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Fire
Department Statistics
Year
2004
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Fire
Deaths in The City of Vestavia Hills: 0
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The
Vestavia Hills Fire Department has a Class
3 ISO (Insurance Services
Office) rating. The ISO rating is used by insurance
companies to determine rate structures for fire
insurance premiums. The ISO rating scale is Class
1 through Class 10, with 1 being the best and 10
having no fire protection.
The
Vestavia Hills Fire Department responds each year
to a variety of Emergency Fire, Emergency Medical,
Medical Transport and Public Assistance requests
from the public they seek to serve. Here are some
figures that may be of interest:
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Total
Number of Employees |
97
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|
Administration
|
7
|
|
Operations
|
90
|
| A
– Shift |
| B
– Shift |
| C
– Shift |
|
| 30
Firefighters |
| 30
Firefighters |
| 30
Firefighters |
|
|
Fire
Chief
|
Alberto
C. (Butch) Zaragoza, Jr.
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|
Deputy Chief
|
Lynn
Bonner
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|
Fire
Marshal
|
Greg
Gilchrist |
|
Training
Officer
|
Jim
St. John
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|
Fire
Inspector
|
Terry
Ray
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|
Admin.
Asst. 2
|
Jeanne
Dunham
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Admin.
Asst. 1
|
Julie
Bell
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| Total
Number of Responses: |
5,365 |
| Total
Fire Engine Operations: |
3,290
|
| Structure |
91
|
2.77%
|
Public
Service
|
545
|
16.57%
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| Mobile |
30
|
0.91%
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Good
Intent/Cancelled
|
170
|
5.17%
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| Outdoors |
63
|
1.91%
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False
Alarm (Malicious)
|
10
|
0.30%
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| EMS |
1746
|
53.07%
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False
Alarm (Unintentional)
|
308
|
9.36%
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| Hazardous
Materials |
139
|
4.22%
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Weather/Natural
|
24
|
0.73%
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| CPR/Child
Safety Seat |
164
|
4.98%
|
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-- |
-- |
| Total
Rescue/Transport Operations: |
2,075
|
| Medical/Cardiac/Trauma |
1780
|
85.78%
|
Good
Intent/Cancelled
|
50
|
2.41%
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| Fire/Rescue |
60
|
2.89%
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False
Alarm/Malicious
|
5
|
0.24%
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| CPR/Child
Safetry Sheet |
12
|
0.58%
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False
Alarm/Unintentional
|
65
|
3.13%
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| Public
Service |
99
|
4.77%
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Weather/Natural
|
4
|
0.19%
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Total
hospital trips by VHFD transport vehicles: |
1,198
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| Patients
transported to a hospital by VHFD transport vehicles:
|
1,233 |
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the following charts the various Fire Department Operations
are presented in detail for the year 2004 |
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In
an effort to stay proficient in the knowledge and
skills necessary to provide the citizens of Vestavia
Hills with the highest level of service, the department
members are devoted to an ongoing program of continuing
education with applied practical applications
Part
of every day is spent in equipment maintenance to
ensure that every piece of equipment is in proper
working condition.
Fire
Station custodial and minor repair activities are
performed by the members of the department in order
to maintain the stations at the lowest cost to our
citizens.
Each
Fire Station provides free blood pressure screening
to the public.
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Training,
Service, Maintenance and Preventive Activities
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Activity
|
2002
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2003
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2004
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%
Change from last year
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Prevention
and Planning
|
5853
|
7468
|
8343
|
11.72%
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| Equipment
and Tools |
4068
|
4753
|
6703
|
41.03%
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| Emergency
Medical Care |
5765
|
3066
|
6095
|
98.79%
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| Fire
Suppression |
3992
|
5143
|
5196
|
1.03%
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| Hazardous
Materials / Safety |
1639
|
1827
|
1799
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-1.53%
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| Physical
Fitness |
3339
|
3390
|
3154
|
-6.96%
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| Total
Man Hours Spent on Training Activities |
24,656
|
25,647
|
31,290
|
22.00%
|
|
Activity
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
%
Change from last year
|
|
Individual
Blood Pressure Readings Taken at Stations
|
2051
|
2003
|
1613
|
-19.47%
|
| Apparatus
Maintanance (Man Hours) |
5130
|
5868
|
5602
|
-4.53%
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| Station
Maintenance (Man Hours) |
5508
|
6742
|
5965
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-11.52%
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| Total
Number of Man Hours Spent On Station Activities |
12,689
|
14,613
|
13,180
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-9.81%
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Fire
Prevention Activities
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|
Activity
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2002
|
2003
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2004
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%
Change from last year
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Children
and adults who benefited from Engine Company School
inspections, the Kids Fire Safety House, Sparky,
Industrial and Business Fire/Safety programs and
various other educational programs:
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13,031
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17,639
|
14320
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-18.82%
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| Educational
Facilities inspected for compliance to the Fire Code. |
7
|
7
|
8
|
14.29%
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| Existing
buildings inspected for compliance with the Fire Code. |
489
|
822
|
932
|
13.38%
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| New
Businesses inspected for license approval. |
71
|
48
|
53
|
10.42%
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| Sets
of construction, fire sprinkler and detection plans
reviewed. |
604
|
140
|
121
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-13.57%
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| Fires
investigated to determine cause and origin. |
11
|
16
|
8
|
-50.00%
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| Fires
determined to be arson or of a suspicious nature. |
1
|
1
|
1
|
0%
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| Total
Number of Prevention Related Activities |
14,214
|
18,673
|
15,443
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-17.30%
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In
the following charts the above activities are presented
in detail for the same time period.
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