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Harrisburg fire chief details 2024 workload, staffing changes and federal reimbursements
Summary
Chief Enerlein presented the Bureau of Fire's 2024 year-end report, citing 3,516 calls, 281 fire incidents, an average response time of 4:56, recruitment to fill vacancies, multiple retirements and federal reimbursements for Task Force deployments.
Harrisburg Fire Bureau Chief Enerlein presented the bureau's 2024 annual report at the March 24 legislative session, summarizing staffing, call volume, grants, mutual-aid activity and reimbursements for interstate deployments. The chief outlined recruitment to fill vacancies, recent retirements, equipment purchases and a significant number of mutual-aid responses to neighboring jurisdictions.
Chief Enerlein reported that the bureau's complement as of Dec. 31, 2024 was 93 firefighters with seven vacancies at year end; seven recruits had entered the academy two weeks before the meeting and were expected to be on the street by mid-June 2025. The bureau recorded six retirements in 2024; three resignations also occurred. On call volume, the bureau responded to 3,516 incidents in 2024, of which 281 were fire-related incidents.…
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