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Fire Department
Critical Objectives
Ensure prompt response time to fires and other non-fire, non-medical emergencies. Reduce the risk of fire incidents through quality inspections, investigations and public education. Ensure prompt response time to medical emergencies.


Table 9.VIII
Fire Department, Service Indicators - New York City

	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Total Fire Department employees	12,769	12,679	12,571	12,531	12,484	12,310	15,697	15,693	15,709	15,937	15,987	15,642	15,724	15,180	15,522	15,902	16,140	16,216
Uniformed employees, total	11,571	11,527	11,379	11,351	11,344	11,186	11,342	11,267	11,225	11,516	11,521	11,336	11,321	10,881	11,260	11,488	11,643	11,522
Civilian employees, total	1,198	1,152	1,192	1,180	1,140	1,124	4,355	4,426	4,484	4,421	4,466	4,306	4,403	4,299	4,262	4,414	4,497	4,694

Emergency responses, total	354,508	368,715	382,094	366,668	357,682	340,303	443,138	446,864	451,022	447,148	449,296	442,277	428,165	432,969	455,057	465,955	485,328	497,679
Structural fires	30,577	29,258	30,311	30,205	32,042	30,294	32,734	29,649	29,460	29,798	29,281	28,459	26,928	26,452	27,795	27,610	28,372	28,231
Nonstructural fires	65,039	68,684	70,118	64,658	59,576	50,921	44,175	37,506	31,485	33,176	31,058	29,889	27,399	24,693	24,325	21,519	22,214	20,289
Nonfire emergencies	116,986	116,785	119,402	120,830	134,425	127,691	136,703	163,121	164,051	168,107	174,620	175,265	169,028	176,329	184,188	180,284	199,690	211,459
Medical emergencies	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	6,292	19,470	132,842	148,261	160,901	153,978	155,531	154,458	156,064	162,972	178,862	201,812	205,050	209,978
Malicious false alarms	141,906	153,988	162,263	150,975	131,639	111,657	96,684	68,327	65,125	62,089	58,806	54,206	48,746	42,523	39,887	34,730	30,002	27,722

Total inspections	249,021	270,136	269,957	279,765	275,652	280,738	282,813	268,823	270,256	250,500	275,410	278,925	287,230	230,288	243,683	249,246	235,660	229,048
Field force inspections	81,000	84,510	65,475	63,261	68,650	73,582	54,320	61,088	60,998	53,707	58,729	68,021	61,743	46,885	66,464	68,595	49,109	48,540
Inspections by fire prevention staff	168,021	185,626	204,482	216,504	207,002	207,156	228,493	207,735	209,258	196,793	216,681	210,904	225,487	183,403	177,219	180,651	186,551	180,508

Average Response Time to All Emergencies (in minutes)
Citywide	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	5:03	4:57	4:48	4:49	4:41	4:42	4:16	4:18	4:31	4:32	4:29
Manhattan	4:55	4:53	4:51	4:49	4:44	4:48	4:58	4:59	4:56	4:52	4:54	4:46	4:51	4:17	4:23	4:34	4:35	4:36
Bronx	4:51	4:47	4:29	4:34	4:40	4:42	5:01	5:11	5:05	5:00	4:59	4:50	4:49	4:19	4:18	4:37	4:10	4:04
Staten Island	5:19	5:20	5:16	5:25	5:25	5:28	5:27	5:20	5:09	5:09	5:10	4:59	4:59	4:39	4:46	4:54	4:37	4:33
Brooklyn	4:16	4:13	4:14	4:20	4:10	4:10	4:46	4:45	4:34	4:22	4:22	4:16	4:15	3:54	3:55	4:06	4:59	4:56
Queens	5:06	5:05	5:03	5:01	4:54	5:00	5:19	5:21	5:17	5:05	5:09	4:58	4:59	4:47	4:49	4:58	4:50	4:49

Source:
The Mayor's Management Report - Fiscal 2007, Pg 125-128
The Mayor's Management Report - Fiscal 2007, Supplementary Indicator Tables, Pg 95-99

Fire Department

Table 9.VIII

Fire Department, Service Indicators - New York City