Community Assessment: Santa Clara County Fire Department

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Last Updated: Aug. 2, 2019, 10:40 a.m.

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Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective response force coverage is a beta feature of FireCARES that utilizes the NFPA 1710 standard for determining coverage and includes an estimated 3 minuntes for turnout time and alarm processing, leaving a total of 5 minutes drive time for low/medium/unknown hazard types and 7 minutes of drive time for high hazard types. Please contact us if you have questions.

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

Combination

NFPA Region

West

FDID

43080

State

Phone

(408) 378-4010

Fax

(408) 378-9342

IAFF

1165

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

211,143 total structures protected

Estimations

Number of fires per year

Average since 2010

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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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Description

The Santa Clara County Fire Department is a combination department located in the West NFPA region and headquartered in Los Gatos, CA.

257,263

Protected Population

988.91mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

Annual structure fire counts for the Santa Clara County Fire Department based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

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17 Stations

Station Name	Address
Santa Clara County Fire Department West Valley Station	19800 Cox Avenue
Santa Clara County Fire Department Saratoga Station	14380 Saratoga Avenue
Santa Clara County Fire Department El Toro Station	18300 Old Monterey Road
Santa Clara County Fire Department Dunne Hill Station	2100 E. Dunne Avenue
Santa Clara County Fire Department Winchester Station	14850 Winchester Boulevard
Santa Clara County Fire Department Shannon Station	16565 Shannon Road
Santa Clara County Fire Department Redwood Station	21452 Madrone Drive
Santa Clara County Fire Department Quito Station	18870 Saratoga-Los Gatos Road
Santa Clara County Fire Department Los Gatos Station	306 University Avenue
Santa Clara County Fire Department El Monte Station	12355 El Monte Road

FireCARES

Santa Clara County Fire Department

Los Gatos, CA, 95032

Weather Warning

Last Updated: Aug. 2, 2019, 10:40 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

257,263

Protected Population

988.91mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

17 Stations

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