FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS

FIRE/RESCUE DIVISION

In 2008, the Reidsville Fire Department responded to 1,329 Medical Calls and 557 Fire Calls for a total of 1,886 Calls for the year. The following list reflects the situations found when we arrived on the fire call scenes:

CALL ANALYSIS  

Building Fires 24

Vehicle Fires 20

Brush/Grass Fires 12

Other Fires 26

Overpressure Rupture, Explosion (No Fire) 4

Hazardous Conditions (No Fire) 52

Service Calls 199

Good Intent Calls 52

Malicious False Alarms 5

System Malfunction False Alarms 29

Unintentional False Alarms 60

Other False Alarms 10

Special Incident Type (Child Safety Seats) 64

PROPERTY & DAMAGE ESTIMATES

Total Value of Property Saved  $20,955,875.00

Percent Fire Loss -- 1.28%

RESPONSE TIMES

In 2008, average response time was less than 5 minutes.