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Fairport Harbor cites heavy 2024 call volumes, awards for fire department as voters OK two levies
Summary
Mayor Tim Manross on Feb. 20 summarized 2024 public-safety activity in Fairport Harbor, highlighting roughly 7,000 police calls, 415 fire responses with no civilian injuries, an ISO Class 2 rating for the fire department and voters’ approval of two levies to support police and fire services.
Mayor Tim Manross said Fairport Harbor’s police and fire departments logged heavy demand in 2024 and that residents approved two levies to support those services.
The state of the village address, delivered Feb. 20, gave a department-by-department accounting: the police department recorded “just shy of 7,000 calls in 2024,” the fire department tallied 415 responses with no civilian or firefighter injuries, and EMS runs numbered 805 with 542 hospital transports. Manross credited both departments’ mix of full-time and part-time personnel for sustaining services the village could not otherwise afford.
Why it matters: public-safety workloads drive local budget choices and insurance costs. Manross highlighted the fire department’s Insurance Services Office (ISO) Class 2 rating — “out of over 2,000, Class 2 fire departments nationwide, Fairport Harbor stands as one of 118 in Ohio…
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