Fire Department · North Carolina

FR-FIRE

Charlotte, NC · ~1,246 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

D
Poor Safety Record
4.8
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

FR-FIRE runs at 149% of its industry's injury rate - more dangerous than the typical Fire Department workplace, earning a grade D.

FR-FIRE: 4.8 TCR = 149% of Fire Department BLS 3.2 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

FR-FIRE safety composite

FR-FIRE scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 80% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 52%), 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).

C

65/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
B 4.78 per 100 workers

Safer than 80% of industry peers

DART rate
C 2.83 per 100 workers

Safer than 57% 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%).

TCR Δ

−0.9

2023→2024

FR-FIRE injury rate improved

FR-FIRE's TCR fell 0.9 from 5.2 in 2023 to 4.3 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 5.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0.59× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2023=5.2 · 2024=4.3

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Charlotte, NC ABOVE-IND · LARGE

Grade D · TCR 4.8 · 149% of ind

  • DART 2.8 DART
  • RANK #20/36
  • PHOTO Fire Stations
  • BOOK 2y book
  • INJ 129 inj
  • SIZE ~1,246 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Fire Stations (0.0 TCR gap)

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FR-FIRE in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows FR-FIRE averages 4.8 TCR (149% of the Fire Department BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

FR-FIRE TCR series: 2023=5.2 · 2024=4.3 · BLS 3.2

Where FR-FIRE falls in its industry

793 Fire Department establishments

Safer than 80% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to North Carolina alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #20 safest of 36 Fire Department employers in North Carolina.

FR-FIRE (1,246 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 05001,0001,500 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate FR-FIRE
FR-FIRE (1,246 employees, TCR 4.8) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

FR-FIRE has more employees than the Fire Department 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
2024 4.3 2.8 60 3 0
2023 5.2 3.6 69 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · NC · Charlotte

793 Fire Department employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 16,981 rated employers in North Carolina with headcount on file · 2,058 employers in Charlotte, NC · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Fire Stations 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Milford Fire Department - Station 7 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 4.8 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Department 4.8 TCR
STATE-SIZE Davidson County Government 1,237 FTE
STATE-SIZE Caswell Developmental Center 1,256 FTE
STATE-SIZE Honda Aircraft Company, LLC 1,259 FTE
STATE-SIZE 6458-CHAR 1,230 FTE
CITY-NEAR 1101-Carolinas Medical Center (1101) 8,444 FTE
CITY-NEAR 0001-Carolinas Medical Center 8,032 FTE
CITY-NEAR 4795-AA-CLT-CHARLOTTE-CLT-TRML 7,295 FTE
CITY-NEAR Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center 4,973 FTE
NAT-TCR Sweet Candy Company 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Nuvar West 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR Kyodo Yushi Manufacturing Americas LLC 4.8 TCR
NAT-TCR 300000170856827 - IN-Gary-Operating Center 4.8 TCR
NAT-SIZE Nysyr - Syracuse 1,246 FTE
NAT-SIZE Corporate Office - Lendlease Americas Inc. 1,246 FTE
NAT-SIZE ASPC Tucson 1,246 FTE
NAT-SIZE Presbyterian Rust Medical Center 1,246 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: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

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