About
The
Darien-Woodridge Fire Protection District
The District serves portions
of Darien, Woodridge and unincorporated DuPage County. Approximate
District borders: North - Maple Avenue, South - I 55, East
- Cass Avenue, West - I 355.
Personnel
consists of 29 sworn, 25 part-time, 5 administrative, 5 elected trustees
and 3 appointed commissioners. Threefacilities
manned 24 hours per day. Staffing is 13 personnel per shift maximum to
a minimum of 11 personnel.
Approximately
2,600 annual emergency
calls, 58% Emergency Medical Incidents, 42% Fire /
Service Incidents.In-district
average emergency incident response time is approximately 5 minutes.
Maintains
19vehicles, 1 ladder
truck with ALS equipment, 3 engines, 2 of which with ALS equipment for EMS calls, 1
rescue squad, 1 brush truck, 1 fire investigation unit, 1 Battalion Chief
vehicle, 3 ALS ambulances, and
8 other support vehicles.One
of the first in the region to provide advanced life support since 1979.
Insurance
Service Office class 3 public grading
Received
Residential Fire Institution Life Safety Achievement Awards for 6 years in
recognition of no fire deaths and the Illinois Inspectors Awards
every year for the past 10 years for fire
prevention activity competition.
Nominated
"Fire District of the Year" for two years by the Northern Illinois
Alliance of Fire Protection Districts for its progressive and innovative
approach to today's fire service.
Darien-Woodridge
Fire Protection District Incidents
2009
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
FIRE
95
55
71
73
77
AMB
132
98
132
102
106
TOTAL
227
153
203
175
183
2008
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEPT
OCT
NOV
DEC
FIRE
120
103
71
87
79
112
95
79
80
81
83
125
AMB
147
147
150
120
128
134
134
117
133
121
116
133
TOTAL
267
250
221
207
207
246
229
196
213
202
196
258
Based on 2008 statistics:
The
Fire District responded to 2,693 incidents, involving 10,276 man-hours
The
2,693 incidents required a total of 5,491 vehicle responses
There
were 7.37 calls per day
There
was one call every 3.25 hours
There
was one medical call every 5.71 hours
There
was one non-medical call every 7.55 hours
The
average length of time for all incidents was 47 minutes
The
average length of time for a medical call was 1 hour 3 minutes
The
average length of time for a non-medical call was 26 minutes
Mutual
aid was requested 236 times
Mutual
aid was provided 246 times
The
average response time for the first unit to arrive was 5 minutes 20
seconds
The
average response time for the second unit to arrive was 6 minutes 46
seconds
Total
fire loss was $375,750
The
total value of the property that was involved in the fires was $7,085,200.
This equates to a “value saved” of 94.67%