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Madison City fire chief reports 2024 uptick in calls, new hires and launch of community risk-reduction roles
Summary
Fire Chief DeVries told the Madison City Council the department logged its largest cumulative training year in 2024, hired new staff, and will deploy two part‑time community risk reduction specialists May 1 to focus on smoke detectors, business inspections and reducing the city's ISO insurance rating.
Mayor and the Madison City Council heard a year‑end and early‑2025 update from Fire Chief DeVries, who reported a rise in overall incident responses, expanded training and new positions intended to reduce community risk.
DeVries said the department responded to roughly 310 incidents in 2024, including about 32 fire‑related calls and more than 70 medical calls. He told council that 2024 produced the largest cumulative training total in recent history for the department and that the city now has six new firefighter‑I certified personnel and several officers who completed a…
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