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

Preston Fire Department

Preston, CT · ~18 workers · 4 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
8.4
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Preston Fire Department runs at 263% 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.

Preston Fire Department: 8.4 TCR = 263% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 4y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Preston Fire Department safety composite

Preston Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% 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

66/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 8.43 per 100 workers

Safer than 58% 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%).

TCR Δ

−18.3

2018→2021

Preston Fire Department injury rate improved

Preston Fire Department's TCR fell 18.3 from 18.3 in 2018 to 0.0 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2018 at 18.3 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=18.3 · 2019=15.4 · 2020=0.0 · 2021=0.0

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Preston, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 8.4 · 263% of ind

  • DART 0.0 DART
  • RANK #35/113
  • PHOTO City of Portage - De…
  • BOOK 4y book
  • INJ 2 inj
  • SIZE ~18 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: City of Portage - Department of Public Safety - Fire Division (0.0 TCR gap)

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Preston Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Preston Fire Department averages 8.4 TCR (263% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).

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

Preston Fire Department TCR series: 2018=18.3 · 2019=15.4 · 2020=0 · 2021=0 · BLS 3.2

Where Preston Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 58% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 9.8.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Connecticut alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #35 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Preston Fire Department (18 employees, TCR 8.4) 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 0200400600800 0102030 Average employees Total Case Rate Preston Fire Department
Preston Fire Department (18 employees, TCR 8.4) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Preston Fire Department has fewer 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
2021 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2020 0.0 0.0 0 0 0
2019 15.4 15.4 1 0 0
2018 18.3 0.0 1 0 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Preston

793 Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 7,008 rated employers in Connecticut with headcount on file · 5 employers in Preston, CT · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR City of Portage - Department of Public Safety - Fire Division 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR Winfield Fire Protection Dist 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR City Fire Protection Services 8.4 TCR
NAICS-TCR FIRE DEPARTMENT 8.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE city of Middletown - Sewer Department 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Town of Ridgefield 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE Half Full Brewery, Inc. 18 FTE
STATE-SIZE JSL Asphalt, Inc Windsor Locks 18 FTE
CITY-NEAR Southeast Area Transit District 62 FTE
CITY-NEAR Covanta Southeastern Connecticut Company 44 FTE
CITY-NEAR Overhead Door Co of Norwich, Incorporated 38 FTE
CITY-NEAR Preston General Government 38 FTE
NAT-TCR Wenner Bakery-New Jersey Facility 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Drury Inn & Suites - Amarillo 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR Clark Pavement Marking, Inc. 8.4 TCR
NAT-TCR 1319 - Mount Pleasant Sc Whse 8.4 TCR

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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.