Community Assessment: Ketchikan Fire Department

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Last Updated: Aug. 7, 2019, 8:05 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

Combination

NFPA Region

West

FDID

13000

State

Phone

(907) 225-9616

Fax

(907) 225-9613

IAFF

2761

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

6,409 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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Predicted

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Description

The Ketchikan Fire Department is a combination department located in the West NFPA region and headquartered in Ketchikan, AK.

8,050

Protected Population

5.87mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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4 Stations

Station Name	Address
Ketchikan Fire Department Station 1	70 Bawden Street
Ketchikan Fire Department Station 2	3352 Tongass Avenue
Ketchikan Fire Department Station 3	5403 N. Tongass Highway
Saxman City Fire Department	2714 South Tongass Highway

FireCARES

Ketchikan Fire Department

Ketchikan, AK, 99901-6577

Weather Warning

Last Updated: Aug. 7, 2019, 8:05 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

8,050

Protected Population

5.87mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

4 Stations

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