2005 Call Statistics

2005 Call Statistics

Fire Suppression / EMS

2229 - Total emergency responses, including:

44 Fires:

10 - Building fires

11 - Mutual aid to the fire

1149 Emergency Medical Responses:

95 - Motor vehicle accidents

179 - Provided mutual aid ambulance

181 - Received mutual aid ambulance

2 - Water/watercraft rescues

124 Hazardous Condition Responses:

12 - Flammable/combustible liquid spills

47 - Arcing/wires down

232 Service Calls:

34 - House lockouts

19 - Water problems

139 - Occupant assists

16 - Mutual aid line box and/or coverage

51 Good Intent Calls:

27 - Smoke scare/Odor of smoke

317 False Alarm/False Calls:

291 - False fire alarms

17 - False carbon monoxide (CO) detector activations

Mutual Aid Distribution

206 Responses to Surrounding Towns:

27 - Engine or Ladder

179 - Ambulance:

92 - to Lexington
69 - to Billerica
11 - to Concord
6 - to Burlington
1 - to Lincoln

245 Responses from Surrounding Towns:

64 - Engine or Ladder

181 - Ambulance:

76 - from Lexington
40 - from Billerica
39 - from Burlington
26 - from Concord

Response Locations

26% (529) of our calls were in the Northeast Quadrant, which includes Old Billerica Road, Crosby Drive, Middlesex Turnpike, and Route 3

18% (412) of our calls were in the Northwest Quadrant, which includes North Road and Springs Road

19% (429) of our calls were in the Southeast Quadrant, which includes most of Great Road, Wiggins Avenue, and Ashby Road

21% (476) of our calls were in the Southwest Quadrant, which includes most of Concord Road, Hartwell Road, Davis Road, and South Road

11% (247) of our calls were to mutual aid to nearby communities

Note: Motor vehicle accidents (5%) are not included in location totals.

Bedford Veterans Administration Hospital (Northwest Quadrant) accounted for 142 emergency responses (6%), including:

2 - Fires

103 - Emergency medical responses

29 - False fire alarms

1 - Suspicious packages

Carlton Willard Village (Northeast Quadrant) accounted for 60 emergency responses (3%), including:

44 - Emergency medical responses

16 - False Fire alarms

Apparatus

Engine 1 - 1470 responses

Engine 2 - 364 responses

Ladder 1 - 227 responses (Out of service 7/01/05 - 11/01/05)

Rescue 1 - 1190 responses

Forestry 1 - 121 responses

Fire Prevention

613 - Permits

76 - Residential construction/renovation plan reviews

71 - Commercial plan reviews

65 - Sprinkler alterations/installations

46 - Fire alarm alterations/installations

21 - Oil tank removals/installations

28 - Oil burner alterations

311 Inspections:

125 - Smoke detector inspections

186 - Building inspections