Menlo Park Fire Protection District
Travis Clark is an experienced professional with a diverse background in emergency medical services and technology marketing. Currently serving as a Fire Cadet at Menlo Park Fire Protection District since January 2023 and as an Emergency Department Technician at Stanford Hospitals & Clinics since October 2022, Travis has previously held the position of EMT at Royal Ambulance from August 2020 to February 2023. Prior to this, Travis spent nearly seven years at Arista Networks, holding various roles including North/South American Channel Operations and Field Marketing Manager, Channels Development Manager, and Opportunities Development Representative, focusing on sales enablement and marketing strategies for data center solutions. Earlier experience includes a Sales Intern role at Ford Motor Company in summer 2012. Travis holds a Bachelor of Science degree in General Social Studies, with a focus in Business and Economics, from the University of Oregon.
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.