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
Marshfield Fire Department
Community served: Marshfield, Mass. Department type: Mostly career firefighters Fire stations (department)1: 3 Fire stations (town): 3 Square miles (town): 28.6 Square miles per station (town): 9.5 [ 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: 94.5% [ See rankings ] On-time rate, early years, 1986-1998: 94.0% On-time rate, recent years, 1999-2002: 100.0%
DETAILS:
1986-1998
1999-2002
1986-2002
Fires with on-time response
204
20
224
Fires with slower response
13
0
13
Total building fires studied
217
20
237
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
ISO building code rating, residential, Nov. 2004: 4
ISO building code rating, commercial, Nov. 2004: 4
Fire spending FY 2003 (town only): $3,648,126
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 2003 (town only): 6.5% [ See rankings ]
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 1987 (town only): 6.1%
Fire spending per capita, FY 2003 (town only): $143 [ See rankings ]
Fire spending per capita, FY 1987, in 2003 dollars (town only): $123
Change in fire spending per capita, 1987-2003 (town only): 16.9%
Change in other municipal spending per capita, 1987-2003, adjusted for inflation (town only): 10.9%
Fire spending per housing unit, FY 2003 (town only): $410
Fire spending per square mile, FY 2003 (town only): $127,645
County: Plymouth
Population, 2004 (estimate): 25,441
Occupied housing units, 2000: 8,905
Median family income, 1999: $76,541
Population growth, 1990-2000: 13.0%
Population growth, 1980-1990: -1.6%
Tax base (assessed value per capita), FY 2004: $138,915