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If the communications center is unable to contact the Collegeville Rural Fire District, the Montezuma Fire District is contacted to respond to the incident as part of a mutual aid agreement. The response time from the Montezuma fire station, located about two to three miles away from the project site, is approximately five minutes (Thienes 1988) . If additional assistance is needed, the Manteca-Lathrop Rural Fire Protection District responds from Station No. 3 located at Lathrop and Austin Roads in approximately seven minutes (Thienes 1988) . Both the Montezuma and Manteca-Lathrop stations have trained and certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) . The Manteca-Lathrop Rural Fire Protection District is also prepared with an emergency plan for hazardous materials accidents as well as incidents that may occur due to on-site storage and handling of hazardous materials at industrial sites within the Lathrop area (Engineering-Science 1987) . Police Protection The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department is responsible for law enforcement at the project site and vicinity, with the exception of traffic law enforcement for which the California State Highway Patrol assumes responsibility. The local area serviced by the County extends to the Stanislaus County line both in the east and south directions, north to Copperopolis and west to the San Joaquin River, Highway 99 and Lathrop and Jack Tone Roads. The response time to the project site varies depending on call priority. For priority or emergency calls, the response time is between two and five minutes. For non-priority calls, response time can be up to thirty minutes (Esau 1988) . Presently, the County Sheriff's Department is understaffed and is training new personnel which will alleviate the current shortage. The training was expected to be completed by mid-July of 1988 (Esau 1988) . Solid Waste Disposal Service The proposed facility is located within the unincorporated area of the County and would require the disposal of solid waste at a County operated disposal facility. All solid waste collected from the County's unincorporated areas is taken to the Lovelace Transfer Station, where it 3-14 104-6.R3 4/10/89