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Santa Ana Proposal for Emergency Services <br />Fire Suppression <br />The Operations Department is responsible for controlling and suppressing all hostile <br />fires in the: Authority's jurisdiction. "Phis service is enhanced by mutual and automatic <br />aid agreements with surrounding jurisdictions. <br />Emergency Medical Services (EMS) <br />All career suppression personnel are certified emergency medical technicians (I' M"1's) <br />trained in the. use of early cardiac defibrillators, which arc. carried on all department <br />apparatus. In addition, 335 career personnel are certified paramedics. ISMS sct-vices <br />arc provided to the communities served by the Orange County fire authority <br />through a combination of paramedic vans, paramedic engines, paramedic trucks, and <br />paramedic assessment unitsa "front loaded" advanced life support system. The <br />term "front loading" relates to a method of providing paramedic response whereby <br />the first arriving C}CFA career-staffed company is capable of dcLivering advanced life <br />support. <br />Fire Prevention Activities <br />Operations Department field personnel, located in stations throughout the county, <br />also devote considerable- time each day to fire prevention and education activities. To <br />ma~cui~izc resources, engine, truck, anel paramedic companies perform most fire <br />safety inspections of businesses and multi-tenant occupancies. Personnel are trained <br />in fire prevention and controlled-activity permit procedures. In addition, field <br />companies provide safety education and familiarization programs to schools, <br />community groups, and interested citizens as part of the ;luthority's efforts to <br />prevent Fires and the associated injuries and losses. OCFi1's "Ready, Scat, C;o!" <br />program is one cYample of Operations deparuncnt personnel actively engaging with <br />the cornmunitics at risk. <br />Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Team <br />The Flaz-Mat Team responds to hazardous materials spills and leaks, providing <br />expertise in the safe handling, abatement, arzd documentation of the emergency. The <br />OCF'r1 participated in the inception, and is a member, of the Orange CUUntI'-City <br />Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Authority, a joint powers response and <br />cost recovery system. <br />Aircraft Rescue and FireFghting <br />"I'he C~CP~1 provides aircraft rescue and firefighting (r1KFF) services Through a <br />contract with _~ohn V`v'ayne. ilirport. "I'hc rARI'F crews also provide aircraft refueling <br />saferv classes. <br />Urban Search arzd Rescue <br />The Grange County Dire uthority is capable of providing Urban Search and Rcscuc <br />(USAR) services, utilizing four USAK truck companies strategically placed within <br />Grange County. One of these truck companies is within close proximately to the <br />City of Santa Ana in Ir~rine. In addition, <)CF'A and the Federal F':mergency <br />Orange County Fire Authority 19 of 50 December 2. 201 1 <br />