Bay City
Professional Fire Fighters Local 116
Bay City
Professional Fire Fighters Local 116
U.S. FIRE DEPARTMENT PROFILE THROUGH 2005
Michael J. Karter, Jr.
Fire Analysis and Research Division
National Fire Protection Association
Table 3
Career Firefighter Rates
By Population Protected, 2005
Career Firefighters
Per 1,000 People
Population Protected Low Median High
1,000,000 or more 0.31 1.35 1.91
500,000 to 999,999 0.48 1.38 2.51
250,000 to 499,999 0.63 1.32 2.34
100,000 to 249,999 0.53 1.32 2.62
50,000 to 99,999 0.00 1.39 3.08
25,000 to 49,999 0.00 1.27 2.83
Source: NFPA Survey of Fire Departments for U.S. Fire Experience, 2005.
The rates listed above are based on data reported to the NFPA, and do not reflect recommended rates or some defined fire protection standard.
The rates of a particular size of community may vary widely because departments face great variation in their specific circumstances and policies including length of work week, unusual structural conditions, types of service provided to the community, geographical dispersion of the community, and other factors.
Career rates are shown only for communities over 25,000, where departments are comprised of all career or mostly career firefighters. The low and high values are the lowest and highest values by size of community. The median value is chosen so that half the departments had higher values, and half had lower.
Side Note:
From the same report the number of stations per 1000 residents for a community of 25,000-49,999 is .094.