STATISTICS FOR THE CHELSEA FIRE DEPARTMENT

FROM 1866 to 1933

FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1866 to 1886

1866

1877

1880

1882

1884

1886

Number of Permanent Firemen

10

6

8

8

8

8

Number of Call Firemen

59

85

54

56

56

56

Number of Fire Houses

4

6

4

4

4

4

Number of Fire Apparatus

5

6

11

7

7

7

Number of Horses

4

8

9

9

9

10

Number of Alarms responded to

30

48

28

54

47

43

Number of Second Alarms

0

0

0

0

0

0

Number of Third Alarms

0

0

0

0

0

0

Losses from fires for the year

$13,300.00

$7,981.00

$13,815.00

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$--------

$--------

Cost of the Fire Department

Total Cost of the Fire Department

$7,000.00

$17,015.00

$18,347.50

$22,474.16

$17,723.19

$17,604.85

Salaries

$3,995.00

$9,900.75

$9,470.00

$9,908.74

$9,703.34

$10,520.84

Hydrant and Water Service

incl.

$1,742.00

$1,727.00

$1,811.00

$1,816.00

$1,062.00

Fuel and Lighting

incl.

$446.50

$673.33

$834.79

$740.08

$741.07

Feed

incl.

$1,390.41

$1,142.43

$1,283.12

$1,048.92

$1,192.32

Horse Shoeing

incl.

incl.

$228.41

$196.90

$173.30

$189.65

Repairs and Supplies

incl.

incl.

$2,008.26

$1,698.07

$1,393.01

$2,481.18

Miscellaneous

$3,005.00

$3,535.34

$2,221.02

$6,746.16

$2,506.37

$2,149.33

FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1888 to 1896

1888

1890

1892

1893

1894

1895

1896

Number of Permanent Firemen

12

14

14

14

14

16

17

Number of Call Firemen

67

65

64

64

63

70

59

Number of Fire Houses

5

6

6

6

6

7

7

Number of Fire Apparatus

9

8

9

9

9

10

9

Number of Horses

12

14

14

15

15

18

17

No. of Alarms responded to

60

77

79

114

77

106

110

Number of Second Alarms

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

Number of Third Alarms

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Losses from fires for the year

$------

$44,807.00

$29,771.65

$44,393.56

$43,766.49

$49,661.55

$20,565.82

Cost of the Fire Department

Fire Department Cost Total

$27,628.82

$27,904.67

$29,321.04

$31,227.32

$28,998.54

$31,972.08

$31,415.43

Salaries

$15,154.27

$18,492.71

$20,225.88

$21,117.33

$20,840.02

$21,858.35

$22,725.44

Hydrant and Water Service

$2,044.00

$1,998.57

$2,345.00

$2,355.00

$2,355.00

$2,369.58

$2,632.00

Fuel and Lighting

$1,670.33

$1,110.16

$1,119.89

$436.61

$387.84

$989.56

$981.03

Feed

$1,211.07

$1,123.09

$1,390.41

incl.

$1836.59

$1991.99

$1,735.31

Miscellaneous

$5,111.27

$2,254.67

$1,828.75

$7,318.38

$1,532.27

$4,762.60

$3,341.65

FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1897 to 1903

1897

1898

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

Number of Permanent Firemen

18

18

19

21

19

19

19

Number of Call Firemen

59

59

58

58

57

58

58

Number of Fire Houses

6

6

6

6

6

7

7

Number of Fire Apparatus

7

9

9

9

10

10

11

Number of Horses

18 Summer
23 winter

18 Summer
24 Winter

18 Summer
24 Winter

18 Summer
23 Winter

18 Summer
23 Winter

18 Summer
23 Winter

18 Summer
23 Winter

No. of Alarms responded to

95

115

151

141

152

169

134

Number of Second Alarms

0

2

0

0

0

3

2

Number of Third Alarms

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Losses from fires for the year

$13,356.09

$28,295.53

$31,758.17

$26,540.80

$21,853.62

$41,922.56

$58,763.48

Cost of the Fire Department

Fire Department Cost Total

$31,438.10

$32,044.40

$32,209.32

$33,717.19

$34,407.87

$35,878.78

$35,717.68

Salaries

$22,641.20

$23,597.27

$23,860.22

$25,143.33

$26,433.68

$27,034.76

$26,980.75

Hydrant and Water Service

$2,632.00

$2,632.00

$2,368.80

$1,974.00

$1,974.00

$2,368.80

Fuel and Lighting

$906.65

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$551.11

$678.38

Feed

$2,032.47

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$1901.49

$1951.70

Horse Shoeing

incl.

incl.

incl.

$418.00

$463.05

Miscellaneous

$2,783.88

$5,783.25

$5,825.32

$1,962.97

$1,619.63

$6,475.22

$8,736.93

FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1904 to 1910

1904

1905

1906

1907

1908

1909

1910

Number of Permanent Firemen

20

20

20

21

19

19

24

Number of Call Firemen

56

57

57

57

57

58

59

Number of Fire Houses

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Number of Fire Apparatus

11

11

11

11

11

13

7

Number of Horses

19 Summer
24 winter

20 Summer
25 Winter

21

16 Summer
21 Winter

27

26 Summer
30 Winter

28

No. of Alarms responded to

201

226

209

278

152

169

258

Number of Second Alarms

0

0

0

?

1

2

Number of Third Alarms

0

0

0

1

0

0

Losses from fires for the year

$61,631.38

$151,303.10

$290,730.77

$126,098.32

$8,846,879.00

$48,178.00

$54,463.00

Cost of the Fire Department

Fire Department Cost Total

$37,786.54

$41,510.62

$51,978.63

$50,461.27

$48,118.00

Salaries

$28,227.19

$30,472.21

$33,742.00

$35,858.52

$37,818.00

Fire Maintenance and Supplies

$9,559.35

$11,038.41

$18,236.63

$14,602.75

$10,300.00

FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1911 to 1917

1911

1912

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

Number of Permanent Firemen

24

31

36

37

37

50

50

Number of Call Firemen

59

52

34

31

30

15

13

Number of Fire Houses

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

Number of Fire Apparatus

7

7

6

6

6

7

7

Number of Horses

26

26

18

15

15

15

12

No. of Alarms responded to

274

377

403

515

534

502

416

Number of Second Alarms

0

0

0

0

4

3

0

Number of Third Alarms

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Losses from fires for the year

$106.915.00

$119,760.26

$135,668.99

$147,281.47

$132,446.30

$145,701.49

$54,463.00

Cost of the Fire Department

Fire Department Cost Total

$55,689.16

$65,042.43

$65,366.60

$70,969.58

$65,394.14

$75,204.68

$85,774.98

Salaries

$39,961.58

$42,728.10

$50,646.64

$50,009.37

$51,937.69

$57,751.54

$69,677.22

Hydrant and Water Service

$2,669.00

$2,669.00

$2,650.00

$2,650.00

$2,632.67

$2,654.91

$2,667.92

Fire Maintenance and Supplies

$13,058.58

$19,672.41

$12,069.96

$9,993.37

$10,829.78

$12,299.28

$10,907.17

FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1918 to 1919

1918

1919

Number of Permanent Firemen

53

53

Number of Call Firemen

7

7

Number of Fire Houses

6

6

Number of Fire Apparatus

7

7

Number of Horses

10

10

No. of Alarms responded to

456

413

Number of Second Alarms

2

6

Number of Third Alarms

1

2

Losses from fires for the year

$

$

Cost of the Fire Department

Fire Department Cost Total

$81,927.44

$114,536.24

Salaries

$65,531.06

$84,962.84

Hydrant and Water Service

$2,643.79

$2,612.84

Fire Maintenance and Supplies

$10,283.45

$10,922.991

FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1920 to 1926

1920

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

Number of Permanent Firemen

65

65

78

88

92

92

96

Number of Call Firemen

6

6

5

5

4

4

3

Number of Fire Houses

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

Number of Fire Apparatus

10

11

11

13

16

17

15

Number of Horses

8

8

8

8

3

3 Winter

0

No. of Alarms responded to

368

481

627

774

831

784

833

Number of Second Alarms

6

9

4

9

12

3

3

Number of Third Alarms

1

0

0

0

0

0

5

Losses from fires for the year

$296,257.51

$262,062.50

$239,260.58

$498,460.13

$299,612.30

$213,568.43

$386,657.43

Cost of the Fire Department

Fire Department Cost Total

$141,950.04

$145,101.22

$156,178.44

$

$223,208.47

$215,516.67

$250,263.79

Maintenance and Supplies

$19,333.23

$22,706.78

$14,808.80

No info

$16,409.25

$20,231.88

$17,754.01

Salaries

$119,994.39

$119,786.54

$136,774.64

No info

$187,840.00

$192,580.05

$197,695.81

Hydrant and Water Service

$2,622.42

$2,607.90

$2,700.00

No info

$2,679.22

$2,704.74

$2,688.57

FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1927 to 1933

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

Number of Permanent Firemen

101

100

100

108

103

84

82

Number of Call Firemen

3

3

3

3

3

3

3

Number of Fire Houses

7

7

7

7

7

7

7

Number of Fire Apparatus

12

14

14

14

14

12

13

Number of Horses

No longer in use

No. of Alarms responded to

792

724

883

898

969

1086

934

Number of Second Alarms

2

2

5

2

11

5

5

Number of Third Alarms

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

Losses from fires for the year

$182,740.43

$214,484.67

$286,320.40

$210,573.43

$403,693.89

$427,653.00

$179,970.00

Cost of the Fire Department

Fire Department Cost Total*

$222,264.13

$238,676.11

$232,192.22

$266,392.24

$256,742.71

$205,863.02

$164,816.66

Maint. of F. D. Bldgs. & Equip

$4,423.02

$3,700.00

$1,699.84

$27,400.00

$9,608.09

$14,667.85

$9,094.73

* Includes Salaries, Maintenance and Supplies, Hydrant and Water Service