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City of Merced – Merced County
Fire and EMS Aid Agreements
6-Month Update
City of Merced Fire Department
Casey Wilson, Interim Fire Chief
Attachment 3
McKee Fire Station Closure
• Merced County closed Fire Station 85 to
consolidate staffing and meet the states
mandated requirement of 2 personnel per
apparatus effective 1/1/2025
• Merced County Fire staff requested 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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Fire and EMS – Automatic Aid
• Agreement approved December 9, 2024
• Direction to return with update in 6 months
• Two Year Agreement – January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2026 • Generally, follows the timing of the 2023 SAFER Grant • Efforts to improve CAD to CAD communications
• Year 1 - $315,384 with 4% increase in year 2
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Fire and EMS – Automatic Aid Incident
Response Data
• 15 – Fires
• 158 – EMS Incidents
• 3 – Hazardous Condition
• 7 – Service Calls
• 42 – Good Intent Calls
• 2 – False Alarms
• 227 – Total Incidents
*2023 data indicated 417 incidents for the automatic aid area Incidents. This data is in line with normal call increase.
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Fire and EMS – Automatic Aid Incident
Response Unit Response Data
• Engine 51 - 13
• Engine 52 – 2
• Engine 53 – 25
• Engine 54 – 58
• Engine 55 – 129
• Truck 51 – 8
• Squad 53 – 10
• Battalion 1 – 12
• Total Unit Responses - 257
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Automatic Aid
Incident
Response Data
Map
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Fire and EMS – Automatic Aid Incident
Time on Task
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Automatic Aid Success Story
• May 23, 2025
• Auto-aid STRF
• 2900 Blk Chestnut Ave
• BC1, E53, E55, TR51
• Two RV’s on fire with 2
homes threatened
• E81 diverted
• 30 min to 1 hour commit
time
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Ongoing Automatic Aid Conversations
• Merced County Fire staff continue to express interest in a reciprocal agreement.
• CAD to CAD quotes have come back at an estimated $275K plus minimal annual maintenance cost.
• Exploring other solutions that may be more cost effective with more favorable timelines. (Tablet Command)
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