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
Framingham Fire Department
Community served: Framingham, Mass. Department type: Career firefighters Fire stations (department)1: 5 Fire stations (town): 5 Square miles (town): 26.4 Square miles per station (town): 5.3 [ 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: 94.4% [ See rankings ] On-time rate, early years, 1986-1998: 97.1% On-time rate, recent years, 1999-2002: 85.7%
DETAILS:
1986-1998
1999-2002
1986-2002
Fires with on-time response
504
138
642
Fires with slower response
15
23
38
Total building fires studied
519
161
680
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: 3
ISO building code rating, residential, Nov. 2004: 3
ISO building code rating, commercial, Nov. 2004: 3
Fire spending FY 2003 (town only): $9,771,397
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 2003 (town only): 6.3% [ See rankings ]
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 1987 (town only): 8.5%
Fire spending per capita, FY 2003 (town only): $144 [ See rankings ]
Fire spending per capita, FY 1987, in 2003 dollars (town only): $155
Change in fire spending per capita, 1987-2003 (town only): -6.9%
Change in other municipal spending per capita, 1987-2003, adjusted for inflation (town only): 28.6%
Fire spending per housing unit, FY 2003 (town only): $374
Fire spending per square mile, FY 2003 (town only): $369,562
County: Middlesex
Population, 2004 (estimate): 67,678
Occupied housing units, 2000: 26,153
Median family income, 1999: $67,420
Population growth, 1990-2000: 3.0%
Population growth, 1980-1990: 0.2%
Tax base (assessed value per capita), FY 2004: $101,499