Community Assessment: 7th Ward Volunteer Fire Department & Vermilion Parish Fire Prot. Dist. #7

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Last Updated: March 25, 2023, 11:21 a.m.

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Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective response force coverage is a beta feature of FireCARES that utilizes the NFPA 1710 standard for determining coverage and includes an estimated 3 minuntes for turnout time and alarm processing, leaving a total of 5 minutes drive time for low/medium/unknown hazard types and 7 minutes of drive time for high hazard types. Please contact us if you have questions.

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

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Fire Risk

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Fire Spread Risk

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Death and Injury Risk

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Low: less than 25% of departments have an equal or smaller risk value.

Medium: 25-75% of departments have a smaller risk value.

High: over 75% of departments have an equal or smaller risk value.

Summary

Department Type

Mostly volunteer

NFPA Region

South

FDID

57050

State

Phone

(337) 893-8023

Fax

(337) 893-8023

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

904 total structures protected

Estimations

Number of fires per year

Average since 2010

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Predicted

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Beyond room/floor

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Beyond structure

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Deaths & injuries per year

Average since 2010

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Predicted

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Description

The 7th Ward Volunteer Fire Department & Vermilion Parish Fire Prot. Dist. #7 fire department is a mostly volunteer department located in the South NFPA region and headquartered in Abbeville, LA.

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Protected Population

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Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

Annual structure fire counts for the 7th Ward Volunteer Fire Department & Vermilion Parish Fire Prot. Dist. #7 based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

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1 Stations

Station Name	Address
7th Ward Volunteer Fire Department	20321 State Highway 82

FireCARES

7th Ward Volunteer Fire Department & Vermilion Parish Fire Prot. Dist. #7

Abbeville, LA, 70510

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Last Updated: March 25, 2023, 11:21 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

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Protected Population

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Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

1 Stations

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