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The Santa Clara County Fire Department (SCCFD) provides fire protection and emergency medical services to the county of Santa Clara, California.Established in 1947, the SCCFD is responsible for the unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County as well as the communities of Campbell, Cupertino, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, and Saratoga.
The company was founded in 1991 through the merger of Regional Ambulance (Alameda and Contra Costa counties, California), Vanguard Ambulance (Santa Clara County, California), and Buck Ambulance (Portland, Oregon). It was subsequently acquired by Laidlaw, [3] and sold to Onex in 2004. [4]
The San Jose Fire Department's jurisdiction covers San Jose’s incorporated city limits and unincorporated areas of the County of Santa Clara totaling approximately 180 square miles and 1.2 million residents. [4]
The Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System was established in 1993. It became the Santa Clara County Health System in March 2019 after the county acquired O'Connor Hospital, Saint Louise Regional Hospital, and DePaul Health Center (now VHC Morgan Hill) from Verity Health System to prevent the hospitals' closure. [2]
Santa Clara County acquired the hospital, from Veritas over the objections of state Attorney General Xavier Becerra in a deal that closed on February 28, 2019. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The transfer of operations was a result of a $235 million bankruptcy Verity Health System's , the hospitals operator at the time, was facing.
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, commonly known as Valley Medical Center or simply Valley Medical, is a prominent 731-bed public tertiary, teaching, and research hospital in San Jose, California. Located in the Fruitdale neighborhood of West San Jose , Valley Medical Center is the anchor facility of the Santa Clara County Health System ...
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The Emergency Medical Services System and Prehospital Emergency Medical Care Personnel Act (California Health and Safety Code sections 1797 et seq.) created the Emergency Medical Services Authority in 1980. This legislation (SB 125) was the culmination of several years of effort by local administrators, health care providers, consumer groups ...