Community Assessment: Detroit Fire Department

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Last Updated: April 15, 2020, 12:49 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

Midwest

FDID

08207

State

Phone

(313) 596-2920

Fax

(313) 224-4128

IAFF

344

Twitter

@DetroitFire

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

417,262 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 Detroit Fire Department is a career department located in the Midwest NFPA region and headquartered in Detroit, MI.

713,777

Protected Population

142.64mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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36 Stations

Station Name	Address
Detroit Fire Department Engine 30	16543 Meyers Road
Detroit Fire Department Engine 29	7600 W. Jefferson Avenue
Detroit Fire Department Engine 27 Ladder 8	4700 W. Fort Street
Detroit Fire Department Engine 17 Ladder 7	6100 Second Avenue
Detroit Fire Department Squad 6	10700 Shoemaker Street
Detroit Fire Department Engine 1	111 W. Montcalm Street

FireCARES

Detroit Fire Department

Detroit, MI, 48226

Weather Warning

Last Updated: April 15, 2020, 12:49 p.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

713,777

Protected Population

142.64mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

36 Stations

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