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City
of Erie
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Chief Tony
Pol
Email: apol@erie.pa.us
626 State Street, room 509
Erie, PA 16501
(814) 870-1400
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Assistant Chief Ray Welch
Email: rwelch@erie.pa.us
311 Marsh Street
Erie, PA 16508
(814) 870-1402
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Executive Secretary Darlene Blanks
Email: dblanks@erie.pa.us
626 State Street, room 509
Erie, PA 16501
(814) 870-1400
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MISSION
STATEMENT
The mission of the Erie Fire Department is to protect the lives and property
of the citizens and visitors of the City of Erie by providing the highest
possible levels of service through fire prevention, public education, fire
suppression, emergency medical services, and mitigation of the effects of
natural and man-made disasters. The Erie Fire Department is responsible for
life and property of Pennsylvania's third largest city covering approximately 20
square miles. The City is situated in the northwest corner of the state bounded
on the north by a seven mile shoreline of Lake Erie. 100 miles to the West is the City of Cleveland Ohio. 90
miles to the East is Buffalo
New York. 10 miles to the South is
Pittsburg Pa.
Fire Department responsibilities include:
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Fire Suppression |
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Emergency Medical Services |
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Carbon Monoxide Investigation |
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Emergency Management
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The judicious planning assignment and coordination of all
available resources in an integrated program of prevention, mitigation,
preparedness, response and recovery for emergencies of any kind, whether from
attack, man made, or natural sources.
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Fire Investigation |
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Fire Prevention and Inspection |
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Code Enforcement |
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Rescue |
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Hazardous Materials |
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WMD / Terrorism |
These responsibilities are handled with 6 firehouses. There
are 3 full time engine companies: E-6, E-11, E-13 and 3
dual companies: Tower-2/E-3, Tower-1/E-12 and E-8/Water rescue-1. There are 32
firefighters per shift.
FIRE STATISTICS
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2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
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| FIRES |
553 |
580 |
604 |
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10.80% |
10.65% |
8.98% |
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| OVERPRESSURE RUPTURE,
EXPLOSION, OVERHEAT (NO FIRE) |
10 |
12 |
11 |
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0.19% |
0.22% |
0.16% |
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| RESCUE & EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICE INCIDENT |
2,752 |
2,869 |
4,206 |
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53.76% |
52.72% |
62.58% |
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| HAZARDOUS CONDITION (NO FIRE) |
491 |
655 |
542 |
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9.59% |
12.03% |
8.06% |
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| SERVICE CALL |
187 |
243 |
218 |
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3.65% |
4.46% |
3.24% |
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| GOOD INTENT CALL |
283 |
266 |
327 |
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5.52% |
4.88% |
4.86% |
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| FALSE ALARMS, FALSE CALL |
725 |
719 |
660 |
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14.16% |
13.21% |
9.82% |
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| SEVERE WEATHER & NATURAL
DISASTER |
4 |
13 |
65 |
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0.07% |
0.23% |
0.96% |
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| SPECIAL INCIDENT TYPE |
68 |
75 |
80 |
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1.32% |
1.37% |
1.19% |
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| TOTALS |
5,119 |
5,441 |
6,721 |
Disaster preparedness from the American Red
Cross
Fire Prevention from the National Fire Protection Association
This page
was last updated on July 7, 2010
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