Monthly Statistics

Overview

The Fire Department responded to 1,661 calls for service in 2009, or an average of 4.55 calls per day. The "on duty shift" of two or three fulltime firefighters responded to 1,571 of those calls, or 94.6%, with no requests for additional assistance. The part-time firefighters and off duty fulltime personnel were paged 36 times, or 2.1% of the time for assistance in 2009, and off-duty personnel were called for "station staffing" 54 times, or 3.2% of the time because the on-duty shift was not available for other calls.

Type of Call No. of Calls % of Total
Fire Calls 271 16.32%
Rescue Calls 123 7.41%
Medical Calls 1158 69.72%
Hazmat Calls 2 0.12%
Public Assists 47 2.83%
Carbon Monoxide 22 1.32%
Gas Leaks 38 2.29%
2009 Total Calls 1661 100%

The 2008 Annual Report located at the bottom of this page provides complete information about the activities for the year.

Updates

Monthly Statistics — 2/16/2010
The monthly statistics show a breakdown of the types of incidents the Fire Department responded to.
The Totals spreadsheet provides statistics on all of the incidents combined.
The City-Rural spreadsheet provides statistics on incidents occurring in the city vs. rural areas.
The Med-Rescue spreadsheet provides statistics on the Medical, Rescue, and Public Assist incidents.
The Fire Inc spreadsheet provides statistics on fire, haz-mat, carbon monoxide, and gas leak incidents.

Annual Report

2008 Annual Report — 5/1/2009
2008 Annual Report for the Fire Department

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