Table of Contents

Introduction

2 Menlo Park Fire District

3 Fire District Organizational Chart 4 -5 Fire District Personnel 6 -8 2004 Statistics 9 -11 Facilities & Fleet 12 -14 Operations 15 -16 Honor Guard & Association 17 Community Services 18 -19 Emergency Medical Services 20 Training 21 Communications 22 Business Services 23 Special Operations 24 -25

Menlo Park Fire Protection District invites the residents of the community to volunteer in many of our programs we offer within the District. For volunteer efforts please call 650-688-8400.

The annual report was produced by:

Menlo Park Fire Protection District

Emergency Preparedness and Planning Department

Carol Parker

300 Middlefield Road

Menlo CA 94025

650-688-8400

www.menlofire.org


 

Introduction

The 2004 Annual Report reflects the collective accomplishments of the members of the

Menlo Park Fire Protection District.  We take pride in our motto “Excellence in Service.”
We focus on proactive customer service to the northern California communities of Atherton,
East Palo Alto, Menlo Park and portions of San Mateo County.

Our priorities are Life Safety, Preparedness, Prevention, Medical Services and Fire Protection.  District members stand ready to provide you accident prevention education, disaster preparedness training and emergency response, when you need us.

Please join us in keeping your community safe by practicing personal safety and fire
prevention where you live and work.
We trust you will find the Annual Report informative and useful.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Paul S. Wilson, Fire Chief


 

Menlo Park Fire District

The Menlo Park Fire Protection District encompasses 30 square miles including the Town of Atherton and the cities of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park and nearby areas of San Mateo County. The District has approximately 93,000 residents.



 

Fire District Organization

 

 

 

Operations

 

Special Operations Urban Search & Rescue

Deputy Chief Randy Shurson Division Chief Harold Schapelhouman

“A” Shift “B” Shift “C” Shift
Facilities Communications Fleet Maintenance

 

Division Chief Division Chief Division Chief Jim Lichtenstein Rich Auger Frank Fraone

Station 1 Station 1 Station 1
Sweeney Neylan Sturtevant
Susa Gilmore DeMartini

Station 2 Station 2 Station 2

Dickson Marra Beadnell

Station 3 Station 3 Station 3
Mariani Campbell Smith T.

Station 4 Station 4 Station 4
Grant Hitchcock Auger G.

Station 5 Station 5 Station 5

Montalvo Schreiber Papangellin

Station 6 Station 6 Station 6
VanOrden Stevens Shaffer

Station 77 Station 77 Station 77
Holt Balestrieri Slade

 

 

Board of Directors

Ollie Brown President Bart Spencer Vice President Peter Carpenter Director Del Krause Director John Osmer Director



 

Management Staff


 

Paul Wilson Fire Chief Randy Shurson Deputy Chief Jim Lichtenstein Division Chief “A” Rich Auger Division Chief “B” Frank Fraone/Rich Hall Division Chief “C” Geoffrey Aus Fire Marshal Paula Alloro Training, EMS, PIO Harold Schapelhouman Special Operations Leanna Edens Business Manager


 

Fire Prevention


 

Ron Keefer Assistant Fire Marshal Jon Johnston Inspector Bob Blach Inspector Orley Hatfield Prevention Intern Nancy Duncan Administrative Specialist


 

Emergency Preparedness and Planning


 

John Shoffa Assistant Fire Marshal Carol Parker Public Education Assistant


 

Support


 

Linda Buettner Administrative Supervisor Ursala Tora Administrative Specialist Nicole Stoney Administrative Assistant


 

Urban Search and Rescue Menlo Park Firefighters Association


 

Amy Kraska Jeff Hendrix

 

Administrative Specialist/US&R Unit Deployment Technician

Fleet Maintenance

 

 

Steve Strom Rudy Torres

 

Fleet Manager Mechanic

 

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Tom Neylan Michael Sweeney Chris Pimentel Dave Hitchcock

Captains

Greg Auger Steve Balestrieri Tim Campbell Doug DeMartini Brian Dickson William Gilmore Glenn Grant Dave Hitchcock

Firefighters

Ken Babcock Aaron Blandford Dave Bragg Kevin Brandon Rodney Brovelli Tom Calvert Dave Carr Pat Carrillo Gordon Coe Dan Coyle Rob Dehoney Dave Dickinson Anthony Eggiman Todd Ellis Joey Figone Henderson Ford Ross Frazee John Giraudo Dan Giraudo President Vice President Secretary Treasurer


 

Troy Holt Scott Mariani Ben Marra James Montalvo Tom Neylan Chuck Papangellin Jeff Schreiber Mike Shaffer

Mike Grady Mike Harrington Felkak House Mike Hughes Jane Hunt Scott Hylton Rob Johnson Seth Johnson Randy Kelly Mike Lamb Ehren MacDonald Jason Martin Greg Mays Bill McFarland Eric McGlennon Matt Menard Eric Mijangos George Miller Bill Moore

Chaplains

Jacqueline Clark Dominick Peloso

Keith Slade Tom Smith James Stevens Charlie Sturtevant Steve Susa Mike Sweeney Phil Van Orden Brian Beadnell

Anthony Morales Tom Marinkovich Brendan Murphy Greg Neel Ken Oliver Chris Pimentel Matt Pruitt Joey Quadt John Quadt John Renner Wayde Rice Steve Rohrer Ken Steele Roy Trester Walt Vidosh Rich Villa Greg Womble John Wurdinger Chris Zahnd


 

Appointments:

Amy Kraska Carol Parker David Bragg

Promotions:

Linda Buettner Ursala Tora Nancy Duncan Kevin Brandon Anthony Eggimann Greg Womble Eric McGlennon John Renner Carol Parker Nicole Stoney

Retirements:

Tom Marinkovich Rich Hall Brian Beadnell John Shoffa

Resignations:

Nancy Duncan

Employee Recognition:

Randy Shurson Brian Dickson John Shoffa Gregory Auger William Gilmore Charles Sturtevant Wayde Rice Steve Balestrieri Mike Grady Tom Neylan Chuck Papangellin William McFarland Anthony Morales Geoffrey Aus Steve Strom US&R Administrative Specialist 01-06-04 Public Education Assistant 02-16-04 Firefighter 03-14-04

Administrative Supervisor 01-01-04 Administrative Specialist 01-01-04 Administrative Specialist 01-01-04 Engineer 11-10-04 Engineer 02-01-04 Engineer 09-08-04 Engineer 10-02-04 Engineer 11-10-04 Public Education Specialist 11-15-04 Administrative Specialist 11-15-04

Firefighter 07-01-04 Division Chief 07-31-04 Captain 08-31-04 Assistant Fire Marshal 12-31-04

Administrative Specialist 10-15-04

30 years 09-16-74 25 years 05-16-79 25 years 05-16-79 25 years 10-16-79 25 years 10-16-79 25 years 10-16-79 25 years 10-16-79 20 years 11-15-84 20 years 11-15-84 20 years 11-15-84 20 years 11-15-84 15 years 04-17-89 15 years 04-17-89 05 years 02-01-99 05 years 11-22-99


 

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District Land Area

Safety Members

30 sq. miles

93

District Population

Support Members

93,000

10

Fire District Operating Budget 2004/05

FTE’s

$18,474,564.00

103

Fire Department Cost Per Capita/2004

Contract Members

$198.65

2

Firefighters Per 1,000 Population/2004

Cadets

.97

9

Structure Fires/2004

Total Member

44

114

Structure Loss Due to Fires/2004

Engines

$931,000.00

7

Civilian Injuries

Truck

5

1

Civilian Death (Due to fire)

Division Chief

1

1

Emergency Incidents (Alarms)

Engine and Truck Staffing

Fire 286

3 Firefighters (1 Paramedic)

Medical 4717

 

Service 2748

On-Duty Firefighters

 

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2004 Emergency Incidents
(Alarms)

2004 Emergency & Customer
Service Responses

 

Revenues

 

Expenditures

11

The District is protected by seven fire stations strategically located to serve neighborhoods and communities.

Station 1

300 Middlefield Road Station 2 Station 3 Station 4

2299 University Avenue 32 Almendral Avenue 3322 Alameda De las Pulgas

Station 5 Station 6 Station 77

4101 Fair Oaks Avenue 700 Oak Grove Avenue 1467 Chilco Street

                        . Completed underground fuel tank removals at Stations 1, 2, & 4.

                        . Continued agreement with City of Menlo Park for use of fuel station.

                        . Conducted safety inspections of all stations: living areas, work out areas, apparatus areas and de-con areas.

                        . Continued management of facilities group in the areas of maintenance and repairs.

                        . Completed station winterization program.

                        . Coordinated station maintenance and repairs.

                        . Signed agreement with architect to complete drawings for mechanic shop project.

 

.Installed binders and check sheets in all rigs for check sheet consistency.
.Installed new thermal cameras in 3 fire trucks.
.Acquired new metal working tools and machines to improve repair capabilities.
.Acquired new lifting equipment and vehicle supports for increased safety.
.Purchased and installed new fleet software.
.Installed safety wall and new door in shop.
.Performed annual maintenance and smog checks for all vehicles.
.Placed new air boat in service.
.Specified and purchased two new fire engines.
.Assisted with design of new shop facility.

Truck 1 Engine 1 Engine 2

Engine 3 Engine 4 Engine 5

Engine 6 Engine 77 Battalion 1

Rescue Air Boat Rescue Water Craft Fleet Maintenance

                        . Worked with County on Field Operations Guide.

                        . Provided Weapons of Mass Destruction/Mass Decontamination equipment.

                        . Revised all Operational Memos up to 2003.

                        . Coordinated new side letters to Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).

                        . Implemented  County Incident Management Overhead Team.

                        . Launched Telestaff for District.

                        . Coordinated Fiber optics and cell site providers.

                        . Approved District work orders.

                        . Updated hardware and software for information technology.

                        . Reviewed approximately 100 worker compensation claims.

                        . Settled 2 disability retirements.

                        . Provided District training in: -San Mateo County disaster preparedness -Advanced Wildland instructor training -Weapons of Mass Destruction training -Sexual harassment training

                        . Developed 16 points of improvement for Duty Chiefs.

 

Employee injuries and/or exposures

48

Firefighter Deaths

0

Employee work hours lost due to injury

14 members @ 5,604 hrs

Employees on injury leave

14

Categories of injury sites:

Training 13
Medical Incidents 09
Other Incidents 09
Firehouse Duties 06
Fire Incidents 05
Fitness 03
Alarms 02
Driving 01

Categories of injuries:

Strain/Sprains
Lower Back
Elbow
Knee
Feet, Arms, Shoulder, and/or Hands
Groin
Heart
Ankle/Leg
Eye

Causes of Accidents/Injuries:

Inattention to surroundings while training, at fires or medicals and in stations.
Lifting or moving, equipment and/or patients in difficult conditions.
Training in tight quarters and in fast conditions.
Over-extending during exercise and body mechanics.
Non-use or improper fit of personal protective equipment.

Vehicle Accidents

14 Preventable and 5 Non Preventable

.Represented the Fire District in special events -San Mateo County Public Safety Memorial -9-1-1 Remembrance Ceremony -California Firefighter Memorial

.Contributed over 72 hours to participate at events

.Conducted numerous practice sessions

Conducted:

.Holiday Toy Collection and Distribution-Saint Anthony's, Veterans Hospital .Lucille Packard Children's Hospital Teddy Bear Give Away .Annual Easter Egg Hunt .Alisa Ann Ruch Burn Relay & Donations .Fire Prevention Pancake Breakfast .Old Tom Fire Truck Appearances .Birthday Parties .Tsunami Donations .Community and Neighborhood Events .Honor Guard Sponsorship

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Fire Prevention

                        . Implemented Automatic Fire Sprinkler protection ordinances in Town of Atherton and City of East Palo Alto.

                        . Instructed classes for all companies in fire inspection and investigation.

                        . Awarded Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Grant for Smoke Detector Program.

                        . Conducted 2 successful smoke detector install days with community agencies.

                        . Pancake Breakfast/Open House – Raised $8,000 and served 1500 customers.

                        . Developed comprehensive fee and permit schedule under California Fire Code Requirements.