Municipal Service Review: Fire and Emergency ... - City of Pinole

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY FIRE & EMS MSRtransport, rescue, hazardous materials response, fire inspection, education, and fire-related permitservices.The District provides ground ambulance transport services directly. Ambulances are typicallystaffed by two paramedics. Ambulance transport of critical trauma patients requires an extra EMTon board when transport time is expected to exceed 15 minutes. Private companies provide airambulance transport services when needed. The District also provides mutual aid to MOFPD andAMR as needed. The District responded to a total of 5,129 EMS calls in FY 07-08. SRVFPDprovided 3,412 ambulance transports in 2007. 339 Approximately two-thirds of EMS calls required anambulance transport.The District responds to hazardous material incidents within its bounds, and also providesmutual aid assistance elsewhere in the County upon request from the lead (first-in) agency. 340SRVFPD’s primary fire prevention strategy is to adopt appropriate requirements (e.g., sprinklers)and minimize grass fire exposure. Fire prevention activities include inspections for codecompliance, weed abatement, fire suppression systems, fire warning, smoke control and watersystems to ensure those facilities meet fire safety codes. Fire safety inspections are completedannually for large retail stores, hotels, apartments, schools, day care, and residential care facilities;other businesses are prioritized based on risk and inspected on a regular 18-30 month cycle.Vegetation inspections are conducted annually for approximately 2,200 properties with complaintsor past compliance challenges; further enforcement and inspection activity is focused on bringingthe non-compliant properties into compliance. The District abates no more than five percent ofthese properties annually.The District’s public education programs, providing safety and disaster preparednessinformation, include traditional school safety programs as well as programs oriented toward seniorsand business communities. The school program provides a 50-minute in-classroom teaching activityfor grades 1-5, and educates 6,000 students annually. Through its Community Emergency ResponseTeam (CERT), the District offers periodic training to local agencies and the public in CPR, first aid,hazardous materials, and light search and rescue to promote disaster preparedness.The District serves as the primary emergency operations centers for the cities of San Ramon andDanville.Dispatch ServicesAll 911 calls made from land lines are automatically routed to the Contra Costa County Sheriff,which is the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP). Once the PSAP dispatcher determines a callrequires fire department response, the call is relayed to the SRVFPD secondary PSAP. SRVFPDdirectly dispatches the District’s staff, and provides accredited emergency medical dispatch services(i.e., pre-arrival life-saving techniques). The District participates in closest-resource dispatching339 Contra Costa County Health Services Department Emergency Medical Services Agency, Patient Transport by Ambulance Provider 2007,2009.340 Letter of Understanding between San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District and Contra Costa Health Services’ Hazardous Materials Program, April2004.302PREPARED FOR CONTRA COSTA LAFCO