Candia Fire-Rescue Department
2008 Candia Fire-Rescue Report
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02/26/08
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MODERATE (CLASS 2)
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50 Eng. 1
50 Eng. 2
50 Eng. 3
50 Res. 1
50 Tnk. 1
50 For. 1
50 Utl. 1
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The Town of Candia Fire-Rescue Department protects the people and property of Candia, New Hampshire. Candia is a suburban/rural town of approximately
4200 people located in the southeastern part of the state. It covers an area of 30 square miles, occupied mostly by residential buildings with some light commercial and light industrial properties.
Major attractions in Candia include the Candia Woods Golf Links and Charmingfare Farm. The major East-West divided highway through Southern New Hampshire (State Route 101) passes through Candia, along with two other major roads, State Route 43 and State Route 27. Candia is bordered on the West by the town of Hooksett, on the North by Deerfield, on the East by Raymond, and on the South by Chester and Auburn.
Candia Fire-Rescue is an
all-volunteer department established in 1925. Currently, the
department runs with eight pieces of apparatus, including one structural pumper ( 50E1 ), one rescue pumper ( 50E2 ), one water supply pumper ( 50E3 ), one light-duty rescue ( 50R1
), one tanker ( 50T1
), and two forestry pieces ( 50F1 and 50U1 ) operating out of one station. Ambulance service is currently contracted out to Rockingham Regional Ambulance. The department is dispatched through the Rockingham County Sheriff's Department in Brentwood, NH.
Candia Fire-Rescue provides many emergency services to the community, including firefighting, provision of first-response emergency medical services, hazardous materials mediation, search and rescue, and vehicle extrication. Nearly 80% of the members are certified firefighters in the State of New Hampshire and approximately that many are also licensed Emergency Medical Service (EMS) providers. Members have various levels of Nationally-Registered EMS training, ranging from First Responder through Paramedic. Other members fill crucial support roles within the department, either on water supply companies, performing administrative duties, or dispatching. Candia Fire-Rescue is also a member of the Interstate Emergency Unit, an affiliation that allows nearly limitless mutual aid resources to be deployed to and from the Town of Candia. Hazardous Materials incident support and technical expertise is provided by the Southeastern New Hampshire Regional Hazmat Team.
During the year of 2007, Candia Fire-Rescue responded to 400 calls. Approximately 56 percent of these responses were emergency medical services calls. The remainder include motor vehicle collisions, structure fires, chimney fires, car fires, and other incidents.
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