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
Carver Fire Department
Community served: Carver, Mass. Department type: Mostly volunteer firefighters Fire stations (department)1: 3 Fire stations (town): 3 Square miles (town): 39.8 Square miles per station (town): 13.3 [ 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: 81.8% [ See rankings ] On-time rate, early years, 1986-1998: 86.8% On-time rate, recent years, 1999-2002: 61.5%
DETAILS:
1986-1998
1999-2002
1986-2002
Fires with on-time response
46
8
54
Fires with slower response
7
5
12
Total building fires studied
53
13
66
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: 8/9
ISO building code rating, residential, Nov. 2004:
ISO building code rating, commercial, Nov. 2004:
Fire spending FY 2003 (town only): $326,337
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 2003 (town only): 1.3% [ See rankings ]
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 1987 (town only): 0.9%
Fire spending per capita, FY 2003 (town only): $29 [ See rankings ]
Fire spending per capita, FY 1987, in 2003 dollars (town only): $10
Change in fire spending per capita, 1987-2003 (town only): 177.4%
Change in other municipal spending per capita, 1987-2003, adjusted for inflation (town only): 99.4%
Fire spending per housing unit, FY 2003 (town only): $82
Fire spending per square mile, FY 2003 (town only): $8,196
County: Plymouth
Population, 2004 (estimate): 11,392
Occupied housing units, 2000: 3,984
Median family income, 1999: $61,738
Population growth, 1990-2000: 5.4%
Population growth, 1980-1990: 18.5%
Tax base (assessed value per capita), FY 2004: $74,968