted in the United States Air Force. His eight-year military career was very successful and included many awards and commendations.
Greg completed his major in Human Resource Training and Development at the University of Southern Illinois. He became a licensed Medic and a licensed Vocational Nurse in 1985. He attended Sacramento State University on a nursing scholarship, graduated as a Registered Nurse at the top of his class and received Outstanding College Student of America Award in 1989 and 1990.
His career has included medical work in Oakland, Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa; John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek; Sutter Delta, Brentwood; and Benicia Fire, Benicia CA. He flew full-time and part-time with Cal Star and with REACH as a flight nurse for more than seven years.
Greg's credentials include: CEN, CCRN, TNCC, TNCC Instructor, PHTLS, PHTLS Instructor, BTLS, ATLS, FNATC, NALS, ACLS, ACLS Instructor, PALS, PALS Instructor, BLS, BLS Instructor, CISD, Leadership 2000 Certificate, EMTP Instructor, EMT Instructor, and Reserve Fire Fighter Instructor Moraga/Orinda.
He joined the Contra Costa Fire District in June 2006.
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Nina Bodway manages EMS office operations and provides support to the EMS staff.
To prevent injury and loss of life due to drowning and near-drowning incidents, The Contra Costa County Fire Protection District established a Pool Safety Council in September 2009.
The vision of the Pool Safety Council is to lead an organized and focused drowning education and prevention effort in Contra Costa County that will reduce child drowning incidents.
Kids Aren't Drown Proof brochure (English)
Kids Aren't Drown Proof brochure (Spanish)
Visit these web sites for more information
ABCs of Pool Safety
Drowning Prevention Foundation
Drowning Prevention Checklist
Drowning Prevention: Toddler Pool and Spa Safety
National Emergency Medical Services Week is the third week of May each year. The week is set aside to honor EMS providers (paramedics, emergency medical technicians, first responders, firefighters, and police) to raise public awareness about health and safety issues, including how to prevent injuries and what to do in a medical emergency. For more information visit the California EMS Authority Website.
Thanks to the support of firefighters and Battalion Chiefs, multiple high schools are presented with the “Every 15 Minutes” program each year. The continued dedication of fire district personnel to this program has resulted in outstanding programs presented at each participating school. On average, five high school programs are presented by the fire district each year.
Every 15 minutes is coordinated primarily by the individual schools. This annual program is supported through a partnership between the Fire District, CHP, local police, Sheriff’s Office, John Muir Medical Center, and the parent organizations and staff at each school. The two day event is a nation wide program that vividly demonstrates through a full scale crash reenactment the consequences of driving under the influence and what making bad decisions can do to everyone. Each event takes months of preplanning at each site. The fire district has been the lead coordinating agency for the crash scene. The program has been credited with saving countless lives. Each year more stories surface of students who tell their teachers how the program has stopped them from driving under the influence and how it has helped them stop others from getting behind the wheel. Contra Costa County has the largest and most comprehensive program of Every 15 minutes in the State.
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