Call Records

The Operations Division responded to 6,026 calls in 2018, and saw this number increase to 6,192 in 2019. The different types of calls responded to include emergency medical calls, structure fires, rescues, wildland fires, automobile accidents, boating accidents, drowning, alarm activations, lockouts, and a variety of other incidents.

The statistics for Fire / Rescue and EMS calls for the last several years are as follows.

Year	Fire	EMS
2008	4,824	3,141
2009	4,600	3,028
2010	4,675	3,054
2011	5,190	3,217
2012	5,102	3,546
2013	5,097	3,498
2014	5,170	3,865
2015	5,752	4,014
2016	5,937	3,900
2017	6,185	4,432
2018	6,026	4,047
2019	6,192	4,291
2020	1,832	4,008
2021	2,435	4,266

These calls are covered by a staff of 96 certified personnel. Strategic placement of five fire stations throughout the city, allows us to respond to each call quickly; arriving on scene in an average of five minutes.