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78 Although much of the discussion regarding E9 has focused primarily on structure fire Page 4 issues, E9 provides other services that have been affected by the E9 service reduction. With reduced capacity continuing, E9's effectiveness in the following areas will be affected: 6. E9 provides service to the downtown and all peripheral areas of the city because of its central location. E9 will respond as the next-closest unit to incidents when the first-due company is unavailable. 7. E9 is a component of assembling a multi-company response (structure fire, vehicle accident, etc.) in the heart of Redwood City and into other neighborhoods. 8. All of Redwood City's fire companies are multi-role, so they respond on a variety of incident types and are equipped to deal with many types of emergencies. Each fire company in Redwood City delivers emergency medical care at the Advanced Life Support level ("Paramedic"). 9. All of the on-duty companies (the same is true for the personnel of all city departments) in Redwood City form the foundation of local disaster preparedness. When in-service, E9 provides one more company to survey and triage the community. E9's crew will treat the most critical issue it finds or is dispatched to, whether that issue is a fire or medical call.. .or both. 10. The E9 crew is involved both as recipients and providers of fire service training activities. 11. E9 is not only one of six on-duty companies prepared for emergency response, but the crew also performs certain administrative activities such as special projects and multi-unit residential inspections. 12. E9 will contribute to the re-development of the fire department's commercial occupancy inspection program and will be one of the participating crews conducting these inspections. 13. E9 is a regional resource to the county-wide fire service response model. When E9 is out-of-service, Redwood City relies on our neighboring agencies one level sooner than when E9 is in-service. 14. Community Education and other public contact activities have been interrupted and require additional scheduling issues when E9 is out-of-service. Redwood City was not alone in needing to deal with budget issues, but Redwood City was one of the first to manage budget cuts up-front and help limit the deterioration of budget reserves. On-duty firefighters have made operational changes work well in recognition of the magnitude of the budget problem. Other agencies in San Mateo County that have made operational changes are listed below; Menlo Park anticipated having to implement fire company closures, but never had to implement the plan. They have maintained all on-duty companies throughout this period. 4