The strategic plan serves as a roadmap for delivering emergency services over the next five years to the town of Rodeo and the city of Hercules. The plan is a key driver of the District’s future, identifying where we focus to improve service and meet stakeholder expectations. Your input will help us to better serve our community.
You can play an important role in planning the goals and objectives for RHFD’s future, by identifying ways to improve and connecting with our communities’ expectations. Join us at one or more of the events below:
Wednesday, June 22: Our Online Fire and Emergency survey is being conducted as part of the independent Fire/EMS System Assessment,one of the tools used to obtain an understanding and opinions of the Fire District.The survey is available through July.
July: Polls on Nextdoor (this is NOT the online survey)
Thursday, July 7 at 6pm and Saturday, July 9 at 9am:Join one of two community meetings.
Fitch Talk: Fire Strategies and Your Insurance community meeting. Fitch and Associates is a consulting firm hired by the Rodeo-Hercules Fire District Board to assist in developing a five-year strategic plan. Senior Consultant Michael Despain will analyze the services of the fire department through the lens of outcome measurements and emergency response in relation to cost efficiency and property insurance rates. The presentation will provide a helpful way of bringing together considerations of risk and cost. This presentation will be approximately 45 minutes including Q&A.
Wednesday, September 21, at 7pm: Presentation and acceptance of the final strategic plan, implementation plan and tools to manage the plan at a special RHFD Board meeting. The agenda will be posted on September 16th,
Click here for additional information on the strategic plan process and questions.
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations:
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.
Linked Documents and Third Parties
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
