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Fire chief reports busiest year on record; city weighs station and staffing upgrades
Summary
Fire Chief Corey Matheny presented the Bloomington Fire Department's 2024 annual report showing record call volumes (14,165 incidents), a 76% share of EMS calls, hiring of 19 new staff, and identified gaps in coverage that staff propose addressing with station needs assessment, traffic signal preemption upgrades and adding a fifth ambulance.
Fire Chief Corey Matheny told the City Council on Monday that Bloomington’s Fire Department recorded its busiest year on record in 2024 and outlined operational trends, equipment upgrades and planned capital investments to improve response times and capacity.
“2024 marked the busiest year ever with 14,165 incidents,” Matheny said, noting the department hired 19 new personnel last year and that emergency medical services continued to account for roughly 76% of responses. He said the department’s average response time was about 4 minutes, 50 seconds and its 90th‑percentile response time was 7 minutes, 9 seconds; National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) guidance sets a benchmark of 5…
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