Community Assessment: Austin Fire Department

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Last Updated: March 27, 2023, 5:57 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

Career

NFPA Region

South

FDID

WP801

State

Phone

(512) 974-4100

Fax

(512) 974-4101

IAFF

975

Twitter

@austinfiredept

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

271,211 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 Austin Fire Department is a career department located in the South NFPA region and headquartered in Austin, TX.

790,390

Protected Population

305.39mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

Annual structure fire counts for the Austin Fire Department based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

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44 Stations

Station Name	Address
Austin Fire Department Station 42	2454 Cardinal Loop
Austin Fire Department Station 43	11401 Escarpment Boulevard
Austin Fire Department Station 44	11612 Four Iron Drive
Austin Fire Department Station 45	9421 Spectrum Dr

FireCARES

Austin Fire Department

Austin, TX, 78721

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Last Updated: March 27, 2023, 5:57 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

790,390

Protected Population

305.39mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

44 Stations

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