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Dickinson Fire Department reports 13% increase in calls, EMS dominates workload
Summary
Deputy Fire Chief Mark Sully told commissioners the department logged 675 calls in Q1 — a 13% increase from 2024 — with EMS accounting for 72% of responses and response times slightly above the department goal.
Deputy Fire Chief Mark Sully reported to the Dickinson City Commission Tuesday that the Fire Department handled 675 calls for service in the first quarter of 2025, a roughly 13% increase compared with the same period in 2024.
Sully told commissioners that 72% of calls were emergency medical service responses, 20% were false alarms or good-intent calls, 4% were fires and 4% hazardous-materials incidents. He said calls were split almost evenly between Station 1 and Station 2 and displayed on the department’s heat map.
Sully said average response times were “a little bit above” the department goal of 5 minutes and 20 seconds, with Station 1 averaging about 5 minutes, 45 seconds and Station 2 about 5 minutes, 31 seconds. Training hours were on target, he said, with officer, hazmat and EMS training notably above planned levels. Fire prevention staff completed 191 routine inspections, 86 prevention activities and eight certificate-of-occupancy inspections in the quarter.
Why it matters: EMS continues to be the primary workload for the department; incremental increases in call volume and response-time performance have implications for staffing, apparatus deployment and training priorities.
Next steps: Sully invited questions; none were raised on the record. The department will continue monitoring response times and training completion as it prepares for upcoming operational needs.
