FirePreplans

Massachusetts.

Essex County.

We already mapped the first due of all 15 volunteer departments in Essex County: an estimated 42,738 buildings.

15 volunteer and mostly volunteer departments. 20 stations.

BoxfordEssexHamiltonNewburyRowleyWenham5 miNBoxfordNewburyRowleyWenham10 miN
  • Each department's first due
Estimated by road distance from each department's stations, or taken from the county's published response areas. Each department's officers set the real lines in setup.

The county by the numbers.

15volunteer and mostly volunteer departments, with 20 stations
42,738buildings mapped across their first duesEstimated
93life-risk sites: nursing homes, schools, hospitals, care homes and day caresEstimated
912buildings that need more than 1,000 gpmEstimated
203square miles of first dueEstimated

Estimated from public records. A first due can cross the county line, so these count every building in these departments' first dues. Each department's page shows its own sources and dates.

Every department.

Each one has its own page with its map, its numbers and a board packet.

DepartmentStationsBuildingsLife-risk sitesOver 1,000 gpmBoard packet
Boxford Fire DepartmentBoxford23,159946Get the packet
Essex Fire DepartmentEssex12,214333Get the packet
Georgetown Fire DepartmentGeorgetown23,083855Get the packet
Hamilton Fire DepartmentSouth Hamilton13,458957Get the packet
Lynnfield Fire DepartmentLynnfield24,41312132Get the packet
Merrimac Fire DepartmentMerrimac12,568529Get the packet
Middleton Fire DepartmentMiddleton12,9825155Get the packet
Nahant Fire DepartmentNahant11,483316Get the packet
Newbury Fire DepartmentNewbury13,840667Get the packet
Rockport Fire DepartmentRockport23,900433Get the packet
Rowley Fire DepartmentRowley12,739875Get the packet
Topsfield Fire DepartmentTopsfield12,511782Get the packet
Town of Groveland Fire DepartmentGroveland22,520348Get the packet
Wenham Fire DepartmentWenham11,756342Get the packet
West Newbury Fire DepartmentWest Newbury12,112842Get the packet

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