The Mountain View Fire is an all risk fire department that responds to a large variety of calls as catagorized by type below. More than 64% of the Department's calls are medical aid.

FIRE DEPARTMENT CALLS BY TYPE FOR 2007-2008

 

CALL TYPE	July1, 2007- June 30, 2008	% of total
Fire	130	2.58%
Rescue/Medical	3273	64.94%
Hazardous Condition	165	3.27%
Service	437	8.67%
Good Intent	570	11.31%
False	439	8.71%
Natural Disaster	8	0.16%
Other	18	0.36%
TOTAL	5040	100.00%