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Amherst Fire Department
 Community served: Amherst, Mass. Department type: Mostly volunteer firefighters Fire stations (department)1: 2 Fire stations (town): 2 Square miles (town): 27.8 Square miles per station (town): 13.9 [ See rankings ]1 Some communities have more than one fire department. |
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SUMMARY: On-time rate, building fires receiving a response within 6 minutes, 1986-2002: 81.1%[ See rankings ]
On-time rate, early years, 1986-1998: 82.2%
On-time rate, recent years, 1999-2002: 74.6% DETAILS:
| 1986-1998 | 1999-2002 | 1986-2002 | |
| Fires with on-time response |
315 | 50 | 365 |
| Fires with slower response |
68 | 17 | 85 |
| Total building fires studied |
383 | 67 | 450 |
Insurance companies use ratings from ISO, a New Jersey company, to help determine fire insurance premiums. ISO rates communities on a scale from 1 (best) to 10 (no protection). The ratings are based on the community's fire department, water supply, and dispatch communications. The ratings are not based at all on response times. The same scale of 1 to 10 is applied to the
effectiveness of building codes. In a split fire rating, such as 4/9, the second number applies to properties more than 1,000 feet from a hydrant.
ISO fire protection rating, Nov. 2004: 4/9 ISO building code rating, residential, Nov. 2004: 5 ISO building code rating, commercial, Nov. 2004: 5
Fire spending FY 2003 (town only): $2,920,593 Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 1987 (town only): 4.1% Fire spending per capita, FY 1987, in 2003 dollars (town only): $35 Change in fire spending per capita, 1987-2003 (town only): 140.4% Change in other municipal spending per capita, 1987-2003, adjusted for inflation (town only): 48.1% Fire spending per housing unit, FY 2003 (town only): $318 Fire spending per square mile, FY 2003 (town only): $105,228
County: Hampshire Population, 2004 (estimate): 34,732 Occupied housing units, 2000: 9,174 Median family income, 1999: $61,237 Population growth, 1990-2000: -1.0% Population growth, 1980-1990: 7.4% Tax base (assessed value per capita), FY 2004: $42,783 Total assessed value, FY 2004: $1,485,946,000 Single-family tax rate, FY 2004: $17.40 About this data
