ATTACHMENT 1

 

2006 FIRE STAFFING SURVEY

Sorted population per firefighter

City

Population

Square Miles Protected

% of Town General Fund Budget allotted to FD

Total # FF assigned to Emergency Operations

Daily Shift Numbers

Population per Firefighter

# Fire Calls

# EMS Calls

# Fire Stations

Hickory

42,433

42.50

18.93%

105

36

404.12

1725

2712

7

Rocky Mount

56,000

35.57

20.26%

129

43

434.11

2371

4143

7

Concord

61,070

54.50

22.21%

138

46

442.54

6534

4085

8

Goldsboro

39,147

25.98

15.44%

82

25

477.40

3897

N/A

5

Greenville

63,477

29.30

16.11%

129

38

492.07

1536

1818

5

Jacksonville

33,580

18.50

13.47%

67

21

501.19

772

1603

4

Gastonia

72,000

48.20

17.85%

139

45

517.99

430

4817

8

Burlington

46,332

23.30

13.81%

85

25

545.08

1284

3382

5

Wilson

45,738

27.00

18.74%

80

22

571.73

250

2097

5

Cary

107,973

48.50

16.48%

180

60

599.85

5137

2699

6

Chapel Hill

51,485

21.10

13.05%

66

22

780.08

2210

1069

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapel Hill with addition of 6 approved firefighters for FY 05-06

51,485

21.10

13.05% 

72

24

715.07

2210

1069

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chapel Hill with addition of 18 firefighters

51,485

21.10

 13.05%

84

28

612.92

2210

1069

5