Community Assessment: Buffalo Fire Department

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Last Updated: Feb. 13, 2018, 12:50 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

Northeast

FDID

15100

State

Phone

(716) 851-5333

Fax

(716) 851-4364

IAFF

282

Twitter

@BuffaloRescue1

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

104,484 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 Buffalo Fire Department is a career department located in the Northeast NFPA region and headquartered in Buffalo, NY.

261,310

Protected Population

52.40mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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21 Stations

Station Name	Address
Engine 25 Tower Ladder 10	517 Southside Pkwy
Engine 26	703 Tonawanda St
Engine 28	1170 E Lovejoy St
Engine 31 Tower Ladder 14	2044 Bailey Ave
Engine 32 Ladder 5	700 Seneca St
Engine 33	1720 Fillmore Ave
Engine 34 Tower Ladder 7	2837 Main St
Engine 35 Ladder 15	1512 Clinton St
Engine 36 Tower Ladder 13	860 Hertel Ave
Engine 37 Tower Ladder 4	500 Rhode Island St

FireCARES

Buffalo Fire Department

Buffalo, NY, 14202

Weather Warning

Last Updated: Feb. 13, 2018, 12:50 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

261,310

Protected Population

52.40mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

21 Stations

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