UMFC operates in a mutual aid network with Pennsylvania and New Jersey-based fire companies in surrounding communities. Mutual aid is a reciprocity framework intended to provide leverage by combining the resources of many fire companies to fight structural (home/building) fires.
In a nutshell, UMFC gets assistance from other fire companies when we receive structural fire calls in Upper Makefield Township—and we will send apparatus and firefighters when summoned to neighboring communities.
UMFC Mutual Aid Protocol
When UMFC receives a report of a structural fire, we deploy a minimum of 2 engines and 1 tanker with a total of 4,750 gallons, up to a maximum of an additional engine and tanker carrying another 4,750 gallons. Concurrently, our mutual aid network is dispatched, and will travel to the call location unless recalled by an UMFC officer who’s on the scene.
UMFC’s average response time from dispatch to arrival is 9-14 minutes, and that of our mutual aid network ranges from 15-20 minutes or more.
The 7 fire companies listed in the table below are closest and therefore the ones we provide mutual aid to (and receive mutual aid from) most frequently.
|
Fire Company |
Town, State |
Apparatus |
Total Water (Gallons) |
|
Newtown Fire Association |
Newtown, PA |
2 Engines & 1 Ladder |
1,750 |
|
Lingohocken Fire Company |
Wycombe, PA |
1 Engine & 1 Tanker |
4,000 |
|
New Hope Fire Company |
New Hope, PA |
1 Engine & 1 Tanker |
5,000 |
|
Midway Fire Company |
Lahaska, PA |
1 Tanker |
4,000 |
|
Union Fire Company |
Titusville, NJ |
1 Tanker & 1 Utility vehicle |
3,500 |
|
Yardley Makefield Fire Company |
Yardley, PA |
1 Engine & 1 Ladder |
1,000 |
|
Northampton Township Fire Company |
Richboro, PA |
1 Engine & 1 Tanker |
2,800 |