Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Virginia

Fire Department

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Richmond, VA · ~422 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 6.7
Avg TCR: 3.2
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Fire Department runs at 208% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) workplace, earning a grade F.

Fire Department: 6.7 TCR = 208% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Fire Department safety composite

Fire Department scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 68% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 49%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

57/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): C 6.67 per 100 workers

Safer than 68% of industry peers
DART rate: D 4 per 100 workers

Safer than 49% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Fire Department: 6.3 → 7.1 TCR

Peak year 2017 @ 7.1 TCR · DART/TCR 0.6× in 2017

Fire Department's TCR rose 0.8 from 6.3 in 2016 to 7.1 in 2017. In 2017, DART was 0.6× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Richmond, VA ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 6.7 · 208% of ind

DART 4.0 DART
RANK #10/29
PHOTO Northfield Township …
BOOK 2y book
INJ 64 inj
SIZE ~422 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Northfield Township Fire Department (0.0 TCR gap)

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What this shows Fire Department averages 6.7 TCR (208% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

Fire Department TCR series: 2016=6.3 · 2017=7.1 · BLS 3.2

Where Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 68% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Virginia alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #10 safest of 29 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Virginia.

Fire Department (422 employees, TCR 6.7) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Fire Department has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 9.8. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2017	7.1	4.0	33	4	0
2016	6.3	5.0	31	2	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · VA · Richmond

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 12,673 rated employers in Virginia with headcount on file · 939 employers in Richmond, VA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Northfield Township Fire Department	WHITMORE LAKE, MI	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Wauconda Fire Protection District	WAUCONDA, IL	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Fire Department	HOFFMAN ESTATES, IL	6.7 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Germantown Hills Fire Protection District	GERMANTOWN HILLS, IL	6.7 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Prince William County Service Authority	WOODBRIDGE	422 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GOODWILL INDUSTRIES OF THE VALLEYS, INC. ROANOKE JOB CAMPUS 19	ROANOKE	422 FTE
STATE-SIZE	4795-PD-DCA-WASHINGTON - REAGAN NATIONAL-PD	ARLINGTON	422 FTE
STATE-SIZE	Republic National Distributing Company 23	ASHLAND	421 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VCU Health System	Richmond	14,536 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	11,826 FTE
CITY-NEAR	VCU	Richmond	5,271 FTE
CITY-NEAR	CJW Medical Center	Richmond	3,259 FTE
NAT-TCR	Cadillac (Micad)	Cadillac, MI	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ontelaunee Farms, Inc.	Temple, PA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Ingram Mirco ALC 80	Jonestown, PA	6.7 TCR
NAT-TCR	Trisun Care Center Coastal Palms	Portland, TX	6.7 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Beef Products, Inc. - South Sioux City	South Sioux City, NE	422 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Kapstone Paper and Packaging Corporation	Roanoke Rapids, NC	422 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Residential Opportunities, Inc.	Kalamazoo, MI	422 FTE
NAT-SIZE	8110 Corporate Pl	Baltimore, MD	422 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2017, 2016. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.