Oxnard--The Community Services, Public Safety, Housing, & Development Committee unanimously ratified authorization for the Fire Department to submit a grant application to partner with California’s Employment Development Department (EDD) and provide Ventura County Youngsters EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) training on Tuesday, November 28.
FIRE Chief Alex Hamilton presented the item and noted that he recently attended the League of California Cities Conference in Sacramento as the president of the Fire Department section of the league.
He met with collaborative partners from the AB1168 legislative efforts in the hope of securing grant funding from an existing workforce development grant.
“Those efforts were not successful, but from those efforts, this grant came to our attention,” he said.
Hamilton said the grant is an exciting opportunity for youngsters across Oxnard and Ventura County.
“The Public Works Alliance, the collaborative group of policy experts, system leaders, research, and advocates working with EDD, developed a pilot version of the program in Oakland and was very successful,” he said. “Ultimately, it’s taking young adults that perhaps wouldn’t have considered a career in the EMS field or the Fire Service, takes those young adults and helps them succeed through an EMT Certification and helping them enter…
