Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) · Connecticut
Town of Portland - Fire Department
Portland, CT · ~56 workers · 7 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.
- F
- Failing Safety Record
- 15.3
- Avg TCR
- 3.2
- Industry avg
- 0
- Fatalities
The verdict
Town of Portland - Fire Department runs at 477% 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.
Town of Portland - Fire Department: 15.3 TCR = 477% of Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS 3.2 · 7y Form 300A (see methodology below)
Town of Portland - Fire Department safety composite
Town of Portland - Fire Department scores strongest on dart rate (safer than 85% of same-industry peers) and weakest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 25%), 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).
53/100
Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures
- Total Case Rate (TCR)
- F 15.27 per 100 workers
Safer than 25% 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
Town of Portland - Fire Department: 0.0 → 89.0 TCR
Peak year 2024 @ 89.0 TCR · DART/TCR 0× in 2024
Town of Portland - Fire Department's TCR rose 89.0 from 0.0 in 2018 to 89.0 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).
OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard
Establishment book 922160 · Portland, CT ABOVE-IND · SMALL
Grade F · TCR 15.3 · 477% of ind
- DART 0.0 DART
- RANK #83/113
- PHOTO City of Fairfield-Fire
- BOOK 7y book
- INJ 8 inj
- SIZE ~56 FTE
Nearest TCR peer: City of Fairfield-Fire (0.0 TCR gap)
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Town of Portland - Fire Department in the TCR neighbourhood
Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers
- This site
Town of Portland - Fire Department
15.3 TCR
- City of Fairfi
City of Fairfield-Fire
15.3 TCR
- Lockport Towns
Lockport Township Fire Protection District
15.3 TCR
- Fire Departmen
Fire Department
15.2 TCR
- Fire Station #
Fire Station #3
15.2 TCR
What this shows Town of Portland - Fire Department averages 15.3 TCR (477% of the Fire departments (e.g., government, volunteer (except private)) BLS benchmark).
Town of Portland - Fire Department TCR series: 2018=0 · 2019=0 · 2020=52.5 · 2021=31.6 · 2022=58.9 · 2023=29.5 · 2024=89 · BLS 3.2
Where Town of Portland - Fire Department falls in its industry
793 Fire departments (e.g., govern establishmentsSafer than 25% 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 #83 safest of 113 Fire departments (e.g., govern employers in Connecticut.
Town of Portland - 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 89.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 29.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 58.9 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 31.6 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 52.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
OSHA ITA peer cross-reference
Establishment peer ledger
922160 · CT · Portland
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 · 15 employers in Portland, 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 | City of Fairfield-Fire | 15.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Lockport Township Fire Protection District | 15.3 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire Department | 15.2 TCR |
| NAICS-TCR | Fire Station #3 | 15.2 TCR |
| STATE-SIZE | The Morganti Group Inc CT | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Carlin Contracting Co., Inc. | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | New England Yankee Construction, LLC | 56 FTE |
| STATE-SIZE | Longhini Sausage | 56 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Portland Care and Rehabilitation Centre | 106 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Portland Care and Rehab Centre | 102 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | Town of Portland - All Others | 99 FTE |
| CITY-NEAR | JARVIS AIRFOIL INC | 84 FTE |
| NAT-TCR | Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Company, Inc. - Storage | 15.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Kearny Nj | 15.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | St Elizabeth Healthcare | 15.3 TCR |
| NAT-TCR | Commonwealth Senior Living at Williamsburg | 15.3 TCR |
| NAT-SIZE | Antioch Building Materials | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Wellesley | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | Sinclair Concrete | 56 FTE |
| NAT-SIZE | West Basin Municipal Water District | 56 FTE |
Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →
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