THIS MAP shows locations and response times for building fires from 1990-2002
Building fires:
1-5 minute response
Fire stations:
6 minute response
7-29 minute response
Auburn Fire Department
Community served: Auburn, Mass. Department type: Mostly volunteer firefighters Fire stations (department)1: 2 Fire stations (town): 2 Square miles (town): 16.4 Square miles per station (town): 8.2 [ See rankings ] 1Some communities have more than one fire department.
Deadly delays
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SUMMARY: On-time rate, building fires receiving a response within 6 minutes, 1986-2002: 96.3% [ See rankings ] On-time rate, early years, 1986-1998: 96.1% On-time rate, recent years, 1999-2002: 96.9%
DETAILS:
1986-1998
1999-2002
1986-2002
Fires with on-time response
174
63
237
Fires with slower response
7
2
9
Total building fires studied
181
65
246
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: 5/9
ISO building code rating, residential, Nov. 2004: 5
ISO building code rating, commercial, Nov. 2004: 5
Fire spending FY 2003 (town only): $747,274
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 2003 (town only): 2.4% [ See rankings ]
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 1987 (town only): 1.5%
Fire spending per capita, FY 2003 (town only): $46 [ See rankings ]
Fire spending per capita, FY 1987, in 2003 dollars (town only): $23
Change in fire spending per capita, 1987-2003 (town only): 101.3%
Change in other municipal spending per capita, 1987-2003, adjusted for inflation (town only): 20.0%
Fire spending per housing unit, FY 2003 (town only): $118
Fire spending per square mile, FY 2003 (town only): $45,560
County: Worcester
Population, 2004 (estimate): 16,259
Occupied housing units, 2000: 6,346
Median family income, 1999: $60,805
Population growth, 1990-2000: 6.0%
Population growth, 1980-1990: 3.6%
Tax base (assessed value per capita), FY 2004: $93,853