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Our Mission – To Protect and Preserve Life and Property

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The World of FIRE Deployment

The Fire District is:

• A ‘network’ of Fire Stations
• A configuration of response units (9)
• Uses a staffing model (26)
• Not specific to the Town (District)
• Uses a move and coverage model
• Uses Automatic Aid and a single

dispatching center for the County

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Acceptable Level I – “Express”

• Educational programs
• Targeted police enforcement
• Regulatory signs
• Static warning signs
• Special striping and markings
• Dynamic speed signs
• Traffic signal timing/pre-emption

NOT Acceptable on Primary Response Routes (+10 seconds) Level II

• Traffic Circles and street closures
• Speed humps, lumps, bumps
• Speed tables and channels
• Chokers and bulb outs
• Chicanes and angle points
• Median barriers and islands

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Response Category Examples:

• Single Engine (Medical Incidents, Alarm Soundings, Odor call, Investigations)
• Traffic Accident – Two Engines, Truck and a Battalion Chief
• Full Assignment – Three Engines, Truck and a Battalion Chief
• Structure Fire – Five Engines, one Truck, Two Battalion Chiefs
• Greater Alarm – 1st, 2nd, (Eight Engines, Two Trucks, Four Battalion Chiefs) 3rd, 4th,

5th, 6th Alarm

• Other Packages – Haz-Mat, Water Rescue, Air Craft Down, Shooting, etc.

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The Atherton Response Network

• Station 1 – 34% of response area
• Station 3 – 79% of response area
• Station 4 – 37% of response area
• Station 5 – 27% of response area
• Station 6 – 28% of response area

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Primary Emergency Response Routes with Traffic Calming Devices

• 294 calming devices District wide –

Some, are hard on the equipment

• Engine 43,500 GVW
• Ladder Truck 76,800 GVW
• Primary routes are critical to

maintaining reasonable response times for everyone!

• Important for secondary units,

backfill and movement of Ambulances and Law Enforcement

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Primary Routes in Atherton

• 21 Routes or Roadways
• Atherton has excellent routes with

minimal problems which leads to faster response times!

• Example: NFO Fire Station 5 -

Cascading negative response effects created by 4 traffic control devices and a rail crossing

• The Fire District operates under

the “common good” premise

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Incident Information

• Tracked by category (NFPA)
• Tracked by station and unit
• Tracked by time
• Tracked District wide - Not by

jurisdiction

• Tracked by Agency – Aid given

and Aid received

Standards of Cover Assessment Report – June 16, 2015

• Report is available at www.menlofire.org
• Executive Summary, Technical Report and maps
• 15 key findings and two specific action items
• Desired Outcomes:
• Provide equitable response times to similar risk neighborhoods
• Provide for depth of response when multiple incidents occur
• Provide a concentration of response forces in the core for high risk venues

Questions? Presented by Harold Schapelhouman, Fire Chief