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OCFA says county fire response grew in 2024; Westminster saw thousands of medical calls, new detection tech credited
Summary
Orange County Fire Authority Division 1 briefed the Westminster City Council on 2024 operations, wildfire mutual-aid to Los Angeles, local call volumes and new detection and modeling technologies; council received and filed the report unanimously.
Orange County Fire Authority Division 1 Chief Kovi told the Westminster City Council on Jan. 22 that OCFA’s workload rose in 2024 and that the department both aided large wildfires in Los Angeles and maintained local readiness.
Chief Kovi said OCFA ran about 185,000 calls countywide in 2024, up from roughly 175,000 the prior year. In Westminster specifically, OCFA responded to 9,369 calls, about 7,000 of them medical, including an estimated 3,000 critical medical emergencies (roughly eight per day) and 98 structure fires. The council voted 4-0 to receive and file the year‑end report.
Kovi said OCFA deployed 275 firefighters and multiple strike teams to support the LA fires and sent damage inspectors, arson investigators and a FEMA human remains…
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