Community Assessment: Lexington County Fire Service

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Last Updated: March 6, 2019, 10:30 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

South

FDID

32501

State

Phone

(803) 785-8287

Fax

(803) 785-8589

IAFF

4529,4808

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

123,823 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 Lexington County Fire Service fire department is a combination department located in the South NFPA region and headquartered in Lexington, SC.

223,778

Protected Population

736.58mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

Annual structure fire counts for the Lexington County Fire Service based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

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24 Stations

Station Name	Address
Lexington County Fire Service Crossroads	2720 Wessinger Road
Lexington County Fire Service Chapin	440 East Boundary Street
Lexington County Fire Service Amicks Ferry	960 Amicks Ferry Road
Lexington County Fire Service Samaria	5321 Fairview Road

FireCARES

Lexington County Fire Service

Lexington, SC, 29072

Weather Warning

Last Updated: March 6, 2019, 10:30 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

223,778

Protected Population

736.58mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

24 Stations

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