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City of Santa Ana <br />Environmental Checklist <br />XIV. Public Services <br />Potentially <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />Less -than- <br />Significant <br />Impact with <br />Mitigation <br />Incorporated <br />Less -than- <br />Significant <br />Impact <br />No <br />impact <br />Would the project: <br />a. <br />Result in substantial adverse physical impacts <br />associated with the provision of new or <br />physically altered governmental facilities or a <br />need for new or physically altered <br />governmental facilities, the construction of <br />which could cause significant environmental <br />impacts, in order to maintain acceptable <br />service ratios, response times, or other <br />performance objectives for any of the <br />following public services: <br />1. <br />Fire protection? <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />® <br />❑ <br />2. <br />Police protection? <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />® <br />❑ <br />3. <br />Schools? <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />IK <br />4. <br />Parks? <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />S. <br />Other public facilities? <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />❑ <br />Discussion <br />Would the project result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with: <br />a1. Fire protection? <br />Less - than - Significant Impact. Fire protection services within the proposed project area are <br />provided by the Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA). Fire Stations Nos. 1 and 8 would be the <br />primary responders to the project site; however, other fire stations would also respond in the event <br />that additional support is needed. Fire Station #1 is the nearest station to the proposed project site, <br />located about 1.8 miles east of the project site at 1029 W. 17th Street, and currently contains a staff <br />of two captains, two engineers, two firefighters, and two paramedics at each shift. Current <br />equipment at Station #1 includes one engine, one squad, and one medic van. Fire Station #8, which <br />also would be a primary responder to the project site in the event of an emergency, is located at 501 <br />N. Newhope, about 2.4 miles southwest of the project site. This station maintains a staff of one <br />captain, one engineer, one firefighter, and two paramedics. Station #8 is classified as a station <br />equipped to respond to structure fire emergencies and medical aids with one engine and one medic <br />unit. <br />Current response times to the project area are estimated at 5 minutes or less from the time a call is <br />placed until the first responder arrives at the emergency, which meets the emergency service goal <br />(Smith pers. comm.). The City's existing personnel -to- population ratio is 1.1 firefighters per 1,000 <br />population. As a result of the project's proximity to existing fire stations and the existing service <br />level provided by the fire department, the proposed project would receive sufficient OCFA service in <br />the event of an emergency, and impacts related to fire protection services and facilities would be <br />less than significant. <br />The Academy Charter High School 3-84 Jane 2012 <br />Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration ICF 00914.11 <br />