Editing Palo Alto, California (section)

==Fire and police departments==
[[File:Palo Alto California public building.jpg|thumb|Palo Alto's city hall]]
The city was among the first in Santa Clara County to offer advanced life support (ALS) paramedic-level (EMT-P) ambulance service. In an arrangement predating countywide paramedic service, Palo Alto Fire operates two paramedic ambulances which are theoretically shared with county EMS assets. The Palo Alto Fire Department is currently the only [[fire department]] in Santa Clara County that routinely transports patients. Rural Metro holds the Santa Clara County 911 contract and provides [[transportation]] in other cities. Enhanced 9-1-1 arrived in about 1980 and included the then-new ability to report emergencies from coin telephones without using a coin. Palo Alto Fire also has a contract with Stanford University to cover most of the campus.<ref name="stanford-fire">{{cite news |last1=Frazier |first1=Greg |title=Palo Alto cuts 11 firefighter jobs after Stanford reduces contract |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/19/palo-alto-cuts-11-firefighter-jobs-after-stanford-reduces-contract/ |access-date=June 19, 2018 |work=The Mercury News |date=October 19, 2017}}</ref>  In all, the Fire Department has six regular stations plus one opened only during the summer fire season in the [[foothills]].<ref name="firestations">{{cite web |title=City of Palo Alto, CA – Fire Stations |url=https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/fir/overview/fire_stations.asp |website=Cityofpaloalto.org |access-date=June 19, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204124523/https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/fir/overview/fire_stations.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The police station was originally housed in a stone building at 450 Bryant Street.<ref name="oldfire">{{cite web |last1=George |first1=Carolyn |title=440 – 450 Bryant Street |url=https://www.pastheritage.org/inv/invB/Bryant/440bryant.html |website=Pastheritage.org |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> Still engraved with the words ''Police Court'', the building is now a non-profit senior citizen center, Avenidas.<ref name="avenidas">{{cite web |title=The History of our Programs & Services {{!}} Avenidas |url=https://www.avenidas.org/about/history/ |website=Avenidas |access-date=August 11, 2018}}</ref> The police are now headquartered in the City Hall high rise. The department has just under 100 sworn officers ranking supplemented by approximately ten reserve officers and professional staff who support the police department and the animal services organization.