Fire Chief Erskic and Police Chief Pruitt presented the 2025 fireworks report to the Garden City Commission on July 15, describing enforcement, outreach and incident totals related to the Independence Day period.

Chiefs said patrols covered the period around the holiday and that officials made approximately 1,000 community contacts through patrols, visits to the fire stand and other on-site contacts. The chiefs credited coordinated social-media messaging and public information work for increased public visibility; one slide referenced “a good spike of 340,000 people that meet our post and share our problems,” according to the presentation.

Chiefs reported several enforcement and safety figures during their presentation: three self-reported injuries that required hospital visits as walk-ins, 14 warnings issued, and 36 incident reports described in the slides as related to "fire retardation" with the police department. The presentation also said the number of an unspecified category decreased from 16 last year to five this year; the presenter attributed some reductions to rain during the holiday period. Officials reported a small increase in damage claims involving city dumpster lids.

Police and fire staff described operational lessons and next-step ideas: continuing social-media education in multiple languages, posting maps and signage for exhibition parking and entry points, refining traffic-control plans for the parade and fireworks events, and maintaining a combined staffing approach for fire and police units on the holiday. The chiefs also said they plan to staff larger engines and increase firefighter staffing during peak hours.

A resident asked when residents should voice concerns to the city and county about fireworks dates and sale/discharge rules; staff said those decisions are coordinated in April–May and recommended residents make comments to both city and county during that period.

No ordinance or change to discharge dates was proposed at the meeting; the chiefs said they can support whatever dates are decided and that the department will adapt enforcement and staffing accordingly.