Fire Truck Response Times

The poster below compares fire truck response times in my hometown, Pembroke Massachusetts, under two scenarios. Scenario 1 assumes that all four of the town's fire stations are active. Scenario 2 assumes that the North Pembroke Station is closed due to town budget reasons and shows the difference in response times when compared to scenario 1. This has been an actual debate in the Town of Pembroke as the North Pembroke station is currently not staffed. Due to the industrialized nature of North Pembroke there has been concern that fire truck response time would be too long for the area in the event of a major fire at one of the commercial facilities. From the comparison, we can see that having the North Pembroke station open does improve the response time for the industrial areas down to the national standard of 5 minutes. There is, however, much overlapping in the southern portion of its service areas making it redundant in that area. All things considered for maximum safety, it would be an important asset to the town.