Community Assessment: City of Bellingham Fire Department

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Last Updated: Feb. 26, 2020, 2:55 p.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

West

FDID

37M01

State

Phone

(360) 778-8400

Fax

(360) 778-8401

IAFF

106

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

37,366 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 City of Bellingham Fire Department is a career department located in the West NFPA region and headquartered in Bellingham, WA.

8,413

Protected Population

16.01mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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6 Stations

Station Name	Address
Bellingham City Fire Department Station 1	1800 Broadway
Bellingham City Fire Department Station 2	1590 Harris Avenue
Bellingham City Fire Department Station 3	1111 Indian Street
Bellingham City Fire Department Station 4	2306 Yew Street
Bellingham City Fire Department Station 5	3314 Northwest Avenue
Bellingham City Fire Department Station 6	4060 Deemer Road

FireCARES

City of Bellingham Fire Department

Bellingham, WA, 98225-3133

Weather Warning

Last Updated: Feb. 26, 2020, 2:55 p.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

8,413

Protected Population

16.01mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

6 Stations

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