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► I 6.1 G Page 12 14.The difference in work hours enables CaI Fire to staff an engine with 7 firefighters per � week compared to 9 firefighters per week where fire departments have a 56 hour work week. 15. Cal Fire is a statewide agency with lower rates for salaries, workmen's compensation insurance,health benefits and pension costs. 16. The cost to run a Cal Fire station in the Coastside Fire Protection District is approximately$1.9 million annually. City of San Carlos estimates annual savings of � between$1.2 million and$2.0 million if it contracted with Cal Fire.B 17. As a result of consolidation,the Central County Fire Department and the Belmont-San Carlos Fire Department�refighters , now each have single collective ! bargaining agreements.The North �� T� i ' County Fire Department firefighters .,,,�,� ,= �� ', do not have a single collective °"` �-� bargaining agreement but maintain separate agreements with their `�� .:�= respective cities. `"'�°a,��°i' `T��- - 18.The fire departments of San Mateo �• �.;- , �' County are first aresponders to all fire � and medical emergencies. '�;� 19.Approximately 60%of fire agency � '. calls are for medical emergencies �" ' .� and are responded to by the closest °�" available fire engine with three firefighters, one of whom is a paramedic.9 20. The Advanced Life Support(ALS)JPA requires a paramedic on the responding fire engine and a paramedic on the responding ambulance. 21. Except for South San Francisco,paramedic ambulance service is provided by AMR which is a private-for-profit ambulance service under contract to San Mateo County and administered through the ALS JPA. 2Z.Through fees paid by patients and/or their insurers,AMR(ambulance provider),pays $3.7 million per year to the JPA,to help offset the fire department costs.From that$3.7 million,the JPA disperses $2.7 million per year to cities and fire districts who are members of the JPA.The remaining$1.0 million is retained by the JPA for administration and other costs. Conclusions: The 2009-20I0 San Mateo County Civil Grand Jury concludes that: 1. The process of fire department consolidation is greatly simplif'ied because of the San Mateo County"boundary drop"provision in the Advanced Life Support JPA. Fire departments within San Mateo County function operationally as a single county wide�re department. e San Carlos Staff Report of March 13,2010,"Overview of Initial Cal Fire Letter Proposal to Provide Fire Services in San Carlos" 9 Chart provided by San Mateo County Public Safety Communications Canter—Annual Statistics 20Q9 6