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Bozeman Fire Chief presents 2024 annual report; department cites rising overlapping calls and response-time challenges
Summary
Fire Chief Josh Waldo presented the Bozeman Fire Department's 2024 annual report, reporting 1,731 overlapping incidents, expansion via a SAFER grant for 12 firefighters and a new university-campus station in operation. Chief Waldo warned of worsening EMS system strain and ongoing supply-chain delays for apparatus.
Bozeman Fire Chief Josh Waldo presented the department’s 2024 annual report to the Bozeman City Commission, highlighting staffing, call trends, training and capital needs.
Waldo said the department has 67 sworn personnel and support staff and cited training and prevention work as strengths. In 2024 the department recorded 1,731 overlapping incidents — times when two or more emergency responses were running concurrently — and an increase in overall call volume after prior years’ declines tied to refined emergency medical dispatch protocols.
The department’s call mix remains weighted toward emergency medical services (EMS), which comprised about 47% of responses in 2024. Waldo noted that, compared with many U.S. departments that are 85%–90% EMS calls, Bozeman’s EMS share remains lower due to prior dispatch-priority changes but said he expects EMS demand to…
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