Community Assessment: Durham Fire Department

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Last Updated: Feb. 13, 2018, 1:39 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

03203

State

Phone

(919) 560-4242

Fax

(919) 560-4256

IAFF

668

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

106,904 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 Durham Fire Department is a career department located in the South NFPA region and headquartered in Durham, NC.

228,330

Protected Population

109.24mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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15 Stations

Station Name	Address
Durham Fire Department Station 11	2800 West Cornwallis Road
Durham Fire Department Station 12	1230 Carpenter Fletcher Road
Durham Fire Department Station 13	2901 South Miami Boulevard
Durham Fire Department Station 14	1327 Umstead Road
Durham Fire Department Station 16	6303 Farrington Road

FireCARES

Durham Fire Department

Durham, NC, 27704

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Last Updated: Feb. 13, 2018, 1:39 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

228,330

Protected Population

109.24mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

15 Stations

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