Fire Department Master Plan
Nashua, NH
Phase Ill: Future System Demand Projections
The project moves forward with an assessment of the future community conditions, service demand, and
fire protection risks that the organization can be expected to serve. ESCI will conduct an analysis of
community growth projections and interpret their impact on emergency service planning and delivery.
Task 3-A: Population Growth Projections
An interpretation of available census and community development data will be provided indicating:
* Population history
* Census-based population growth projections
* Community planning-based population growth projections
Task 3-B: Service Demand Projections
Population growth projections, along with historical and forecast incident rates, will be utilized to develop
projections for future service demand.
Task 3-C: Community Risk Analysis
Land use and zoning classifications will be used, along with specific target hazard information, to analyze
and classify community fire protection risk by geography. This process will be completed with GIS software
and will consider:
* Population and population density
© Demographics
* Community land use regulations
® Occupancy types by land use designation
° Hazardous substances and processes
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