Community Assessment: North Whatcom Fire and Rescue

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Last Updated: March 4, 2019, 9:12 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

37D21

State

Phone

(360) 318-9933

Fax

(360) 734-7139

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

31,574 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 North Whatcom Fire and Rescue fire department is a combination department located in the West NFPA region and headquartered in Bellingham, WA.

110,614

Protected Population

192.23mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

Annual structure fire counts for the North Whatcom Fire and Rescue based on the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS).

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10 Stations

Station Name	Address
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 61 Blaine	9408 Odell Road
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 62 Semiahmoo	9001 Semiahmoo Parkway
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 63 Birch Bay	4581 Birch Bay Lynden Road
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 64 Custer	7625 Custer School Road
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 65 Haynie	3401 Haynie Road
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 68 Delta	8188 North Enterprise Road
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 69 Laurel	6028 Guide Meridian Road
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 70 Wiser Lake	633 East Wiser Lake Road
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 71 Lynden	307 19th Street
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Station 72 Northwood	1507 East Badger Road

FireCARES

North Whatcom Fire and Rescue

Bellingham, WA, 98226-9481

Weather Warning

Last Updated: March 4, 2019, 9:12 a.m.

Structure Hazard Level Distribution by Travel Time

Effective Response Force Coverage

Community Risk Assessment

Summary

Structure Hazard Level Distribution

Estimations

Description

110,614

Protected Population

192.23mi²

Community Size

Annual Structure Fires

10 Stations

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