Boston Multiples

[maxim]

Here is some trivia that may be of interest to a very few folks.



Boston ran about 43 multiple alarms in 2011. Down some from the hundreds they ran in "War Years" but for any number of mostly positive reason the number of big ones is declilning.



Here is a list of units first due at each fire. This does not mean they arrived first or that the fire was in their first due area. On at least one occsion there were close to simultaneous multiples in the Dorchester are where 17 and 18 would have been first due but 3 was first due, probably from a cover assignement.





E-17 5

E-42 4

E21-33-37 3

E4-5-9-16-18-52 2

E3-7-8-10-22-28-39-41-48-49-50-51-56 1





Every body else 0 including Fort Dudley and Grove Hall



L-7 8

L-6 4

L-10-21 3

L-2-4-15-17-18-23-24-26-28 2

L-1-9-11-14-19-25-29 1

L-16 the only Truck without a first due multiple



District 7 10

District 8-9 6

District 1-4 5

District 3 4

District 12 3

District 6-11 2



This year maybe I will track all multiples and have first due as a seperate category. My conundrum is weather to count details companies on each multiple? for very large fires some units may get two or three multiples for one fire.



Comments are welcomed





Happy New Year





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[edburke]

I guess this shows that Eddie Everett is still a pretty good place to sit....as long as you pick the right day

[maxim]

Indeed. My Grandmother lived on Conrad St. Box 1833 Very definatly in walking distance of EE Square

[maxim]

Here are the 2012 multiple alarm stats. I do bellieve the city had 41 multiple, although by counting my numbers Imay have messed up a bit. Pardon me. This year I will give the total multple attended by each comapny as well as first due:



29 multiples D-4

27 multiples D-9

25 multiples E-3 & 22

24 multiples E-10 D-7

21 multiples L-26

20 multiples E 37 & 42 R-1

19 multiples E-14 L-15 Div 1

18 multiples E-24 TL-3 & TL-17 D-3 Div 2

17 multiples E-21 L-23 R-2

16 multiples TL-10

15 multiples E-33 L-4

13 multiples E-7 & 4 D-11

12 multiples D-12-8

11 multiples E-50 L-7-19

10 multiples E-39 L-24

9 multiples E-8-17-56 L-14-18

8 multiples E-18-41-52 L-29 D-1

7 multiples E-5-16L-6

6 multiples E-9-51-53 L6-21-16

5 multiples E-2-20-28-29 L2-11 D-12

4 multiples E-32

3 multiples E-48

2 multiples L-28

1 multiple E-55-49

no multiples E-30 & L-25



First Due



8 Dist 4

5 Dist 6-1 L-2

4 E-33 L-4-15 Dist-11 (I believe 33/15 had three first due multiples in 24 hours, two of which were on back to back calls

3 E5-14-16-21-41L-14-26 Dist 7

2 E2-7-29-53 L6-11-17-18-19-29 Dist 3-9

1 E3-8-9-10-18-24-37-42-55-56-50 L-1-3-9-16-23-28



The only analysis I can make is that those companies geographically toward the center of the city and those in densly populated areass tend to make the most multiples. Kind of surprizing that 2 Truck had the most first due multiples, but again the geography of Eastie makes that understandable.



Commens and clarifications welcome

[SOlsonBFDL14]

Some other stats: 72,259 runs. 4,061 building fires. 34,133 EMS calls. 241 automobile fires. 736 false street boxes. Box 2284 was pulled 20 times.

[edburke]

[quote name='Skip Olson BFD L14' timestamp='1357672439' post='507125']

Some other stats: 72,259 runs 4,061 building fires. 34,133 EMS calls. 241 automobile fires. 736 false street boxes. Box 2284 was pulled 20 times.

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[Guest]

Ed, my guess would be the 1-1, 1-2,1-3 etc clearance codes.  That's how my job tracks fires...some bosses are hesitant to use those when clearing small fires...