fire department responses per 1000 population
Number of Volunteer Firefighters and Rate per 1000 People by Year 6 Table 3. Career Firefighter Rates by Population Protected 7 Table 4. Volunteer Firefighter Rates by Population Protected 9 Table 5. Career Firefighters per 1,000 People for All Career Departments by Work Week and Population Protected 10 Table 6.
Portland, with 21.31 square miles, has a population density of 3,105 people per square mile. âSomerville is not a good comparison to Portland,â said Somerville Fire Chief Kevin Kelleher, whose department has 2.01 firefighters per 1,000 residents.