City of Morgan Hill Public Safety Master Plan

CONTENTS

Tables ............................................................................................................................. v Figures .......................................................................................................................... vii Section 1. Executive Summary .................................................................................... 1 Recommendations .......................................................................................................................................2 Section 2. Scope of Project .......................................................................................... 4 Section 3. Organization and Management................................................................ 5 Governance 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.............................. 21 Fire 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............................................................................ 39 Measuring Response Times........................................................................................................................40

CAL FIRE Response Times ...........................................................................................................................41

Station Locations .........................................................................................................................................45

Assessment of Fire Station Locations ...................................................................................................46

Section 6. Operational Support Areas ...................................................................... 53 Performance Measurement......................................................................................................................53

Hazard Analysis............................................................................................................................................56

Fire Preplanning/Company Inspections .................................................................................................57

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