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Tumwater fire chief outlines staffing, FD CARES and new medic unit plans
Summary
Fire Chief Brian Hurley briefed the Tumwater City Council on 2024 response volumes, an improved insurance protection rating, plans to staff a new medic unit and the FD CARES and crisis-response initiatives as the department expands services and facilities.
Fire Chief Brian Hurley told the Tumwater City Council on April 8 that the fire department ran just under 6,000 calls for service in 2024 and is moving to expand medical response and community programs.
Hurley said emergency medical services accounted for about 75% of last year’s calls, and that station-level activity is concentrated around Prosper Road, where commercial and dense residential development and assisted-living facilities drive higher demand. “We ran, just under 6,000 calls for service,” Hurley said.
The department is authorized for 62 full-time positions and — with recent conditional hires — expects those allocated slots to be filled; Hurley said daily minimum staffing is 11 personnel now and will rise to a minimum of 13 in 2026 when the city staffs Medic 8 at Station T2. He said three-person engine staffing and two-person medic…
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