Firefighters control house fire on Willow Road in Menlo Park Menlo Park, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Mar 6, 2012 at 12:16 pm
Firefighters brought a house fire under control this morning at 52 Willow Road, between Middlefield Road and Alma Street in Menlo Park. Neighbors reported hearing a big boom, like an explosion, and when they looked outside, they saw flames leaping from the front left corner of house.
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Posted by Fire expert, a resident of the Menlo Park: The Willows neighborhood, on Mar 6, 2012 at 2:26 pm
The added response time would have been 1 minute or less. Engine 6 responded from downtown along with the middlefield crew. If the station were to be closed and relocated to flood park at Bay road, it would have added only 1 minute. Unbelievable to people who aren't familiar with fire protection strategy but a palo alto fire engine also responded, which would have put enough trucks on scene to competently control the situation. Also a redwood city battalion chief responded and a redwood city fire engine. This means the only gap of time that would have occurred would be 1 minute. Engine 6 from downtown also arrived only 23 seconds after the middlefield station's trucks, meaning there would be virtually no difference in response time. Hopefully I've answered your question.
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