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
Sudbury Fire Department
Community served: Sudbury, Mass. Department type: Mostly career firefighters Fire stations (department)1: 3 Fire stations (town): 3 Square miles (town): 24.6 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: 92.0% [ See rankings ] On-time rate, early years, 1986-1998: 93.5% On-time rate, recent years, 1999-2002: 83.3%
DETAILS:
1986-1998
1999-2002
1986-2002
Fires with on-time response
100
15
115
Fires with slower response
7
3
10
Total building fires studied
107
18
125
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: 6
ISO building code rating, commercial, Nov. 2004: 6
Fire spending FY 2003 (town only): $2,268,042
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 2003 (town only): 3.7% [ See rankings ]
Fire spending as percent of total budget, FY 1987 (town only): 5.4%
Fire spending per capita, FY 2003 (town only): $127 [ See rankings ]
Fire spending per capita, FY 1987, in 2003 dollars (town only): $129
Change in fire spending per capita, 1987-2003 (town only): -1.1%
Change in other municipal spending per capita, 1987-2003, adjusted for inflation (town only): 48.6%
Fire spending per housing unit, FY 2003 (town only): $412
Fire spending per square mile, FY 2003 (town only): $92,089
County: Middlesex
Population, 2004 (estimate): 17,834
Occupied housing units, 2000: 5,504
Median family income, 1999: $130,399
Population growth, 1990-2000: 17.3%
Population growth, 1980-1990: 2.6%
Tax base (assessed value per capita), FY 2004: $198,831