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POPULATION DENSITY AND GEOGRAPHICAL DEMAND
A major contributing factor to the levels of service demand experienced by Nashua is the population density
of the areas served within its jurisdiction. The City of Nashua is an urban municipality, with many of its
developed areas exceeding population densities of 3,000 people per square mile.
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When demand for service is analyzed by the day of the week, Fridays and Saturdays stand out as the days of
greatest demand while Sundays have the least amount of demand. Monday through Thursdays are relatively
constant with nearly equal levels of demand.
Finally, in Figure 70, the demand by hour of the day is shown.
Figure 70. Service Demand by the Hour of the Day, 2017-2019
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Temporal Variation Analysis
Temporal variations are the patterns of activity occurring within certain periods of time. In this section, these
patterns are displayed by month, day, and hour to provide Nashua Fire Rescue with insights into when
increases and decreases in service demand based on historical patterns are anticipated. In Figure 68, the
temporal variation by month of the year for Nashua is shown.
Figure 68. Service Demand by Month, 2017-2019
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When the relative frequency of incident types is compared, the majority (59.6%) of Nashua Fire Rescue’s
demand is for emergency medical services. Additionally, 35.7% of Nashua’s total call volume across the three-
year period was for nonemergent call types such as service calls, good intent, and false alarms. Fires,
hazardous conditions, and overpressure/overheating emergencies accounted for 4.5% of the total call
volume.
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Section IV. Analysis of Service Delivery and Performance
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Figure 63. Nashua Fire Rescue’s Boat and Support Asset Inventory
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Figure 62. Nashua Fire Rescue’s Staff and Utility Vehicles
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These examples are presented as a “total picture” approach to determining an apparatus’s operational
status, as opposed to simply replacing a unit based upon an arbitrary number that may or may not apply to
the department. Should Nashua Fire Rescue's leadership establish a similar model, it must be understood
that the entire fleet should be updated annually.
