Community Assessment: Ford County Fire & EMS

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Last Updated: June 6, 2019, 3:20 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

Combination

NFPA Region

Midwest

FDID

FO403

State

Phone

(620) 227-4638

Fax

(620) 227-4672

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

33 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 Ford County Fire & EMS fire department is a combination department located in the Midwest NFPA region and headquartered in Dodge City, KS.

27,340

Protected Population

14.54mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

Annual structure fire counts for the Ford County Fire & EMS based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

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7 Stations

Station Name	Address
Ford County Fire & EMS Station 1 Headquarters	10996 113 Road
Ford County Fire & EMS Station 2	8th Street and Prairie Street
Ford County Fire & EMS Station 4	322 W. Oak Street
Ford County Fire & EMS Station 5	Avenue A and Walnut Street
Ford County Fire & EMS Station 6	US Highway 50 and 102nd Road
Ford County Fire & EMS Station 7	Main and Kinney Street
Ford County Fire & EMS Station 8	Hunt Street and Main Street

FireCARES

Ford County Fire & EMS

Dodge City, KS, 67801

Weather Warning

Last Updated: June 6, 2019, 3:20 p.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

27,340

Protected Population

14.54mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

7 Stations

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