ARLINGTON SIZED FIRE DEPARTMENTS
By Peter Szerlag - June 15, 1999
From the June 1999 issue of Firehouse Magazine
Springdale Arkansas - 40,000 pop - $4.5 million budget - 5E - 1L - 94 total strength
Downers Grove Illinois - 48,000 pop - $6.4 million budget- 3E - 1L - 85 total staff
Naperville Illinois - 43,000 pop - $13.1 million - 7E - 2L - 176 total staff
Arlington Massachusetts - 44,000 pop - approx $4.4 million budget ($3.9M + 228K expenses + 150K fire chief and secretary + 150K for dispatch + 75K signals and vehicle maintenance - 3E - 2L - 1A - ?90 staff
Hyannis Massachusetts Fire District - 45,000 pop - $4.5 million - 3E - 1L - 42 staff
Leominster Massachusetts - 40,000 pop - $3.7 million - 8E - 2L - 80 staff (actually 3E 1L 1A staffed)
Midland Michigan - $4.0 million - 2E - 1L - 45 staff
Concord New Hampshire - 40,000 pop - $5.4 million - 3E - 1L - 93 staff
Teaneck New Jersey - 40,000 pop - $5.5 million - 4E - 1L - 98 staff
Farmington New Mexico - 40,000 pop - $4.1 million - 4E - 1L - 71 staff
Lima Ohio - 47,000 pop - $5.0 million - 5E - 1L - 76 staff
Chester Pennsylvania - pop 45,000 - $2.5 million - 3e - 1L - 65 staff (see below)
Charlottesville Virginia - pop 39,000 - $4.2 million - 5E - 1L - 109 staff
Burlington Vermont - 40,000 pop - $3.2 million - 5E - 1L - 80 staff
Olympia Washington - 39,000 pop - $5.8 million - 3E - 1L - 76 staff
Wheeling West Virginia - pop 40,000 - $4.2 million - 6E - 2L - 94 staff
All of the items above were from the June 1999 Firehouse magazine
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Joplin Missouri - info 6/99 from 1998 Community Profile by Area Chamber of Commerce - www.joplincc.org - 1996 pop 44,000 - 62 police officers - 66 firefighters - ISO4 in city - ISO 10 outside city limits -
from www.fire-ems.net under MO - Joplin Fire Explorers - ?1977 - lists all 5 stations - run 5E + 1L - first alarms get 3E + 1L - 41,000 pop - 47 miles square - 5 stations - ISO4
Chester PN - �Chester FD Website� - ?1997 info - city settled in 1664 - first VFC in 1867 - 1800 calls per year - average 3 minute response times - 2 stations - average 14 firefighters on duty and includes 1 Batt Chief and 2 Captains - HQ Staff is Commish, Deputy Commish, Asst to Commish, Training/Safety Officer, and 1 Secretary - have 3E + 1 E/Squirt + 1 Tower Quint - union website is at www.fire-ems.net under Penn - 4 platoons - 40,000 pop - 4.2 square miles - 61 firefighters in union includes 4 BC and 8 captains - run 2E + 1 1999 Pierce Tower
Rock Hill South Carolina - pop 50,000 - $3.2 million budget - staff of 71 - seek new chief at $40,000 to $70,000 (per 6/99 Firehouse)
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see the June 1999 Pennsylvania Fireman for an article about the disbanding of several small career FDs - page 192
Look thru Firehouse Volunteer Survey for VFDs at 40K pop - also check N Chicago IL for FD budget - ?40K pop
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