Menlo Park Fire Protection District
Public SafetyCalifornia, United States51-200 Employees
Menlo Park Fire Protection District, based in Menlo Park, California, is a public-safety agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services across a 30-square-mile district in the San Francisco Bay Area. It serves the communities of Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto, portions of Stanford University, and surrounding unincorporated areas, supporting about 93,000 residents. The district operates seven fire stations to optimize response times and handles roughly 8,500 emergencies each year, with emergency medical calls accounting for about 60% of activity. A Fire Board oversees fire protection policy, budgeting, and personnel matters. Beyond local response, the district hosts California Task Force Three, a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue team, and acts as the sponsoring agency responsible for managing and preparing an 80-person task force drawn from participating agencies and civilians to respond across California or the United States. In September 2022, Menlo Park Fire Protection District announced a partnership with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to collaborate on advancing its computing capabilities.