1. FIRE PROTECTION IN SUTTER COUNTY

2. 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

3. MERIDIAN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT 130 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006 93 SQUARE MILES

4. SUTTER BASIN FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (ROBBINS FIRE DEPT.) 96 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006 115 SQUARE MILES

5. SERVICE AREA C EAST NICOLAUS FIRE DEPARTMENT 175 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006 50 SQUARE MILES

6. SERVICE AREA D PLEASANT GROVE FIRE DEPARTMENT 225 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006 62 SQUARE MILES

7. SERVICE AREA G YUBA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT 5800 CALLS FOR SERVICE IN 2006 30 SQUARE MILES

8. 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

10. FIRE SUPRESSION RESPONSE

11. EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE

12. RESCUE

13. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS TEAM

14. TRENCH RESCUE

15. CONFINED SPACE RESCUE

16. TECHNICAL ROPE RESCUE

17. EQUIPMENT REPAIR SCBA RESCUE TOOLS

18. 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

19. 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

21. 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