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FIRE PROTECTION: Fire protection and emergency medical services (EMS) are provided by a combination effort between the Mountain House Fire Department (MHFD) and the French Camp McKinley Fire District (FCMFD). This Joint Powers Agency (JPA) allows for coordinated fire and EMS services. The MHFD operates out of Fire Station 98 (Mountain House Station No. 1) located at 911 Tradition Street. A second station is planned for the northerly portion of the District, north of Byron Road, The station has a staffing level of four personnel, 24 hours per day, seven days per week, which include one Company Officer, one Fire Apparatus Engineer, one Firefighter, and one day-shift coverage Firefighter. Station personnel are supported by FCMFD with 19 Firefighters and 19 Reserve Firefighters. Also available from FCMFD are the following: one full-time Fire Chief, one Assistant Fire Chief/Fire Marshall, and one Battalion Chief for Training and Operations. Station No. 16-1 houses two Type 1 Fire Engines, one Ladder Truck, and one Type 6 Quick Response Vehicle. Additional apparatus are available from FCMFD Station No. 11-1 located at 310 East French Camp Road, French Camp, including two Type 1 Fire Engines, one Medium Rescue Vehicle, and one Type 6 Wildland Engine. Mountain House Fire Department (MHFD) responds to approximately 500 calls for service per year, which are dispatched through the Valley Regional Emergency Communications Center (VRECC). Average response time within the Mountain House community is 6-minutes for EMS calls, and 5.5 minutes for fire calls. Contractual response time 90th percentile requirements are 7 minutes and 19 seconds; well within the actual response times. MHFD has estimated an approximate response time to the subject property of 5 minutes from Station 16-1 at 911 Traditions. Once the proposed Station 16-2 is built on Central Parkway, the response time would be reduced to approximately 2 minutes. These response times are considered appropriate and will not be affected by the proposed annexation. Current estimated response time to the subject property from Tracy Rural Fire Protection District is approximately 8 to 10 minutes according to Senior Fire Inspector Flanoy Garrett. The station that would likely service the property is Tracy Fire Station 91 located at 1701 W 11th Street Tracy. The estimated travel route would be down Byron Hwy and crossing the railroad tracks at either Henderson or Reeves Road, both of which are at grade crossings. Based on this information response times will substantially improve if serviced by MHFD. The proposed project has been reviewed by the County Building Department to consider current fire code requirements. The new building will include a complete fire suppression system, including automatic smoke/heat detectors, fire alarm, automatic sprinklers, and other required appurtenances. Site improvements will also add two new fire hydrants, post indicator valves, and fire department connection points. As required by the Mountain House Master Plan a second fire station will be constructed off of Central Parkway, North of Byron Road. This Fire Station will be constructed as part of Mountain House Developers large development project which currently has approved tentative maps with plans to begin construction within the next year. The Fire Station is planned to be built within the next five years. Once this station is built, response time will be reduced dramatically (as discussed above) and emergency access will not require crossing railroad tracks. However, in the interim The Mountain House Fire Chief has reviewed the proposed development details, estimated response times, and alternate (southern) access routes to the site in the event of a Page 5