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Brentwood Fire Department reports busiest year in data-driven presentation, highlights training and special assets
Summary
Assistant Chief Berney told the Board that 2024 was the busiest year on record for the department’s tracked calls, cited increases in EMS transports and training hours, and described use of a drone, inflatable boat and Polaris UTV for operations and community support.
Assistant Chief Berney presented the Brentwood Fire Department’s 2024 performance review to the Board, saying 2024 was “our busiest year, since we started collecting this type of data,” and outlining increases in fire and ambulance calls, EMS transports, training hours and use of specialty equipment.
Berney said the department recorded “2,300 plus fire calls and just a little shy of 1,500 ambulance calls.” He told the Board that, when counted together, the combined responses would be higher and that EMS transports have increased by about 200 — “literally 33% increase over these 4 years” since February 2021. Berney attributed higher transports both to revenue capture through third‑party billing and to…
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