Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) · Connecticut
Noroton Fire Department
Darien, CT · ~108 workers · 8 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 12.0
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Noroton Fire Department runs at 376% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) workplace, earning a grade F.
Noroton Fire Department: 12.0 TCR = 376% of Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS 3.2 · 8y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Noroton Fire Department safety composite
Noroton Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 37%), 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).
58/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- D 12.04 per 100 workers
Safer than 37% of industry peers
- DART rate
- B 0 per 100 workers
Safer than 85% 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
Noroton Fire Department: 0.0 → 20.0 TCR
Peak year 2023 @ 60.2 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Noroton Fire Department's TCR rose 20.0 from 0.0 in 2017 to 20.0 in 2024. Peak filing year was 2023 at 60.2 TCR. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Darien, CT ABOVE-IND · MID
Grade F · TCR 12.0 · 376% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #65/113
- PHOTO Station 6: Edwards
- BOOK 8y book
- INJ 9 inj
- SIZE ~108 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: Station 6: Edwards (0.0 TCR gap)
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Noroton Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- Station 6: Edw
Station 6: Edwards
12.1 TCR
- Echo Hose Hook
Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Fire Company #1
12.1 TCR
- This site
Noroton Fire Department
12 TCR
- Fire and Rescu
Fire and Rescue Services
12 TCR
- Fire Departmen
Fire Department
12 TCR
What this shows Noroton Fire Department averages 12.0 TCR (376% of the Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) BLS benchmark).
Noroton Fire Department TCR series: 2017=0 · 2018=8.1 · 2019=7.3 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · 2022=48.8 · 2023=60.2 · 2024=20 · BLS 3.2
Where Noroton Fire Department falls in its industry
793 Firefighting (except forest), establishmentsSafer than 37% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.
Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #65 safest of 113 Firefighting (except forest), employers in Connecticut.
Noroton Fire Department has more employees than the Firefighting (except forest), government median and a higher 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 | 20.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 60.2 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2022 | 48.8 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 7.3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 8.1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · CT · Darien
793 Firefighting (except forest), government and volunteer (except private) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 21 employers in Darien, CT · 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 | Station 6: Edwards | 12.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire and Rescue Services | 12.0 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Fire Company #1 | 12.1 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire Department | 12.0 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | Niagara Bottling, LLC - Bloomfield | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Twin MRO | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Medtronic Mystic, CT | 108 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Torrco Waterbury | 108 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 10300 Darien | 239 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Post 53 - Emergency Medical Services | 169 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Ring's End Darien | 110 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | 102610 | 106 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | HL-O Elementary | 12.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | DFF | 12.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Maumelle Ar | 12.0 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Store 8009 | 12.0 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Division of Fiscal Services | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Stein Distributing Company Inc. | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Hilton Woodland Hills & Towers | 108 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Pyrotechnique By Grucci, Inc | 108 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.