Response time calculator
How long firefighters would take to reach your home.
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Family fridge sheet
Your family’s emergency information on one printable page.
Family fire safety assessment
Eleven quick questions. See if your family is ready for a house fire tonight.
Response times for
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Nearest fire stations
Pick a station to see its time.
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Outside your town. It may respond as mutual aid, and the actual time could vary.
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Minutes, estimated
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What these numbers mean for your family
House fire
A room can reach flashover in 3 to 5 minutes, and smoke can fill a home in 2 to 3. Whether your family gets out is decided before the first truck arrives.
Volunteer departments
Volunteers have to get to the station before the truck can leave, which adds several minutes, more at night or in bad weather. The estimate above allows for this.
The gap that matters
Responders take over when they arrive. The minutes before that are up to your family, and a practiced plan is what fills them.
How we estimate these times
Each time runs from your 911 call to the first fire engine at your door: dispatch, turnout and the drive.
Dispatch. NFPA 1710 sets 64 seconds for fire call processing; we use about 1 minute.
Turnout. NFPA 1710 sets 80 seconds for fire. Departments often miss this, so we use 2 minutes.
Drive. Google Maps driving time from the station to your address, without traffic.
Volunteer departments. We add 5 minutes for volunteers to reach the station. NFPA 1720 sets total response targets of 9 minutes in urban areas, 10 suburban and 14 rural.
Sources: NFPA 1710 and NFPA 1720; IAFF survey of response times in large U.S. cities; U.S. Fire Administration, Structure Fire Response Times (TR-153). Station list from public fire station data; drive times from Google Maps. Department type is a best guess from the name. These are estimates, not guarantees.
You know your response time. Now build your plan.
We build a plan for your home and family, then rehearse it with you, so every minute before help arrives is covered.
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We use your address only to find the nearest hospital, urgent care and utility companies. Nothing you enter is saved.
Add everyone who lives in or regularly stays at your home. Firefighters use this to know who to look for.
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Pick your closest emergency room. Drive times are from your home.
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Don’t see yours? Search by name.
Pick up to two urgent care centers.
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Don’t see yours? Search by name.
Who should be called if you can’t be reached?
Family contact
Family contact
Neighbor or local
Firefighters search for pets. No pets? Just continue.
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Companies are suggested for your state. Pick yours, then tell us where each shutoff is.
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Water
Check your sheet, then print it. To keep a copy, choose “Save as PDF” in the print window.
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Keep on the refrigerator
Home address
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Emergency
911
Family members
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Allergies
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Nearest medical care
Emergency room
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Urgent care
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Urgent care
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Emergency contacts
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Neighbor or local
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Pets
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Species / breed
Color / markings
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Notes
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Shutoffs
Gas meter
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Electric panel
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Water main
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Important numbers
Poison Control
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Gas emergency
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Power outage
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Water emergency
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Meeting places and family password
Meeting place outside
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Backup meeting place
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Family password
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Your result
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You’re in the same position as many families, and it’s exactly what Safe Steps was built to help with.
You feel confident, but your answers show gaps.