Master Plan Nashua Fire Rescue, NH
Figure 78. Effective Response Force
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In this figure, an 8-minute travel time extends from each fire station with the minimum staffing of each
station applied to this travel area. Where areas overlap, the minimum staffing totals from each constituent
area are added together to model Nashua Fire Rescue’s deployment and ERF capabilities. In this model, it is
assumed that all units are available and in quarters. As illustrated in this figure, the central core of the city
possesses adequate numbers of firefighters for residential and small commercial fires; however, outside of
this area, Nashua Fire Rescue’s ability to provide sufficient staffing in a timely manner is significantly less,
particularly in the northwest, southwest, and southeast areas of the city. While a balance must be struck
between the desired levels of service within a community and the ability to pay for those services, the
northwestern and southeastern portions of the city experienced both increased incident density and incident
counts, as compared to other less densely staffed areas of Nashua, and have little to no overlap by other
stations. If stations 3, 5, or 6 were unavailable at the time of an incident, first due unit arrival times would be
expected in excess of an 8-minute travel time and also experience prolonged assemblies of the ERF.
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