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Unified Fire Authority reports summer call increase, warns on lithium-battery fires and describes wildland capabilities
Summary
Riley Pilgrim, chief of the Unified Fire Authority, briefed the Cottonwood Heights City Council on second-quarter activity, noting a seasonal rise in calls, growing concerns about fires from lithium batteries and the authority's wildland response capacity.
Riley Pilgrim, chief of the Unified Fire Authority, told the Cottonwood Heights City Council on Oct. 7 that UFA handled 570 total calls in the second quarter (April–June), including 204 emergent calls, and that call volume rose with the start of summer.
Pilgrim said the 570 calls represented roughly a 65-call increase from the previous quarter and that emergent calls made up about 36 percent of the total. “Our fiftieth percentile on emergent calls is just under five minutes, and our ninetieth percentile is just over seven and a half,” Pilgrim said.
Pilgrim highlighted operational details…
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