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

Stratford Fire Department

Stratford, CT · ~102 workers · 5 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

F
Failing Safety Record
12.1
Avg TCR
3.2
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Stratford Fire Department runs at 379% 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.

Stratford Fire Department: 12.1 TCR = 379% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 5y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Stratford Fire Department safety composite

Stratford Fire Department scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 29%), 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).

D

38/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
D 12.13 per 100 workers

Safer than 37% of industry peers

DART rate
F 7.6 per 100 workers

Safer than 29% 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

−10.9

2017→2021

Stratford Fire Department injury rate improved

Stratford Fire Department's TCR fell 10.9 from 18.5 in 2017 to 7.6 in 2021. Peak filing year was 2017 at 18.5 TCR. In 2021, DART was 0.63× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2017=18.5 · 2018=15.6 · 2019=15.1 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=7.6

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 922160 · Stratford, CT ABOVE-IND · MID

Grade F · TCR 12.1 · 379% of ind

  • DART 7.6 DART
  • RANK #67/113
  • PHOTO Echo Hose Hook & Lad…
  • BOOK 5y book
  • INJ 58 inj
  • SIZE ~102 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Fire Company #1 (0.0 TCR gap)

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Stratford Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood

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

TCR

What this shows Stratford Fire Department averages 12.1 TCR (379% 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

Stratford Fire Department TCR series: 2017=18.5 · 2018=15.6 · 2019=15.1 · 2020=3.8 · 2021=7.6 · BLS 3.2

Where Stratford Fire Department falls in its industry

793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishments

Safer than 37% 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 #67 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.

Stratford Fire Department (102 employees, TCR 12.1) 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 Stratford Fire Department
Stratford Fire Department (102 employees, TCR 12.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 54 employees and a TCR of 9.8

Stratford Fire Department has more employees than the Fire departments (e.g., government, volu 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
2021 7.6 7.6 8 0 0
2020 3.8 3.8 4 0 0
2019 15.1 15.1 16 0 0
2018 15.6 14.7 16 1 0
2017 18.5 16.2 14 2 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

922160 · CT · Stratford

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 · 119 employers in Stratford, 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 Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Fire Company #1 12.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR Ridgefield Fire Department 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Station 209 12.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR Fire Dept 12.2 TCR
STATE-SIZE main enterprises 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Richards Corporation 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation 102 FTE
STATE-SIZE Marmon Utility LLC Seymour 102 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford Main St (5225) 6,906 FTE
CITY-NEAR Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford 6900 Main St (5225) 6,665 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Medical Group, Inc. 2,333 FTE
CITY-NEAR Northeast Medical Group - New Haven 1,612 FTE
NAT-TCR SJF 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Envoy of Staunton 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Eloy Plant 12.1 TCR
NAT-TCR 168340-Western Springs Po 12.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE Thermcor Inc 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Ring Container Technologies: Oakland/HQ 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE Iowa 102 FTE
NAT-SIZE George Regional Hospital 102 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: 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.