A swift response is more critical than ever for avoiding fire tragedy.

Are you receiving the best services for your tax dollars?

 

Call volume for the Kettering Fire Department has increased from 1,611 calls in 1978 to 6,645 calls in 2005 (a 412 percent increase). Paramedic service was added in 1978 and the system has remained essentially unchanged since.

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National Fire Protection Agency Response Time Standards:

The industry standard for deployment of fire fighting resources is within 4 minutes for the arrival of the first fire engine and 8 minutes for the full alarm assignment.

Personnel deployed to medical emergencies should arrive on scene within 4 minutes as established by the American Heart Association standard.

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Safety and Stability?

How long would you expect to wait from the time you call to report an emergency to the time that a fire engine or ambulance arrives?

What percentage of the time does the fire department meet that goal right now?

Percentage of Population Covered in 6 Minutes or Less With Kettering’s Current Night and Weekend Volunteer Response

 

Compared to...

Percentage of Population Covered in 6 Minutes or Less With Kettering’s Current Weekday Professionally Staffed Fire Response

 

Surrounding communities can meet the national standard of placing the first emergency crew on the scene of your emergency in 6 minutes or less greater than 90 percent of the time.

 

Oakwood 100%

Hamilton 97.8%

Xenia 96.0%

Middletown 94.5%

Springfield 94.4%

Miamisburg 91.8%

Sidney 91.8%

Dayton 91.6%

Kettering 63.0%

 

Real change is needed in Kettering’s fire department to save lives and property.

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To contact your council representative

call 296-2416

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Every Minute Counts

It’s a fact that a fire doubles in size roughly every minute, as long as it has oxygen, fuel, and heat. But many of today's fires burn hotter, because the tight, energy-efficient construction that keeps out cold in the winter also keeps heat in during a fire.

Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have determined that after a fire first breaks out, you have approximately 3 minutes to escape before being overcome by heat and smoke.

Therefore, a swift response is more critical than ever for avoiding tragedy.

It is clear from the data available that the probability of a death in a fire increases as the response time increases.

Property damage is also tied to time. As response times lengthen, the average property damage in a house fire quickly increases.

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Kettering Professional Firefighters

IAFF Local 2150

P.O. Box 292311

Kettering, OH 45429

 

Phone: 937-902-8981

Fax: 937-534-7014

E-mail: jbusch2150@woh.rr.com

www.IAFF2150.org

 

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