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CONTENTS
Tables ............................................................................................................................. v Figures .......................................................................................................................... vii Section 1. Executive Summary .................................................................................... 1 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................................2 Section 2. Scope of Project .......................................................................................... 4 Section 3. Organization and Management................................................................ 5Governance and Administration...............................................................................................................5
City of Morgan Hill.....................................................................................................................................5
South Santa Clara County Fire District (SSCCFD)................................................................................7
CAL FIRE ......................................................................................................................................................8
Budget Allocation and Deployment.....................................................................................................9
Budgetary Costs ......................................................................................................................................16
Use of Volunteers.........................................................................................................................................17
Apparatus and Fleet Maintenance ........................................................................................................18
Capital Equipment..................................................................................................................................20
Section 4. Operational Preparation, Response, and Workload.............................. 21Fire Risk Analysis/Target Hazards ..............................................................................................................21
Target Hazards.........................................................................................................................................22
Operational Response Approaches .......................................................................................................23
CAL FIRE Response Matrix..........................................................................................................................25
Fire Response ...............................................................................................................................................26
EMS Response ..............................................................................................................................................31
ALS vs. BLS Response...............................................................................................................................32
Mutual Aid/ Automatic Response ...........................................................................................................32
Workload Analysis .......................................................................................................................................35
Section 5. Response Time Analysis............................................................................ 39Measuring Response Times........................................................................................................................40
CAL FIRE Response Times ...........................................................................................................................41
Station Locations .........................................................................................................................................45
Assessment of Fire Station Locations ...................................................................................................46
Section 6. Operational Support Areas ...................................................................... 53Performance Measurement......................................................................................................................53
Hazard Analysis............................................................................................................................................56
Fire Preplanning/Company Inspections .................................................................................................57