Menlo Park Fire Department

The Menlo Park Fire Department (a.k.a. the Menlo Park Fire Protection District) is the Special District which provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the southernmost end of San Mateo County. According to its web page, "It covers approximately 30 square miles (78 km²) that reaches into the bay." The District's population is estimated to be around 93,000. The fire district is primarily a bedroom community, with some industrial areas on the easternmost part.

The fire district covers the communities of Atherton, Menlo Park, and East Palo Alto, plus some of the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County (Redwood City). The District has seven stations, which are strategically placed to provide the most efficient response times. The district responds to approximately 8,500 emergencies per year, with about 60% of those being emergency medical incidents.

The fire district has working agreements with the neighboring departments of Palo Alto, Redwood City, and Woodside to provide automatic aid. Each agency has assigned boundaries that indicate which apparatus is to respond.

Menlo Park Fire District is the home of California Task Force 3, a specialized urban search and rescue team. The team was established after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake when it was realized that the Fire District lacked much needed heavy rescue equipment for catastrophic disasters that may occur in the area. The rescue team now uses state of the art tools for rescue including listening devices and video equipment. The team consists of not only fire service professionals throughout the area, not just from Menlo Park Fire District, but also industrial professionals including structural engineers and health care professionals. Equipment and personnel can be ready to deploy anywhere in the world in a matter of 2 hours or less. The team has responded to such disasters as the bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the attack on the World Trade Center in New York, and conducted water rescue operations after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

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