FIRE PROTECTION IN SUTTER COUNTY

TWO INDEPENDENT FIRE

PROTECTION DISTRICTS

MERIDIAN

SUTTER BASIN

4 SERVICE AREAS:

C EAST NICOLAUS FIRE

D PLEASANT GROVE FIRE

F SUTTER COUNTY FIRE

G YUBA CITY FIRE

MERIDIAN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

130 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006

93 SQUARE MILES

SUTTER BASIN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

(ROBBINS FIRE DEPT.)

96 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006

115 SQUARE MILES

SERVICE AREA C

EAST NICOLAUS FIRE DEPARTMENT

175 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006

50 SQUARE MILES

SERVICE AREA D

PLEASANT GROVE FIRE DEPARTMENT

225 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006

62 SQUARE MILES

SERVICE AREA G

YUBA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT

5800 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006

30 SQUARE MILES

SERVICE AREA F

SUTTER COUNTY FIRE

DEPARTMENT

1980 2 FIREFIGHTERS ON DUTY PER SHIFT PER STATION

597 CALLS FOR SERVICE

TODAY 1.3 FIREFIGHTERS ON DUTY PER SHIFT PER STATION

1934 CALLS FOR SERVICE

AN INCREASE OF 324% 65% OF THE TIME 1 FIREFIGHTER ON DUTY AT A STATION

CONSISTS OF 3 STATIONS AND ONE SUB STATION:

LIVE OAK, SUTTER AND OSWALD-TUDOR

MANY TIMES ONE AT EACH STATION TO COVER THE AREA

254 SQUARE MILES

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5

10

15

20

25

CALLS

Hundreds

1980 1983 1986 1989 1992 1995 1998 2001 2004

YEAR

SERVICE AREA F, 1980-2006

FIRE SUPRESSION RESPONSE

EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE

RESCUE

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM

TRENCH RESCUE

CONFINED SPACE RESCUE

TECHNICAL ROPE RESCUE

EQUIPMENT REPAIR

SCBA

RESCUE TOOLS

REASONS FOR INCREASED STAFFING

• HAZARDOUS NATURE OF THE JOB

• NFPA RECOMENDATION IS 4 FIREFIGHTERS

• EFFICIENCY AT EMERGENCY IS COMPROMISED

• PUBLIC SAFETY CAN BE COMPROMISED

• RESPONSE OF VOLUNTEERS IS NOT AS DEPENDABLE AS IN THE PAST

NFPA 1710

NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION STANDARD FOR STAFFING AND RESPONSE

TIME

NOT A REGULATION BUT A RECOMMENDATION THAT TENDS TO BE VIEWED AS THE ACCEPTED INDUSTRY

STANDARD

MOST FIRE DEPARTMENTS STRIVE TO COMPLY TO MINIMIZE LIABILITY IN THE

ABSENCE OF ANY STATUTORY REGULATIONS

WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION TO STAFFING

SO WE CAN BETTER SERVE THE CITIZENS OF SUTTER COUNTY AND

HAVE A SAFER AND MORE EFFICIENT WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR OUR

FIREFIGHTERS