City of Morgan Hill Public Safety Master Plan
TABLE 8-3: Number of Units Dispatched to Calls by Call Type
Number of Calls
Call Type
One
Two
Three
Four or More
Total
EMS
2,539
273
34
15
2,861
MVA
112
236
88
29
465
EMS Total
2,651
509
122
44
3,326
False alarm
231
53
18
36
338
Good intent
67
14
8
18
107
Hazard
85
26
10
12
133
Outside fire
43
25
25
71
164
Public service
373
20
7
7
407
Structure fire
2
2
0
24
28
Fire Total
801
140
68
168
1,177
Automatic aid received
240
15
3
0
258
Cancelled
224
70
15
12
443
Mutual aid
342
70
16
15
443
Total
4,258
787
224
239
5,508
Percentage
77.3
14.3
4.1
4.3
100.0
Note: Number of units dispatched to mutual aid calls includes only MHFD and SSCCFD units.
Observations:
Overall ■ On average, 1.4 units were dispatched to all calls, including cancelled and mutual aid calls, and for 77 percent of calls only one unit was dispatched.
■ Overall, three or more units were dispatched to 8 percent of calls.
EMS ■ On average, 1.3 units were dispatched per EMS call.
■ For EMS calls, one unit was dispatched 80 percent of the time; two units were dispatched 15 percent of the time; and three or more units were dispatched 5 percent of the time.
Fires ■ On average, 2.0 units were dispatched per fire call.
■ For fire calls, one unit was dispatched 68 percent of the time; two units were dispatched 12 percent of the time; and three or more units were dispatched 20 percent of the time.
■ For structure fire calls, four or more units were dispatched 86 percent of the time.
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