92 / 260
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TABLE 8-5: Runs and Deployed Time by Call Type – Percentage by Call Location
Call Type
Total Annual Hours
Total Annual Runs
Hours
MHFD
SSCCFD
Runs
MHFD
SSCCFD
EMS
1,761.0
61.7
38.3
3,251
67.5
32.5
MVA
520.1
24.9
75.1
970
30.4
69.6
EMS Total
2,281.1
53.3
46.7
4,221
58.9
41.1
False alarm
265.1
49.2
50.8
598
51.5
48.5
Good intent
102.1
18.0
82.0
223
23.8
76.2
Hazard
146.3
54.0
46.0
224
54.5
45.5
Outside fire
1,170.3
6.9
93.1
657
19.6
80.4
Public service
252.9
75.3
24.7
468
73.9
26.1
Structure fire
548.3
2.5
97.5
212
10.8
89.2
Fire Total
2,485.1
20.6
79.4
2,382
41.2
58.8
Automatic aid
received
148.6
7.1
92.9
279
4.7
95.3
Cancelled
119.6
28.4
54.8
442
37.6
44.3
Mutual aid
642.3
NA
NA
602
NA
NA
Other Total
910.5
4.9
22.4
1,323
13.5
34.9
Total
5,676.7
31.2
57.1
7,926
46.0
45.4
Note:
The columns for hours and runs are the total annual deployed hours and runs for the year. The two
columns to the right of each are the percentage of hours or runs in that category for calls in each
coverage area.
Observations:
Overall
■
Total deployed time for the year was 5,677 hours (MHFD and SCCFD totaled 4,634). The daily
average was 15.6 hours for all units combined.
□
1,773 hours of deployed time (4.9 hours per day on average) were for calls in MHFD’s
coverage area, which is 31 percent of total deployed hours for the year.
□
3,241 hours (8.9 hours per day on average) were for calls in SSCCFD’s coverage area,
which is 57 percent of total deployed hours for the year.
□
12 percent of hours were for mutual aid and cancelled calls in other areas.
■
There were 7,926 runs, including 602 runs dispatched for mutual aid calls. The daily average
was 21.7 runs.
□
3,648 runs (46 percent) were for calls in MHFD’s coverage area, which is
10 runs per day on average.
□
3,596 runs (45 percent) were for calls in SSCCFD’s coverage area, which is
9.9 runs per day on average.
□
9 percent of runs were for mutual aid or cancelled calls in other areas.
EMS
■
EMS calls accounted for 40 percent of the total workload.