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City of Merced – Merced County
Fire and EMS Aid Agreements
City of Merced Fire Department
Casey Wilson, Interim Fire Chief
Fire and EMS Options
• Provide council with an update regarding a request from Merced County Fire for an automatic aid agreement
• Discussion and obtain general direction on how Council would like City Staff to proceed regarding providing automatic aid to Merced County Fire
• Other policy considerations – service area, cost recovery, other items
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What are the types of aid Fire
Departments use?
• Mutual Aid
• Assistance agreement between jurisdictions to provide services upon request on a case-by-case basis.
• Auto Aid
• Assistance automatically by contractual agreement between two communities to emergency incident.
• Service Contracts
• One jurisdiction assumes all service needs for a defined area.
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McKee Fire Station Closure
• Merced County has proposed closure of Station 85 to
consolidate staffing and meet the states mandated
requirement of 2 personnel per apparatus
• Merced County Fire staff request our assistance in providing fire coverage to County jurisdiction generally located North of Hwy 140, West of Kibby Road, West of N. Lake Road, and East of G Street via automatic aid agreement
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Preliminary Map
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Incident Data
• Station 85 2023 Incident
Data – 958 Incidents
• This includes 316
responses to UC Merced
• Note the concentration
of incidents in county
islands
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Preliminary Map
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Future Planned Growth
Current Distribution based on 2023 Data
using a 4-minute travel time
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Reciprocal Agreement
• Hypothetical Impact to
South Merced Using
2023 Data
Staff Recommendation
• Support further conversations to develop fair and equitable partnerships with Merced County to enhance fire services within the City of Merced and Merced County jurisdictions • Staff will bring back options for council’s consideration Proudly Since 1873
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Questions?
City of Merced Fire Department