Estimated Operation Installation programme cost per smoke alarm installed
| Programme cost year | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost type | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Personnel | |||||||
| Firefighters | $12 095 | $15 538 | $22 470 | $15 296 | $14 493 | $11 797 | $91 689 |
| Fire prevention officers | $55 392 | $73 093 | $53 524 | $59 307 | $42 378 | $18 413 | $302 107 |
| Education programmes | $1879 | $6073 | $23 363 | $32 727 | $24 869 | $0 | $88 910 |
| Administrative | $13 708 | $37 633 | $34 753 | $33 805 | $25 959 | $13 648 | $159 505 |
| Volunteers* | $1894 | $18 311 | $19 754 | $19 122 | $16 281 | $5863 | $81 225 |
| Category total | $84 968 | $150 647 | $153 863 | $160 257 | $123 980 | $49 720 | $723 436 |
| Supplies | |||||||
| Installation† | $133 095 | $80 844 | $77 237 | $98 475 | $71 320 | $15 735 | $476 706 |
| Administrative | $48 617 | $7562 | $2529 | $5145 | $647 | $0 | $64 500 |
| Category total | $165 184 | $78 366 | $70 175 | $91 391 | $63 110 | $13 781 | $482 007 |
| Materials | |||||||
| Education | $9549 | $22 814 | $36 212 | $20 938 | $24 926 | $0 | $114 439 |
| Advertisement | $8758 | $37 427 | $18 766 | $8136 | $1541 | $0 | $74 629 |
| Category total | $18 307 | $60 241 | $54 979 | $29 074 | $26 467 | $0 | $189 068 |
| Transportation | |||||||
| Transportation | $2060 | $2500 | $3214 | $3247 | $2626 | $1188 | $14 834 |
| Travel | $0 | $3182 | $4334 | $6419 | $1140 | $0 | $15 074 |
| Category total | $2060 | $5681 | $7547 | $9665 | $3766 | $1188 | $29 908 |
| Total | $287 048 | $304 975 | $296 156 | $302 616 | $226 180 | $66 643 | $1 483 618 |
| Alarms installed (n) | 25 068 | ||||||
| Cost per alarm | $59.18 | ||||||
Costs presented as 2013 US$. Year refers to fiscal years, 1 October to 30 September. Numbers and rows may not sum properly due to rounding to the nearest dollar for presentation here.
*Based on 3602 hours of volunteer time for all cost years combined, valued at $22.55 per hour.19
†Includes purchase of smoke alarms, $11.23 (2007 US$) per alarm.