Statistics

The entire Broomall Fire Company is made up of a staff of 89 volunteer firefighters and support personnel. The Broomall Fire Company serves an approximately 11 square mile area of western Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The population is 24,000 living in homes and townhouses ranging in value from $90,000 to $3 million. Marple Township also includes numerous apartments and commercial complexes. For the past several years, the Fire Company’s yearly operating budget has been in excess of $220,000, not including the purchase of any apparatus. The Township of Marple supplies less than 1/3 of this amount, which means the members of the Company must raise the remainder of all funds to remain solvent.

Below is a breakdown of the calls the Broomall Fire Company responded to in the periods indicated.

Year		2006	2007	July 2008	2008 YTD Totals
Incident Type	Incident Code
Fire	1	122	144	9	87
Overpressure,Rupture, Explosion, Overheat (No Fire)	2	0	2	1	3
Rescue & Emergency Medical Service Incident	3	121	128	7	58
Hazadous Condition (No Fire)	4	109	90	17	80
Service Call	5	32	29	1	10
Good Intent Call	6	151	112	4	75
False Alarm & False Call	7	180	188	25	135
Severe Weather & Natural Disaster	8	3	2	0	1
Special Incident Type	9	1	5	0	0
Total		719	700	64	439

Year	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Structure Fires	47	41	58	52	79	73	120
Vehicles Fires	44	53	58	55	52	66	36
Grass/Brush Fires	34	12	39	19	21	16	25
Trash Fires	7	9	6	11	5	17	7
Accident/Rescue	83	90	98	116	147	145	126
Hazardous Conditions	38	31	39	34	82	67	59
Alarm with No Fire	219	299	264	261	264	223	235
Mutual Aid	54	25	24	12	14	2	37
Electrical/Mechanical Malfunction	34	29	21	14	15	13	17
Public Service	57	6	6	8	29	14	15
Misc. Outdoors	16	13	27	25	1	17	9
Total	636	608	653	611	743	671	686