City of Morgan Hill Public Safety Master Plan

TABLE 8-14: 90th Percentile Response Times of First Arriving Unit, by Call Type, and Coverage Area (Minutes)

MHFD

Call Type

Dispatch

Turnout

Travel

Total

Number of Calls

EMS

0.8

2.7

5.7

8.2

1,844

MVA

1.2

2.7

7.3

9.6

137

EMS Total

0.8

2.7

5.8

8.2

1,981

False alarm

1.3

3.0

6.2

9.1

180

Good intent

2.4

3.0

9.2

13.0

26

Hazard

1.5

2.7

6.8

10.3

71

Outside fire

1.4

3.4

5.9

8.7

47

Public service

1.2

3.2

7.6

10.7

245

Structure fire

2.1

2.8

3.3

6.8

3

Fire Total

1.4

3.1

7.0

10.4

572

Automatic aid received

1.5

1.6

11.5

13.0

5

Total

1.0

2.8

6.2

8.8

2,558

SSCCFD

Call Type

Dispatch

Turnout

Travel

Total

Number of Calls

EMS

1.3

2.8

10.6

13.7

731

MVA

1.7

4.0

11.0

14.7

264

EMS Total

1.5

3.1

10.8

14.1

995

False alarm

2.9

3.3

10.5

14.0

73

Good intent

1.9

3.9

11.8

16.0

36

Hazard

2.1

3.5

14.1

22.3

40

Outside fire

2.4

5.0

13.6

19.3

77

Public service

1.6

3.0

10.9

14.8

61

Structure fire

3.0

5.6

15.5

24

18

Fire Total

2.4

4.4

12.3

17.2

305

Automatic aid received

1.5

3.8

9.9

14.2

192

Total

1.6

3.5

11.0

14.8

1,492

Observations:

MHFD ■ The average dispatch time was 0.5 minutes.

■ The average turnout time was 1.7 minutes.

■ The average travel time was 3.8 minutes.

■ The average response time was 6.0 minutes.

■ The average response time was 5.7 minutes for EMS calls and 7.0 minutes for fire calls.

95

Made with