Another year has passed and as predicted, all of Firehouse 68's units can be found in the top-ten lists again. Here are some various breakdowns for both the apparatus of Firehouse 68, the station itself, and District 68:

Top-Ten List For Apparatus Responses For Combined EMS/Fire Calls:

(Note: Firehouse 68 apparatus are highlighted red, where District 68 apparatus are highlighted gray)

	District	Chief		Ladder	Truck		Engine	Company
1	*D68	1,191		L51	1,570		E51	3,552
2	D83	1,151		L68	1,466		E28	3,440
3	D28	1,049		L28	1,187		E35	3,387
4	D08	884		L07	1,079		E55	3,353
5	D46	844		L67	1,044		E33	3,260
6	D06	803		L55	983		E67	3,255
7	D31	788		L46	953		E68	3,241
8	D05	787		L33	951		E82	3,154
9	D26	730		L31	931		E46	3,087
10	D19	643		L16	930		E73	3,021

*District 68 & District 83 were reformed in early 2006 by collapsing District 82, District 10, & District 69. District 68's number of calls was reformulated by adding half of District 82's & District 10's calls. District 83's number of calls was reformulated by adding half of District 10's & District 69's calls.

	BLS	Ambulance		ALS	Squad		EMS	Supervisor
1	A051	4,921		SQ68	6,149		AS30	2,555
2	A068	4,769		SQ46	6,038		AS16	2,286
3	A035	4,740		SQ07	5,851		AS29	1,914
4	A082	4,464		SQ31	5,706		AS82	1,846
5	A034	4,448		SQ40	5,530		AS50	1,571
6	A558	4,440		SQ34	5,482
7	A058	4,434		SQ33	5,135
8	A073	4,367		SQ18	5,061
9	A546	4,325		SQ03	4,969
10	A046	4,283		SQ09	4,964

At 6,149 calls, ALS Squad 68 was officially the busiest apparatus for the Houston Fire Department for the year 2006, with an average of 16.85 or 17 calls a day. Every apparatus in District 68, except for Squad 73 (ranked 12th) can be found in the top-ten. The following is a breakdown of the five busiest fire stations for the Houston Fire Department for the year 2006:

Busiest HFD Fire Stations For 2006:

		Firehouse		Apparatus		Responses
1		46		6		19,530
2		68		5		16,816
3		31		5		14,245
4		28		5		14,087
5		19		6		12,504

Here is a breakdown of responses (number of times each apparatus was dispatched) by District, of the five busiest Districts, for the year 2006:

Busiest HFD Districts For 2006:

		District		Responses		Apparatus
1		68 (68,51,73,82)		46,639		14
2		46 (46,35,55,25)		46,512		14
3		06 (06,11,15,16,62)		42,321		20
4		31 (31,58,13,30)		39,737		13
5		34 (34,32,39,43,56)		37,232		15

Some Fact & Figures To Consider:

All the apparatus of District 68 combined, accounted for 8% of all responses, where as the average of the 21 fire districts was 5%.

All the BLS Ambulances of District 68 combined, accounted for 9% of all BLS Ambulance repsonses, where as the average of the BLS Ambulances divided by 21 districts was 5%

Firehouse 68 accounted for 3% of all responses, where as the average of the 86 supression fire stations was 1.2%.

District Chief 68 accounted for 9% of all District Chief responses, where as the average of the 21 District Chiefs was 5%.

Ladder 68 accounted for 6% of all Ladder Truck responses, where as the average of the 37 Ladder Trucks was 3%.

Engine 68 accounted for 2% of all Engine Company responses, where as the average of the 86 suppression Engine Companies was 1%

Ambulance 68 accounted for 2.5% of all BLS Ambulance responses, where as the average of the 68 BLS Ambulances was 1.5%.

Squad 68 accounted for 7% of all ALS Squad responses, where as the average of the 21 ALS Squads was 5%.


NOTE: All data taken from the Official 2006 Houston Fire Department Annual Report & the HFD OEC Run Analysis Report for 01.01.2006 to 12.31.2006.

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