Citygate completed a fire station siting analysis for the proposed Preserve at Millerton and River Ranch development projects, including an analysis of emergency fire apparatus travel times over the proposed developments’ road networks to identify potential siting of future fire station(s) to provide desired emergency response times within the North Rio Mesa area.

Citygate completed an engagement for Madera County that described services and their associated costs for the Sheriff, Fire, Parks and Recreation, and Library services; described an improved level of services and their associated costs for the Sheriff, Fire, Parks and Recreation, and Library services and any new facilities and major equipment; provided a recommendation on the methodologies for allocating costs; and included a recommended fee and/or tax schedule that will recover the fair share of service, facility, and major equipment costs from new development and recovers the cost of an improved level of service from existing development.

Citygate completed a Fire Department planning study, which included a Standard of Coverage planning analysis designed to examine the levels of Fire Department service by occupancy type and land use classification. The study also included fire station and staffing infrastructure triggers; analysis of fire protection/prevention systems, specifically water supply and urban-wildland interface fire prevention strategies; and financing options for the Madera County Fire Department. Citygate has performed fire services deployment Master Plans for the City of Madera, in addition to the Madera County Fire Department. These included detailed response times and staffing plans that can be adapted to any county fire services provider.