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Santa Atia Proposal for Etncrgency Services <br />Overview of OCFA <br />"I'he Change County I~irc '\uthority (C7C1~:1) is one. of the. largest regional fire service <br />providers in California. The. Authority responded to 137,519 emergency incidents throughout <br />its tire protection area during the. 2()1() calendar year. The Fire. Authority's staffing including <br />£i43 firctightcrs and 41 fire management personnel, 299 non-safety waft, and 2h0 rescrc-c <br />positions. The OCFA currently set~~es 1.=1 million residents in an area of 55O square miles. <br />"Phis service area consists of twenty-three political jurisdictions includin~;~ the unincorporated <br />county areas and twenty-t~vo member cities with real property having an assessed valuation <br />in e~ccss of 213 billion dollars. <br />Conin~ut~ities Proudly Scrvc-d <br />;1liso Viejo La Palma San Clemente <br />13ucna Park lake Forest San_)uan Capistrano <br />Cypress Los Alamitos Seal Beach <br />Dana Point Laguna Niguel Stanton <br />Ire-ine Mission Viejo Tustin <br />Las~una l--l ills Placentia Villa Park <br />Laguna VG'oc>ds Rancho Santa I~largarita ~}Uestn~instcr <br />Yorba Linda Urzincorporated Grange C ounty <br />I'ltc C7CI~A operate. out of fire dcpartn~cnt headquarters in the City of Irvine and Ci() fire <br />stations in eight battalions, pro~-iding Eire .oppression, cn~crgcncy medical, rescue, haiardous <br />materials response, and fire prevention services. The department's set-vice area, which is <br />non-contiguous and includes all parts of the. county, is organised into five major <br />geographical divisions. Thc equipment used by the department has the versatility to respond <br />to both urban and wildland emergency conditions. Thc C_X;I'A's inventory includes <br />structural engines, brush engines, trucks/quints, paramedic vans, anal other speciali-r.cd <br />equipment, including a hazardous materials unit, urban search and rescue units, command <br />units, water tenders, crew-carrying vehicles, air utility units, team tender, hose tender unit a <br />fuel tender, doiers, and helicopters. <br />"1'hc CX:1'/~ has twenty automatic and mutual aid agreements with other fire. departments Eor <br />use and assignment cif resources for daily operations and in the event c>f major emergencies. <br />Under contract to the. state, the <~C}~~, protects approximately 175,C)C)O acres of ~vildland in <br />state. and federal responsibility areas located within the county. "1'hc OCI':~ also provides <br />aircraft rescue firefighting services by contract to John \Vaync Airport. <br />3 Authorized positions, not all arc tilled. <br />Orange County Fire Authority 14 ofi 50 December 2, 201 l <br />