The Dauphin Fire Department responded to 229 incidents in 2018, which is two fewer responses from 2017’s 231.
Fire Chief Cam Abrey presented his first report of the year at last night’s City Council meeting.
He shared that last year there were 187 responses in the City and 38 incidents in rural areas, with the remaining being for mutual aid.
Rural calls accounted for 17 percent of the incidents but 31 percent of total hours.
5,450 hours were spent responding to city incidents, 2,387.5 hours were spent during rural responses, and 90.5 hours were spent on mutual aid responses.
There were 65 false alarms, 29 kitchen fires, 50 motor vehicle collisions, 32 outdoor fires (that included grass, brush or dumpsters), 20 structure fires, and seven carbon monoxide alarms, seven vehicle fires, and 14 other (EMS Assist, Hazardous Materials, Rescue, etc.).
They also had 3,282 hours of training on Wednesday evenings.
