Community Assessment: City of Knoxville Fire Department

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Last Updated: Feb. 13, 2018, 1:09 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

47522

State

Phone

(865) 595-4480

Fax

(865) 595-4482

IAFF

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

91,807 total structures protected

Estimations

Number of fires per year

Average since 2010

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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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Description

The City of Knoxville Fire Department is a career department located in the South NFPA region and headquartered in Knoxville, TN.

178,874

Protected Population

104.15mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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19 Stations

Station Name	Address
Knoxville Fire Department Station 14	5400 Central Avenue Pike
Knoxville Fire Department Station 15	5301 Jacksboro Pike
Knoxville Fire Department Station 16	5102 Asheville Highway
Knoxville Fire Department Station 17	4804 Western Avenue
Knoxville Fire Department Station 18	610 Weisgarber Road
Knoxville Fire Department Station 19	6328 Chapman Highway
Knoxville Fire Department Station 20	200 Portsmouth Road
Knoxville Fire Department Station 21	245 Perimeter Park Road
Knoxville Fire Department Headquarters	600 Summit Hill Drive

FireCARES

City of Knoxville Fire Department

Knoxville, TN, 37915-2570

Weather Warning

Last Updated: Feb. 13, 2018, 1:09 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

178,874

Protected Population

104.15mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

19 Stations

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