City of Morgan Hill Public Safety Master Plan

TABLE 8-5: Runs and Deployed Time by Call Type – Percentage by Call Location

Total Annual Hours

Total Annual Runs

Call Type

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 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. 5,676.7 31.2 57.1 7,926 46.0

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. ■ 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. □ 12 percent of hours were for mutual aid and cancelled calls in other areas.

□ 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.

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