Community Assessment: CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit

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Last Updated: Aug. 21, 2020, 12:25 p.m.

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Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

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Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

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Fire Risk

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Fire Spread Risk

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Death and Injury Risk

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Low: less than 25% of departments have an equal or smaller risk value.

Medium: 25-75% of departments have a smaller risk value.

High: over 75% of departments have an equal or smaller risk value.

Summary

Department Type

Career

NFPA Region

West

FDID

43907

State

Phone

(408) 779-2121

Fax

(408) 779-1679

IAFF

2881

Twitter

@calfireSCU

Estimations

Number of fires per year

Average since 2010

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Predicted

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Beyond room/floor

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Beyond structure

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Deaths & injuries per year

Average since 2010

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Predicted

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Description

The CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit fire department is a career department located in the West NFPA region and headquartered in Morgan Hill, CA.

1,781,642

Protected Population

1,303.47mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

Annual structure fire counts for the CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

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11 Stations

Station Name	Address
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 11 Morgan Hill	15670 S. Monterey Road
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 12 Smith Creek	22805 Mt. Hamilton Road
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 13 Alma	19650 Santa Cruz Highway
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 15 Del Puerto	2142 Sperry Avenue
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 16 Sunshine	11851 Marsh Creek Road
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 21 Coyote	Canada Road & Hot Springs Road
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 22 Almaden	20255 McKean Road
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 23 Stevens Creek	13326 Stevens Canyon Road
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 25 Sweetwater	47405 Mines Road
CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit Station 26 Castle Rock	16502 Schulte Road

FireCARES

CAL FIRE Santa Clara Unit

Morgan Hill, CA, 95037

Weather Warning

Last Updated: Aug. 21, 2020, 12:25 p.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Estimations

Description

1,781,642

Protected Population

1,303.47mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

11 Stations

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