Community Assessment: Memphis Fire Department

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Last Updated: March 6, 2020, 2:54 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

Career

NFPA Region

South

FDID

79553

State

Phone

(901) 527-1400

Fax

(901) 527-9516

IAFF

1784

Twitter

@MEM_Fire

Official Website

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

249,934 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 Memphis Fire Department is a career department located in the South NFPA region and headquartered in Memphis, TN.

646,889

Protected Population

324.02mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

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

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58 Stations

Station Name	Address
Memphis Fire Department Station 43	1253 E. Holmes Road
Memphis Fire Department Station 44	220 Humphreys Boulevard
Memphis Fire Department Station 45	5185 S. Third Street
Memphis Fire Department Station 46	3423 Scenic Highway
Memphis Fire Department Station 47	3510 Coleman Road
Memphis Fire Department Station 48	4985 Raleigh Lagrange Road
Memphis Fire Department Station 49	4351 New Allen Road
Memphis Fire Department Station 50	4255 E. Raines Road
Memphis Fire Department Station 51	5921 Shelby Oaks Drive
Memphis Fire Department Station 52	6675 Winchester Road

FireCARES

Memphis Fire Department

Memphis, TN, 38103-2411

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Last Updated: March 6, 2020, 2:54 p.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

646,889

Protected Population

324.02mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

58 Stations

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