WORKING FIRE STATISTICS

WORKING FIRE STATISTICS

NEWARK, NJ FIRE DEPARTMENT

1980 - 1989

This report contains statistical information regarding “working fires,” meaning a Signal 11 or greater, that were fought by the Newark Fire Department. Each category is basically self-explanatory. There were a total of 4,180 Signal 11 fires, and 747 multiple alarm fires, for a total of 4,927 working fires for the ten-year period.

ENGINE COMPANY RESPONSES

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Engine 1	91	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	91
Engine 4	240	238	201	138	178	17	0	0	0	0	1012
Engine 5	136	133	120	87	106	107	84	114	112	78	1077
Engine 6	326	359	288	220	235	238	246	216	221	173	2522
Engine 7	304	312	240	187	207	203	167	168	164	114	2066
Engine 8	63	58	59	44	49	46	61	46	66	42	534
Engine 9	230	175	158	127	151	116	120	87	106	72	1342
Engine 10	177	191	164	137	119	129	114	118	133	100	1382
Engine 11	288	277	217	169	197	194	172	152	161	111	1938
Engine 12	279	278	235	195	176	197	202	178	190	149	2079
Engine 13	110	67	58	52	71	46	68	44	41	35	592
Engine 14	119	146	119	78	90	78	73	99	93	73	968
Engine 15	283	223	193	145	177	138	137	113	127	81	1617
Engine 16	38	33	33	33	17	28	31	39	43	29	314
Engine 17	215	195	186	133	121	148	152	123	149	104	1526
Engine 18	269	272	223	169	172	189	188	163	182	137	1964
Engine 19	72	75	66	57	60	63	49	51	77	49	619
Engine 21	56	50	43	28	45	33	39	31	41	41	407
Engine 26	48	46	38	25	37	31	37	30	37	30	359
Engine 27	62	62	60	46	62	44	49	67	69	48	569
Engine 28	154	96	89	76	92	74	106	73	79	59	898
Engine 29	98	108	93	71	76	78	73	76	95	60	828
Engine 32	8	11	9	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	33

TRUCK COMPANY RESPONSES

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Truck 1	139	159	124	132	148	117	101	121	116	88	1245
Truck 2	202	181	156	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	539
Truck 3	89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	89
Truck 4	63	63	63	56	66	49	60	69	66	52	607
Truck 5	254	267	233	202	175	194	183	162	192	129	1991
Truck 6	94	71	69	80	102	66	81	63	59	43	728
Truck 7	246	213	174	138	183	131	137	103	122	82	1529
Truck 8	32	35	37	33	30	28	35	40	43	29	342
Truck 9	247	255	217	169	160	182	181	147	175	135	1868
Truck 10	95	106	93	78	79	87	78	80	89	62	847
Truck 11	243	245	195	175	206	186	159	144	160	108	1821
Truck 12	33	33	31	24	36	23	29	22	28	28	287

SIGNAL 11 FIRES

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Straight	542	417	369	326	329	317	299	241	249	181	3270
w/SCs	71	77	61	46	42	37	38	36	47	26	481
w/Sig. 9	35	58	58	39	47	32	38	38	51	33	429

MULTIPLE ALARM FIRES

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
2 Alarms	84	86	66	41	64	58	55	61	57	49	621
3 Alarms	19	25	17	6	9	6	7	6	13	9	117
4 Alarms	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	0	9

MULTIPLE ALARM FIRES BY SPECIAL CALLS

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Straight	59	53	45	21	34	34	40	39	45	39	409
w/SCs	45	58	39	29	39	30	23	29	27	19	338

FIRES BY HOUR OF DAY

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
24:00 - 00:59	33	34	36	25	25	21	18	16	15	23	246
01:00 - 01:59	31	36	35	21	29	15	26	19	13	8	233
02:00 - 02:59	55	30	29	29	34	17	21	19	23	19	276
03:00 - 03:59	42	41	28	23	18	24	21	24	15	9	245
04:00 - 04:59	36	32	32	15	16	16	18	26	12	11	214
05:00 - 05:59	22	25	16	13	17	11	14	12	18	6	154
06:00 - 06:59	15	11	10	12	12	5	9	3	8	12	97
07:00 - 07:59	15	13	9	9	14	8	10	5	11	3	97
08:00 - 08:59	18	24	12	23	22	7	17	16	13	5	157
09:00 - 09:59	23	16	17	15	17	16	18	20	15	13	170
10:00 - 10:59	19	21	23	15	14	21	23	17	18	11	182
11:00 - 11:59	23	19	20	15	19	21	12	13	26	12	180
12:00 - 12:59	20	18	11	15	20	23	16	11	22	21	177
13:00 - 13:59	33	25	21	22	13	18	13	17	24	13	199
14:00 - 14:59	37	27	28	21	23	29	21	22	18	12	238
15:00 - 15:59	36	37	26	18	18	21	24	19	19	12	230
16:00 - 16:59	34	29	22	35	24	25	24	11	17	10	231
17:00 - 17:59	27	19	19	19	18	22	27	19	19	16	205
18:00 - 18:59	27	26	30	24	28	14	21	14	13	11	208
19:00 - 19:59	39	40	31	19	17	25	11	10	19	15	226
20:00 - 20:59	32	30	24	16	24	21	18	11	13	10	199
21:00 - 21:59	43	36	33	16	24	28	16	27	25	15	263
22:00 - 22:59	46	39	27	19	18	16	20	15	24	16	240
23:00 - 23:59	46	35	33	22	27	26	20	17	19	15	260

FIRES BY ENGINE COMPANY FIRST-DUE DISTRICTS

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Engine 1	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16
Engine 4	51	52	38	35	38	2	0	0	0	0	216
Engine 5	8	13	8	5	12	15	16	17	18	8	120
Engine 6	98	82	59	60	52	60	47	30	31	27	546
Engine 7	36	34	31	21	25	41	17	19	29	17	270
Engine 8	7	5	3	2	7	1	5	5	9	1	45
Engine 9	95	40	52	42	56	38	57	35	38	27	480
Engine 10	60	69	53	44	31	33	30	20	24	23	387
Engine 11	65	75	39	33	45	39	33	35	26	15	405
Engine 12	22	34	25	20	20	16	21	13	18	19	208
Engine 13	47	36	26	27	34	26	23	16	14	15	264
Engine 14	19	10	17	13	24	16	11	20	24	15	169
Engine 15	47	32	34	22	20	23	30	20	26	15	269
Engine 16	15	16	17	13	8	11	8	17	11	11	127
Engine 17	46	46	37	29	22	28	27	28	30	24	317
Engine 18	56	41	51	34	27	24	41	38	45	20	377
Engine 19	6	8	7	6	6	9	6	6	6	6	66
Engine 21	10	3	11	9	11	4	7	9	10	10	84
Engine 26	13	19	13	12	18	13	20	9	10	15	142
Engine 27	3	6	8	8	7	1	8	14	10	13	87
Engine 28	7	6	9	4	4	6	3	5	7	3	54
Engine 29	23	33	30	21	24	35	28	27	33	14	268
Engine 32	2	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10

FIRES BY BATTALION DISTRICTS

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Battalion 1	188	193	131	149	174	169	135	119	115	85	1458
Battalion 2	80	83	69	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	236
Battalion 3	202	121	125	119	133	91	102	69	83	58	1103
Battalion 4	235	228	201	125	114	131	146	119	139	94	1532
Battalion 5	47	38	46	64	70	59	55	76	82	61	598

HOW ALARMS WERE RECEIVED

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Box	278	251	184	137	136	101	112	64	73	46	1382
Telephone	447	381	368	309	328	334	317	305	328	243	3360
Radio	25	28	16	12	22	12	8	12	13	7	155
Automatic	2	3	4	3	5	3	1	2	5	2	30

SPECIAL CALLS

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Special Calls	199	259	215	147	178	125	133	144	151		1551
Total Units	298	404	366	256	309	209	242	266	274		2624

FIRES BY TOURS

	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	TOTAL
Tour 1	180	176	139	122	126	111	107	100	105	69	1235
Tour 2	181	152	143	105	107	118	124	93	91	67	1181
Tour 3	188	182	145	109	127	123	116	102	117	100	1309
Tour 4	203	153	145	125	131	98	91	88	106	62	1202

TOP 25 BUSIEST STREETS FOR FIRES

These 25 streets had a total of 1,506 fires, which accounted for 31% of all the fires for the ten-year period.

01 - Broad Street --------- 166

02 - Broadway ------------- 130

03 - Springfield Avenue ---- 79

04 - Clinton Avenue -------- 78

05 - Bergen Street --------- 73

06 - South 11th Street ----- 69

07 - High Street ----------- 68

08 - Orange Street --------- 64

09 - South 12th Street ----- 60

10 - South Orange Avenue --- 59

11 - South 19th Street ----- 58

12 - South 18th Street ----- 57

13 - Summer Avenue --------- 49

14 - South 10th Street ----- 49

15 - Mount Prospect Avenue - 45

16 - South 9th Street ------ 45

17 - South 13th Street ----- 42

18 - Avon Avenue ----------- 41

19 - Mount Pleasant Avenue - 41

20 - 16th Avenue ----------- 40

21 - 5th Street ------------ 40

22 - North 9th Street ------ 39

23 - Central Avenue -------- 38

24 - 7th Avenue ------------ 38

25 - South 15th Street ----- 38

“HOT BOXES” FOR YEARS 1986 - 1989

5512 - Mulberry & Thomas Streets ---------------- 16

4432 - Avon Avenue & South 19th Street ---------- 15

1443 - South Orange Avenue & South 14th Street -- 12

3228 - Broadway & Oriental Street --------------- 11

4443 - 19th Avenue & South 19th Street ---------- 10

1417 - Roseville & 6th Avenues ------------------- 9

3215 - Broad & Clark Streets --------------------- 9

4152 - Turner Boulevard & West Bigelow Street ---- 8

4213 - 15th Avenue & Hunterdon Street ------------ 5

2257 - West Kinney & Halsey Streets -------------- 4

3214 - Bloomfield Avenue & Broadway -------------- 4

3229 - Broadway & Harvey Streets ----------------- 4

3255 - Broad & Harvey Streets -------------------- 4

4434 - Avon Avenue & South 15th Street ----------- 4

“BUSY DAYS” FOR YEARS 1986 - 1989

08/30/1986 - (1) 2nd Alarm ----------------- (4) Signal 11

12/04/1986 ----------------- (1) 3rd Alarm - (6) Signal 11

12/22/1986 - (3) 2nd Alarm ----------------- (3) Signal 11

09/15/1987 - (2) 2nd Alarm ----------------- (3) Signal 11

11/08/1987 --------------------------------- (5) Signal 11

03/08/1988 - (1) 2nd Alarm ----------------- (4) Signal 11

06/10/1988 - (1) 2nd Alarm ----------------- (4) Signal 11

11/21/1989 - (1) 2nd Alarm - (2) 3rd Alarm - (1) Signal 11

12/23/1989 - (2) 2nd Alarm ----------------- (2) Signal 11

MUTUAL AID INTO NEWARK FOR YEARS 1986 - 1989

10/31/1987 - East Orange - Irvington

01/17/1988 - East Orange - Irvington

01/30/1988 - Belle