Community Assessment: Elkhart Fire Department

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Last Updated: Feb. 27, 2019, 8:36 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

Midwest

FDID

20006

State

Phone

(574) 293-8931

Fax

(574) 522-1023

IAFF

338

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

32,468 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 Elkhart Fire Department is a career department located in the Midwest NFPA region and headquartered in Elkhart, IN.

50,949

Protected Population

24.39mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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7 Stations

Station Name	Address
Elkhart Fire Department Station 2	300 West Lusher Avenue
Elkhart Fire Department Station 3	1612 West Mishawaka Road
Elkhart Fire Department Station 4	1037 Oak Street
Elkhart Fire Department Station 5	515 Simpson Avenue
Elkhart Fire Department Station 6	1023 Osolo Road
Elkhart Fire Department Station 7	801 County Road 6 West
Elkhart Fire Department Central Station	500 East Street

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Elkhart Fire Department

Elkhart, IN, 46516

Weather Warning

Last Updated: Feb. 27, 2019, 8:36 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

50,949

Protected Population

24.39mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

7 Stations

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