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Barre Fire Department
 Community served: Barre, Mass. Department type: Mostly volunteer firefighters Fire stations (department)1: 2 Fire stations (town): 2 Square miles (town): 44.6 Square miles per station (town): 22.3 [ 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: 65.5%[ See rankings ]
On-time rate, early years, 1986-1998: 73.5%
On-time rate, recent years, 1999-2002: 43.3% DETAILS:
| 1986-1998 | 1999-2002 | 1986-2002 | |
| Fires with on-time response |
61 | 13 | 74 |
| Fires with slower response |
22 | 17 | 39 |
| Total building fires studied |
83 | 30 | 113 |
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: 6/9 ISO building code rating, residential, Nov. 2004: 3 ISO building code rating, commercial, Nov. 2004: 3
Fire spending FY 2003 (town only): $171,726 Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 1987 (town only): 1.9% Fire spending per capita, FY 1987, in 2003 dollars (town only): $13 Change in fire spending per capita, 1987-2003 (town only): 149.6% Change in other municipal spending per capita, 1987-2003, adjusted for inflation (town only): 68.3% Fire spending per housing unit, FY 2003 (town only): $91 Fire spending per square mile, FY 2003 (town only): $3,850
County: Worcester Population, 2004 (estimate): 5,340 Occupied housing units, 2000: 1,889 Median family income, 1999: $56,069 Population growth, 1990-2000: 12.5% Population growth, 1980-1990: 6.8% Tax base (assessed value per capita), FY 2004: $62,440 Total assessed value, FY 2004: $333,419,241 Single-family tax rate, FY 2004: $12.10 About this data
