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Draft Environmental Impact Report Page IV.I-1 Forward Landfill Expansion IV.I. PUBLIC SERVICES AND UTILITIES This section discusses potential impacts and mitigation measures for police protection,fire protection, emergency medical services, and wastewater treatment, in addition to other public services and utilities. Sem Police Protection Services Police protection services for the project area are provided by the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department. Traffic law enforcement is provided by the California Highway Patrol. The population of the project area is relatively low, and, in the past, the existing Forward Landfill has generated a low level of service calls(Desmarais,2009;Kessler, 2009). Fire Protection and Emergency Medical Services Forward maintains a number of fire protection facilities at the landfill(Lewis, pers. com. February 2009). These include: • A water well and overhead standpipe at the entrance facility • A water well at the northern boundary of the landfill • A dry line along the main entrance road of the landfill with four valved connection points that are adaptable to Lathrop-Manteca Fire Protection District fire trucks • Water wells at the southeast corner of the Resource Recovery area • A water truck on the site • Heavy earth-moving equipment on the site • On-call emergency personnel Fire protection for the area including the project site is provided by the Lathrop-Manteca Fire District. The District provides 24-hour service from four fire stations (Manding,2009). The District fire station nearest the proposed project site is located at Lathrop and Austin Roads, approximately three miles south of the existing landfill. This station is staffed by two fire fighters, and equipped with two fire engines. Response time to the landfill site is generally less than five minutes. In the event of a fire at the landfill, the Department would respond from the Lathrop/Austin fire station and three other stations, with a total of four engine companies. In the past, the District has had a relatively low level of fire service calls from the existing Forward Landfill (Manding,2009). The majority of fires occur in the composting operation on the site. The northern portion of the Forward Landfill (the former Austin Road Sanitary Landfill)was added to the District's service area in early 2001, after the privatization of that landfill and the associated transfer from City of Stockton to County of San Joaquin jurisdiction. As a result,the District does not have service records for the Austin Road landfill prior to 2001. The Austin Road Landfill previously was served by the Collegeville Fire District,which experienced a low level of fire service calls associated with the landfill(County of San Joaquin, 1999). The Lathrop-Manteca Fire District also provides emergency medical response to the project site, with ambulances based in Manteca (approximately six miles from the project site) (Manding, 2009). Response time for emergency medical service to the ekisting landfill is generally less than five minutes. Past emergency medical calls at the existing Forward Landfill have involved