NFPA Seattle Report - 2006 to 2010

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Each year the Seattle Fire Department sends information about fire related incidents to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The following are the report details for the years indicated are displayed in a similar format as the NFPA survey form that is sent to all fire jurisdictions.

 

Fire Service Personnel

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Number of full-time uniform firefighters:          
Number of part-time (volunteer) firefighters: 0 0 0 0 0
*Actual positions filled is typically less than the total number of positions (which is filled plus vacancies) and does not include recruits.
**Actual average number of filled positions.

 

Number of Active Fire Fighters by Age Group

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Under 20 29        
20 to 29 299        
30 to 39 389        
40 to 49 256        
50 to 59 28        
60 and Over 0        

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Definitions

Civilian Casualties:  The term "civilian" should include anyone other than a fire fighter and covers public service personnel, such as police officers, civil defense staff, non-fire service medical personnel, and utility employees.

Death:  An injury that occurred as a direct result of a fire and that is fatal or becomes fatal within one year.

Incendiary:  Legal decision or physical evidence indicates that a fire was deliberately set.

Fires:  Any instance of uncontrolled burning. Include combustion explosions and fires out on arrival. Exclude controlled burning (whether authorized or not), overpressure rupture without combustion, mutual aid responses, smoke scares, and hazardous condition responses (e. g., oil spill without fire). In the case of an extension of a fire to exposed properties please report just one fire including all associated casualties and property loss.

Mutual Aid or Assistance:  Any assistance rendered to another fire department in an area that is not considered your primary responsibility.

Structure:  An assembly of materials forming a construction for occupancy or use in such a manner as to serve a specific purpose. A building is a form of a structure. Open platforms, bridges, roof assemblies over open storage or process areas, tents, air-supported structures, and grandstands are other forms of a structure.

Suspicious:  Circumstances indicate the possibility that a fire may have been deliberately set, multiple ignitions were found, or there were suspicious circumstances and no accidental or natural ignition factor could be found.

Fires in Highway Vehicles and Other Vehicles:  Fires in these instances may have been associated with an accident; however, casualties and property loss reported should be the direct result of the fire only. Highway vehicles include any vehicle designed to normally operate on highways, e. g., automobiles, motorcycles, buses, trucks, trailers (not mobile homes on foundations), etc. Other vehicles include trains, boats and ships, aircraft, farm, and construction vehicles.

Property Damage:  Give your best estimate for overall direct loss - loss to contents, structure, machinery, a vehicle, vegetation or anything else involved in the fire. Do not include indirect losses, such as business interruption, or temporary shelter provisions. Insurance paid should be reported only if corresponded to the complete fire loss and did not over or understate the direct fire damage. If you estimate individual fire losses as broad ranges (e. g., $1,000 to $10,000), do not attempt to add these ranges to get a single overall figure. Instead, report "NA". If your loss records are not complete at this time, report "NA" as appropriate.

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Part I:  Population and Area Protected of Primary Responsibility and Community Type Protected

Number of people (permanent residents) your department had primary responsibility to protect (exclude mutual aid areas):

2006
5787600


Area, in square miles, your department had primary responsibility to protect (exclude mutual aid areas): 
 91 Square Miles

Percentage of population protected that live in an unincorporated area:   0%

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Part II:  Major Fires

Please indicate all multiple-death fires (3 or more deaths), and all large-loss fires ($1 million or more) that occurred in the reporting year. If none, please list below the three highest loss of life fires (if any) during the reporting year and also the three fires with the highest property damage.

Date Property Address No. of Civilian Deaths Property Loss
7/5/2006 N.O.A.A. 1801 Fairview Avenue 0 $7 million
7/14/2006 House 3825 Interlake Avenue 0 $1 million
7/30/2006 Four Freedoms Apt Bldg 747 N. 135 Street 2 $800.000
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

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  Part III:  Breakdown of Fires and Other Incidents

Fires in structures and other fires and incidents should be included in this Part. If you had no fires, no causalities, or no loss for a particular category, please write "0" int he appropriate place. Departments using the 1976 edition of NFPA 901 or NFIRS will find the Type or Situation Found (TSF), Fixed Property Use (FPU), and Mobile Property Type (MPT) codes for each category in parentheses. For all items except item 22 include only incidents where you had primary responsibility. For fires in vehicles include only those casualties and property loss that are the direct result of the fire.

A. Structure Fires by Fixed Property Use 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1. Private Dwellings (1 or 2 family), inc. mobile homes 239        

# of Fires:  

# of Civilian Deaths:  

 3        
# of Civilian Injuries:   8        
Estimated Property Damage:   $9,757,180        
2. Apartments (3 or more families) 137        

# of Fires:  
# of Civilian Deaths:   1        
# of Civilian Injuries:   8        
Estimated Property Damage:   $3,660,200        
3. Hotels & Motels 3        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   0        
Estimated Property Damage:   $30,400        
4. All Other Residential (dorms, boarding houses,  etc.) 11        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   1        
Estimated Property Damage:   $517,050        
5. Total Residential Fires 390        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   4        
# of Civilian Injuries:   17        
Estimated Property Damage:   $13,964,830        
6. Public Assembly (church, restaurant, clubs, etc.) 23        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   0        
Estimated Property Damage:   $2,254,566        
7. Schools & Colleges 8        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   0        
Estimated Property Damage:   $11,101,322        
8. Health Care & Penal Institutions (hospitals, prisons, nursing homes, etc.) 8        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   0        
Estimated Property Damage:   $1,304,775        
9. Stores & Offices 23        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   0        
Estimated Property Damage:   $2,304,325        
10. Industry, Utility, Defense, Labs & Manufacturing 5        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   0        
Estimated Property Damage:   $4,003,900        
11. Storage Structures (barns, garages, general storage, etc.) 14        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   0        
Estimated Property Damage:   $70,500        
12. Other Structures** (vacant bldgs., bridges, out-buildings) 10        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   2        
Estimated Property Damage:   $309,251        
13. Total for Structure Fires 481        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   4        
# of Civilian Injuries:   19        
Estimated Property Damage:   $35,313,519        

 *  The NFPA changed the definition for Part III, Section A, No. 4 in 2003
B. Other Fires & Incidents 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
14a Fires in Highway Vehicles (autos, buses, trucks, etc.) 415        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   2        
Estimated Property Damage:   $1,848,285        
14b Fire in Other Vehicles  (planes, trains, ships, etc.) 9        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   1        
Estimated Property Damage:   $16,443,150        
15. Fires Outside of Storage Structures w/Value (but not vehicles) 86        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   1        
Estimated Property Damage:   $160,606        
16. Brush, Grass, Wildland Fires w/No Value (excluding crops & timber) 232        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   1        
# of Civilian Injuries:   2        
17. Rubbish/Dumpster Fires w/No Value  Involved (outside of structures) 381        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   0        
18. All Other Fires 132        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   0        
# of Civilian Injuries:   3        
Estimated Property Damage:   $515,972        
19. Total for Fires 1,736        
# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:   5        
# of Civilian Injuries:   28        
Estimated Property Damage:   $54,281,532        
20. Rescue, EMS Response*  57,231        
21. False Alarm Responses 6,059        
22. Mutual Aid or Assistance 88        
23a Hazardous Materials (spills, leaks, etc.) 299        
23b Other Hazardous Materials (wires, bombs) 655        
24. All Other Responses (lock outs, animal rescues, etc.) 7,609        
25. Total For All Incidents  73,677        

** This category refers only to structure fires (i.e., not brush or vehicle).

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 Part IV:  Breakdown of False Alarm Responses
  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
1. Malicious, Mischievous False Call

590

        
2. System Malfunction 2,666        
3. Unintentional (Accidental tripping, etc.) 1,955        
4. Other False Alarms (bomb scares etc.) 1,469        

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 Part V:  Incendiary and Suspicious Fires in Structures and Vehicles

Report in this part fires of incendiary origin (fires that were deliberately set) or of suspicious origin (fires that are suspected of having been deliberately set).

 
   2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

1.

Structure Fires, Intentionally Set 123        

# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:    1
# of Civilian Injuries:    8
Estimated Property Damage:    $6,913,050        

2.

 Vehicle Fires, Intentionally Set 4        

# of Fires:   
# of Civilian Deaths:    0        
# of Civilian Injuries:    0        
Estimated Property Damage:    $43,600        

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 Part VI:  Fire Service Deaths and Injuries  

Occupationally related fire fighter deaths: If any fire fighters in your department died during the reporting year as a result of occupationally related injuries or illness, report the total.

  2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Total Number of FF deaths 0        
FF's Exposed to Infectious Diseases (hepatitis, HIV, meningitis) 23        
FF's Exposed to hazardous conditions (asbestos, chemicals, fumes, etc) -        
FF Injuries - All Types of Duty (not exposures to infectious diseases) 323        
 

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On-Duty Fire Fighter Injuries (not exposures to infectious diseases) by Type of Duty, and Nature of Most Serious Injury. If a fire fighter sustained multiple injuries, report below only the nature of the single most serious injury. For type of duty, at non-fire emergencies includes rescue calls and hazardous condition calls, while other on-duty includes inspection and maintenance duties. The sum of the reported injuries in the table below should equal the total number of injuries reported above.
  Responding or Returning from Incidents Injuries at the Fire Ground Injuries at Non-Fire Emergencies Training Injuries Other On-Duty Injuries
1. Burns
2006 0 0 0 0 0
2007          
2008          
2a. Smoke or Gas Inhalation
2006 0 3 0 0 1
2007          
2008          
2b. Other Respiratory Distress
2006 0 0 0 0 0
2007          
2008          
3. Burn and Smoke Inhalation
2006 0 0 0 0 0
2007          
2008          
4. Wound, Cut, Bleeding or Bruise
2006 0 5 7 9 14
2007          
2008          
5. Dislocation, Fracture
2006 0 0 1