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City of Santa Ana <br />Environmental Checklist <br />Less-than- <br />Significant <br />Potentially Impactwith Less-than- <br />Significant Mitigation Significant No <br />XIV. Public Services Impact Incorporated Impact Impact <br />Would the project: <br />a. 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. Fire protection? ? ? M ? <br />2. Police protection? ? ? M ? <br />3. Schools? ? ? ? M <br />4. Parks? ? ? ? M <br />5. Other public facilities? ? ? ? M <br />Discussion <br />Would the project result In substantial adverse physical impacts associated with: <br />al. Fire protection? <br />Less-than-Significant Impact. Fire protection services within the proposed project area are <br />currently provided by the OCFA, which maintains a total of 71 fire stations, a fire administration <br />building, and a fire training center to serve the residents of 23 cities and the unincorporated <br />portions of Orange County. Fire Stations Nos. 73 and 77 would be the primary responders to the <br />project site; however, other OCFA fire stations would respond in the event that additional support is <br />needed. Fire Station #73 is the nearest station to the proposed project site, located about 0.58 mile <br />northeast of the project site at 419 South Franklin Street, and currently contains a staff of three <br />captains, three engineers, and six firefighters, of which six are paramedics. Total staffing per day is <br />four, of which two are paramedics. Current equipment at Station #73 includes one medic engine. <br />Fire Station #77, which also would be a primaty responder to the project site in the event of an <br />emergency, is located at 2317 South Greenville Street, about 1.48 miles south of the project site. This <br />station maintains a staff of three captains, three engineers, and nine firefighters, of which six are <br />paramedics, for a daily staffing of five per shift. Current equipment at Station #77 includes one <br />engine, one medic van, and one relief van. (OCFA 2012a & b; Evans pers. comm.; Hernandez pers. <br />comm.) <br />Current response times to the project area are estimated at 7 minutes 20 seconds or less from the <br />time a call is placed until the first responder arrives at the emergency, which meets the emergency <br />service goal of the OCFA. The OCFA's existing personnel-to-population ratio is one firefighter per <br />7,000 population. (Evans pers. comm.; Hernandez pers. comm.) As a result of the project's proximity <br />to existing fire stations and the existing service level provided by the fire department, the proposed <br />The Bat Nha Buddhist Meditation Center June 2013 <br />Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 3-78 ICF 00215.12 <br />31 C-132