Fire Station Location Study Community Risk Assessment Standards of Cover February 2021 Montecito Fire Protection District Carpinteria-Summerland Fire Protection District Fire Station Location/CRA‐SOC Montecito FPD/Carpinteria‐Summerland FPD CONTENTS Acknowledgments .................................................................................................................... iv Introduction .............................................................................................................................. v SECTION I: OVERVIEW OF THE COMMUNITIES & FIRE DISTRICTS ................................................... 1 Description of the Communities Served ....................................................................................... 2 City of Carpinteria ................................................................................................................................. 2 Summerland Community ...................................................................................................................... 2 Montecito Community .......................................................................................................................... 3 Description of the Fire Districts ................................................................................................... 5 Carpinteria‐Summerland Fire Protection District .................................................................................. 5 Montecito Fire Protection District ........................................................................................................ 11 Overview of the Santa Barbara County Emergency Services System ................................................... 15 Capital Facilities & Apparatus ................................................................................................... 17 Fire Stations & Other Facilities ............................................................................................................. 17 Collective Summary of the Fire Stations ............................................................................................. 26 Fire Apparatus & Vehicle Fleets ........................................................................................................... 26 Collective Summary of Apparatus & Vehicles ...................................................................................... 30 Apparatus Maintenance & Serviceability .............................................................................................. 31 Capital Medical & Rescue Equipment Inventory .................................................................................. 32 SECTION II: COMMUNITY MEETINGS & STAKEHOLDER INPUT ..................................................... 34 Community Meetings .............................................................................................................. 35 Stakeholder Input ................................................................................................................... 37 SECTION III: COMMUNITY RISK ASSESSMENT ............................................................................. 38 Introduction to Community Risk Assessment ............................................................................. 39 Carpinteria‐Summerland FPD Risk Assessment .......................................................................... 40 Risk Classification ................................................................................................................................ 40 Populations & Trends .......................................................................................................................... 41 Environmental & Physical Hazards ...................................................................................................... 47 Environmental & Physical Hazards ...................................................................................................... 50 Technological (Human‐Caused) Hazards ............................................................................................. 58 Infrastructure Protected ...................................................................................................................... 59 Land Use ............................................................................................................................................. 64 Structural Risks ................................................................................................................................... 64 Comparison of Fire Risk in Other Communities ................................................................................... 70 i Fire Station Location/CRA‐SOC Montecito FPD/Carpinteria‐Summerland FPD Montecito FPD Risk Assessment ............................................................................................... 73 Risk Classification ................................................................................................................................. 73 Population & Trends ............................................................................................................................ 74 Environmental & Physical Hazards ...................................................................................................... 82 Technological (Human‐Caused) Hazards ............................................................................................. 91 Infrastructure Protected ...................................................................................................................... 92 Land Use ............................................................................................................................................. 97 Structural Risks ................................................................................................................................... 97 Comparison of Fire Risk in Other Communities ................................................................................. 102 Critical Tasking & Alarm Assignments ..................................................................................... 105 Critical Tasking .................................................................................................................................. 106 Alarm Assignments ............................................................................................................................ 112 Historical System Workload and Performance ......................................................................... 118 Operational Performance Standards .................................................................................................. 118 Carpinteria‐Summerland Fire Protection District ............................................................................... 119 Review of CSFPD Historical System Performance .............................................................................. 131 Montecito Fire Protection District ..................................................................................................... 148 Review of MFPD Historical System Performance ............................................................................... 159 Performance Objectives & Measures ........................................................................................ 175 Dynamics of Fire in Buildings ............................................................................................................. 175 Emergency Medical Event Sequence .................................................................................................. 177 People, Tools, & Time ........................................................................................................................ 178 Overview of Compliance Methodology .................................................................................... 180 Compliance Model ............................................................................................................................ 180 SECTION IV: FIRE STATION LOCATION ANALYSIS ..................................................................... 184 Fire Station Location Discussion ............................................................................................. 185 SECTION V: CONCLUSIONS, OBSERVATIONS, & RECOMMENDATIONS ...................................... 190 Overall Evaluation, Conclusions, & Recommendations ............................................................. 191 Overall Evaluation .............................................................................................................................. 191 Carpinteria‐Summerland FPD Findings ............................................................................................. 192 Montecito FPD Findings .................................................................................................................... 194 Findings Impacting both Fire Districts ................................................................................................ 195 Recommended Operational & Other Strategies ....................................................................... 196 Carpinteria‐Summerland FPD Recommendations ............................................................................ 196 Montecito FPD Recommendations ................................................................................................... 198 Joint Recommendations 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