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Salisbury Fire Department publishes community risk assessment dashboard; council approves small vehicle-repair budget amendment
Summary
The fire department unveiled an interactive community risk assessment dashboard and said first-quarter EMS calls are up; council approved a $1,863.05 budget amendment to reimburse insurance proceeds for a damaged assistant chief vehicle.
Salisbury Fire Department leaders on April 28 presented a newly published, interactive community risk assessment (CRA) dashboard intended to guide response planning, prevention work and capital decisions.
Fire Chief Rob Frampton said first-quarter 2025 calls were up 5.9% year-over-year, with EMS calls up 6.28%, and that Salisbury averages one fire/EMS service call roughly every 29.5 minutes. Frampton and Information Services analyst Kyla Cupp described the CRA as a forward-facing tool that breaks down top EMS and fire risks, response-time maps and targeted prevention metrics such as smoke-alarm installations.
Cupp showed an interactive map and dashboards that allow residents and staff to click an address to see approximate response times, view installation records for home smoke alarms and identify clusters of frequent calls by type. The tool includes a "safe-fall initiative" referral pathway for nontransport falls and an electronic workflow for the fire marshal's pre-incident plans.
"This is available to the public," Cupp said; the department encouraged residents to use the CRA to learn about local risk and prevention programs. Frampton said the CRA will inform community risk reduction planning and help target interventions such as smoke-alarm distribution and inspections.
Separately, the council approved a budget amendment for FY2025 general fund to appropriate $1,863.05 to the fire department operating budget after the city was reimbursed that amount in insurance proceeds for repairs to an assistant chief's vehicle involved in an accident. Deputy Chief Chris Zobarski and Assistant Chief Chris Twirley presented the item; council voted by consensus to move the item forward.
Ending: The council and fire officials said the CRA will be updated routinely and used to guide prevention programs; officials also emphasized that increased EMS demand, hospital turnaround times and frequent users at certain facilities continue to strain resources.
