Menlo Park Fire Protection District
Kristin MacDonald has extensive experience in human resources, currently serving as Human Resources Manager at Menlo Park Fire Protection District since June 2016, following a role as Sr. HR Analyst. Prior experience includes serving as Administrative Supervisor at Castro Valley Sanitary District and Human Resources Analyst at the City of Fremont, with responsibilities encompassing recruitment, HRIS administration, classification, compensation, and labor relations. Kristin gained foundational HR skills as Human Resources Technician at Fremont Unified School District and has also held secretarial roles in various educational settings. Additionally, Kristin's international experience includes teaching English in South Korea and Poland. Kristin holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a focus on Human Resources Management from California State University - East Bay and has further educational qualifications from San Jose State University.
Menlo Park Fire Protection District
The District covers a 30 square mile area near Stanford University in the San Francisco Bay Area for the communities of Menlo Park, Atherton, East Palo Alto, sections of Stanford University and unincorporated parts of Southern San Mateo County serving a greater community of 93,000 residents. The District has seven stations that are strategically placed to provide the most efficient response times and responds to approximately 8,500 emergencies a year with about 60% of them being emergency medical incidents. The Fire Board oversees fire protection, policy, budget and staff related issues. The District is also the hosting agence for the California Task Force Three (CA-TF3) Urban Search and Rescue Team: This unit operates under the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As the sponsoring agency, the Menlo Park Fire Protection District has the responsibility of managing the team, preparing the group to respond to any incident within California or the United States. CA-TF3 is a specially trained and equipped 80 person Urban Search and Rescue Task Force consisting of 18 participating agencies and 60 civilians.