The New Jersey Division of Fire Safety has recently released their state-wide report for 2008 which provides statistics on incidents and many other aspects of fire-fighting.
The full report is located at this link:
http://www.state.nj.us/dca/dfs/fire_in_nj08.pdf
For Hoboken in 2008, there were a total of 3,388 incidents/calls and here is the breakdown:
- 218 Fires
- 9 Overpressures/Explosion/No fire
- 307 EMS
- 360 Hazardous Conditions
- 506 Service
- 187 Good Intent
- 1,784 False Alarms
- 17 Other
The number that stands out the most is the 1,784 false alarms. Almost 53% of all incidents were related to false alarms in Hoboken in 2008. By policy the fire department must respond to all calls as if they were real but it would seem to me a reduction in the number of these false alarms would be effective in cost cutting for the department.
Below are the number of Fire incidents in Hudson County summarized reported for 2008:
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