Call Volume vs. Size

[Hydrant22]

I was just curious as to how many calls you guys run and how big your district is. I work in an area about 9 square miles and we run around 5000-5500 calls a year.

[THINREDLINE]

I work an area approx. 1 sq mile. Suburban, light industry,railroad, major interstate hyway. We do FR runs . Total approx 1500 runs a year. Also do Fire inspections,PR,Prevention ect. 3 per shift/13 total manpower.

[NorcalMike]

417 sq. mi. 60,000+ calls a year.

[TRFirefighter25]

Entire department area is about 12 square miles. Daytime population is approx 43,000 while evening pop. drops to about 32,000. 5 Stations, 5 engine co.'s 2 truck companies, and 1 Rescue company. 24/72 schedule. Call breakdown is like this:

Engine Co. #1 - Fire: 1752, EMS: 438, Total: 2190
Engine Co. #2 - Fire: 2482, EMS: 1022, Total: 3504
Engine Co. #3 - Fire: 2153, EMS: 693, Total: 2846
Engine Co. #4 - Fire: 1496, EMS: 448, Total: 1944
Engine Co. #5 - Fire: 2774, EMS: 1138, Total: 3912

Truck Co. #1 - Fire: 2646, EMS: 219, Total: 2865
Truck Co. #2 - Fire: 2956, EMS: 361, Total: 3317

Rescue Co. #1 - Fire: 2883, EMS: 109, Total: 2992

Battalion Chief #1 - Fire: 1679, EMS: 438, Total: 2117

As you can see, mostly Fire. Only dispatched on what they call "Immediate Life Danger" EMS runs. The Truck and Rescue Co.'s are only dispatched if all the Engine companies are tied up. EMS transport is run by a seperate municiple EMS agency. Thanks and stay safe.

[tommygo2540]

1sq mile approx 2000 calls 1/2 fire 1/2 ems. 3 people per shift

[fireman4949]

671 sq miles...15 stations...25,000+ calls/yr.

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

22 square miles, 3 stations, 3 engines, 2 ladders and a medium rescue... an average of 5500 runs a year.

Minimum staffing: 13 ( one ladder goes OOS if we drop below 12 firefighters)
Full staffing: 19 per shift

Staffing includes the officers ( Captains and LT's)
Deputy Chiefs are not counted as part of minimum staffing.

[nyckftbl]

Area: 468 square miles (including the water, 303 in land)

Average about 490,000 runs per year.

204 engines (I think that is correct, Fred or someone else want to help me out?)

142 Trucks (see above)

7 Squads

5 Rescues

[fireman4949]

671 sq miles...15 stations...25,000+ calls/yr.

This is our station/unit breakdown:

10 city stations (on of which is dedicated airport CFR)
10 engines
5 trucks
1 tanker
3 brush trucks
1 Haz-Mat unit, 2 Haz-Mat trailers
1 USAR unit
5 rescue boats
2 reserve squads
2 mobile air/light units
1 Fire/Medic Supervisor
3 CFR trucks
1 reserve CFR
2 Battalion Chief cars


5 county stations staffed with only two personnel. 1 D/O, 1 Lt.
Each county station has 1 Mini-Pumper/Rescue (Lt.), and 1 Tanker (D/O).

Minimum manning of engine and truck companies at the 9 city stations is three...Officer, D/O, FF.

We provide fire protection and emergency medical services to both the city and the county.

[gunnyv]

28 sq miles
5 stations
5 engines/2 ladders
minimum daily staffing of 23
Fire/Rescue/ALS (non transport)/Hazmat
7800+ runs/yr

[FF2501]

apx. 4 sq miles, 3000 calls a year, 1/2+ EMS

[sfd1992]

48 Sq Mi.
14 Stations
Approx 26,000 runs/year
58 on duty

[clancyxdogg]

Area: 7.1 sq. mi., Land area 6.4 sq. mi.

Pop: 100,135-Daytime:400,000
8 stations, 48 FF minimum

Engine Co. 1- Runs...2123 -- Building Fires ... 49
Engine Co. 2 - Runs... 2823 -- Building Fires ... 48
Engine Co. 3 - Runs... 1443 -- Building Fires ... 29
Engine Co. 4 - Runs ... 1504 -- Building Fires ... 29
Engine Co. 5- Runs ... 2014 -- Building Fires ... 57
Engine Co. 6- Runs ... 1283 -- Building Fires... 43
Engine Co. 8 - Runs ... 1181 -- Building Fires ... 33
Engine Co. 9- Runs ... 981 -- Building Fires ... 25

Ladder Co. 1 Runs- ... 2125 -- Building Fires ... 76
Ladder Co. 2- Runs ... 1287 -- Building Fires... 40
Ladder Co. 3- Runs ... 2021 -- Building Fires ... 52
Ladder Co. 4- Runs ... 1617 -- Building Fires ... 35

Rescue Co. 1- Runs ... 2019 -- Building Fires ... 73

Squad 2 - Runs ... 2843 -- Building Fires ... 60
Squad 4- Runs ... 1855 -- Building Fires ... 59

Special Units- Runs ... 305
Haz Mat 1- Runs ... 44

Division 1- Runs ... 1789 -- Building Fires ... 62
Division 2- Runs ... 1431 -- Building Fires ... 49

Mutual Aid Runs- 199

Total 30,887

[DeputyChiefGonzo]

Would that be "Fahll Rivah" or "New Beffah"?

[fireslayer1237]

150 sq. miles, 7 stations, 85,000 population, 9186 calls, 6519 EMS 320, working fires, 16 minimum staffing.

Last year was my probie year 13 working fires in 9 months since then nothing

[sfd1992]

Hey Fireslayer, don't take this wrong, but how does your dept define a working fire? 320 seems like a big number for an agency with only 85k population and only 9000 runs a year total, especially in the NW. We do just about 100 workers a year with close to 200k population and over 25000 calls.

[27Truckie]

TRFirefighter what fire dept are you on? That sounds like my kind of action.

[THINREDLINE]

I work an area approx. 1 sq mile. Suburban, light industry,railroad, major interstate hyway. We do FR runs . Total approx 1500 runs a year. Also do Fire inspections,PR,Prevention ect. 3 per shift/13 total manpower.

One station 1 ENGINE
1TRUCK
1 Chief's buggy

[Geinandputitout]

110,000 during the night
200,000 during the day

9 stations - 9 Engines, 1 Truck, 1 Rescue
~ 85 sq. miles
10,000 runs 40% EMS / 60 % Non-EMS

[27Truckie]

SFD there is a city of 81,000 near me with a total of 8600 calls a year and of that in 2006 they did 480 working fires. How is this possible this town is a big industry city and very getto. They have 7 stations and run

5 engines
3 trucks
1 squad