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Ventura County Fire updates Simi Valley council on whole-blood program and new fire-hazard maps
Summary
Ventura County Fire Department briefed the Simi Valley City Council on Q3 emergency call trends, a field whole-blood transfusion program launched April 1, 2025 (about 25 transfusions to date), and upcoming changes to fire hazard severity zone maps that may require phased homeowner compliance through Jan. 1, 2029.
Division Chief Dan Horton of the Ventura County Fire Department told the Simi Valley City Council that the department responded to 2,914 incidents in the third quarter and 12,134 calls year-to-date, with medical calls accounting for roughly 80% of annual volume.
Horton described a new whole-blood prehospital transfusion program launched April 1, 2025, in partnership with Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC), Ventura County EMS Agency and Vitalant. He said all five VCFD paramedic rescue ambulances now carry whole blood, and three county aviation helicopters also carry blood. To date, VCFD paramedics have administered about 25 field transfusions;…
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