45 / 260
31
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14 structure fires also had content loss, with a combined $331,600 in loss.
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The average loss for a structure fire was $149,016.
TABLE 4-3: Total Fire Loss Above and Below $20,000
Call Type
MHFD
SSCCFD
No Loss Under $20,000 $20,000 plus No Loss
Under
$20,000
$20,000 plus
Outside fire
38
15
4
62
37
8
Structure fire
1
4
0
4
10
9
Total
39
19
4
66
47
17
Observations:
Overall
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100 outside fires (61 percent) and 5 structure fires (17 percent) had no recorded loss.
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12 outside fires (7 percent) and 9 structure fires (30 percent) had $20,000 or more in loss.
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The highest total loss for an outside fire was $200,000.
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The highest total loss for a structure fire was $1,318,700.
MHFD
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38 outside fires (67 percent) and 1 structure fire (20 percent) had no recorded loss.
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4 outside fires (7 percent) and no structure fires had $20,000 or more in loss.
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The highest total loss for an outside fire was $60,000.
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The highest total loss for a structure fire was $10,060.
SSCCFD
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62 outside fires (58 percent) and 4 structure fires (17 percent) had no recorded loss.
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8 outside fires (7 percent) and 9 structure fires (39 percent) had $20,000 or more in loss.
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The highest total loss for an outside fire was $200,000.
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The highest total loss for a structure fire was $1,318,700.
EMS RESPONSE
EMS calls make up the predominant workload within both the City and District service areas. As
already mentioned, approximately 60 percent of all calls reviewed in our analysis involve EMS
responses. The percentage of EMS calls in the City is somewhat higher (71.8 percent) than the
percentage of EMS calls in the District (58.2 percent). Perhaps more striking when comparing
differences in call types is the number of motor vehicle accidents (MVA) in the District
(approximately 27 percent of EMS responses), as compared with MVAs in the City (7.6 percent).
CAL FIRE provides ALS (Advanced Life Support) first response to 911 emergency calls within the
combined service area. CAL FIRE and the Santa Clara County EMS operate in what is termed a
two-tiered response system
. In this arrangement, the fire department is the immediate
responding agency and typically arrives at the scene first and begins patient assessment,