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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