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City of Santa Ana Environmental Checklist Less -than- Significant Potentially Impactwith Less -than- Significant Mitigation Significant No XIV. Public Services Impact Incorporated Impact Impact Would the project: a. Result in substantial adverse physical impacts associated with the provision of new or physically altered governmental facilities or a need for new or physically altered governmental facilities, the construction of which could cause significant environmental impacts, in order to maintain acceptable service ratios, response times, or other performance objectives for any of the following public services: 1. Fire protection? ❑ ❑ M ❑ 2. Police protection? ❑ ❑ M ❑ 3. Schools? ❑ ❑ ❑ M 4. Parks? ❑ ❑ ❑ M S. Other public facilities? ❑ ❑ ❑ M Discussion Would the project result In substantial adverse physical impacts associated with: a1. Fire protection? Less - than - Significant Impact. Fire protection services within the proposed project area are currently provided by the OCFA, which maintains a total of 71 fire stations, a fire administration building, and a fire training center to serve the residents of 23 cities and the unincorporated portions of Orange County. Fire Stations Nos. 73 and 77 would be the primary responders to the project site; however, other OCFA fire stations would respond in the event that additional support is needed. Fire Station #73 is the nearest station to the proposed project site, located about 0.58 mile northeast of the project site at 419 South Franklin Street, and currently contains a staff of three captains, three engineers, and six firefighters, of which six are paramedics. Total staffing per day is four, of which two are paramedics. Current equipment at Station #73 includes one medic engine. Fire Station #77, which also would be a primaty responder to the project site in the event of an emergency, is located at 2317 South Greenville Street, about 1.48 miles south of the project site. This station maintains a staff of three captains, three engineers, and nine firefighters, of which six are paramedics, for a daily staffing of five per shift. Current equipment at Station #77 includes one engine, one medic van, and one relief van. (OCFA 2O12a & b; Evans pers. comm.; Hernandez pens. Comm.) Current response times to the project area are estimated at 7 minutes 20 seconds or less from the time a call is placed until the first responder arrives at the emergency, which meets the emergency service goal of the OCFA. The OCFA's existing personnel -to- population ratio is one firefighter per 7,000 population. (Evans pers. comm.; Hernandez pers. comm.) As a result of the project's proximity to existing fire stations and the existing service level provided by the fire department, the proposed The Bat Nha Buddhist Meditation Center June 2013 Initial Study /Mitigated Negative Declaration 3 -78 ICF 00215.12 31 C -132