Community Assessment: Houston Fire Department

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Last Updated: Jan. 8, 2020, 8:46 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

KA926

State

Phone

(713) 247-5000

Fax

(713) 247-5004

IAFF

341

Twitter

@HoustonFire

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

835,600 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 Houston Fire Department is a career department located in the South NFPA region and headquartered in Houston, TX.

3,075,388

Protected Population

992.43mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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95 Stations

Station Name	Address
Houston Fire Department Station 103	2907 High Valley Drive
Houston Fire Department Station 104	910 Forest Cove Drive
Houston Fire Department Station 105	14014 West Lake Houston Parkway
Houston Fire Department Administration	1205 Dart Street
Houston Fire Department Arson Division	2931 West 12th Street

FireCARES

Houston Fire Department

Houston, TX, 77007-4223

Weather Warning

Last Updated: Jan. 8, 2020, 8:46 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

3,075,388

Protected Population

992.43mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

95 Stations

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