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City Information
- Land area - 44.9 square miles
- Resident population (U.S. Census Population Estimates, July 1, 2024) - 89,142
- Daytime population (2021 Williamson Inc.) - 108,481
- Estimated value of property in Franklin - $37 billion (taxable property)
Department Overview
- Firefighters - 158
- Firefighter schedule - 24 hours on, 48 hours off
- Administrative personnel - 15
- Civilian personnel - 5
- Firefighters per shift - 51 (minimum staffing - 43 per shift)
- Number of paramedics - 48
- Stations - 8
- Training Center - 419 Century Ct.
- Headquarters - 507 New Hwy. 96 W
- Number of frontline apparatus - 12; all are Advanced Life Support (ALS) equipped
- Total incident responses – 11,752
- Medical and rescue responses – 7,806 (66%)
- Fire responses - 154 total:
- 63 Outdoor Fires
- 59 Structure Fires
- 32 Vehicle Fires
- Average response time – 5:24 minutes
- New hires onboarded - 11:
- 4 Lateral Hires
- 7 Recruit Academy Graduates (5 Fire Interns and 2 Fire Cadets; all now full-time)
- Total training hours department-wide - 58,950 department-wide:
- Average of 317 hours of training per year per uniformed personnel
- Number of code enforcement inspections - 2,369
- Plan reviews (including site, fire sprinkler, fire alarm, special event, life safety plan reviews, and more) - 3,300
- Community Events - 418
- Students educated in 1st, 3rd, and 5th grade school programs - 1,952
- People trained in CPR - 136
- Car seats installed - 122
- Citizens’ Fire Academy Graduates - 11
- Fire Explorers - 25
- Teens who took part in 2nd Annual “Lead with Fire” Youth Summer Camp - 15
- 18th Annual Toy & Clothing Drive - Benefitted 250 children
Budget
- 2025-2026 fiscal year budget (personnel, operations and capital) - $30,431,827
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