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Unified Fire Authority: Riverton saw a 7.5% rise in incidents in 2024 to 2,168; city eyes community risk reduction
Summary
Chief Watkins reported to the Riverton City Council that the Unified Fire Authority responded to 2,168 incidents in Riverton in 2024 — a 7.49% increase — and urged development of community risk-reduction efforts to reduce repeated, preventable calls.
Chief Watkins of the Unified Fire Authority told the Riverton City Council that 2024 was the highest year on record for incidents in the city, with 2,168 incidents — a reported 7.49% increase from prior years — and emphasized the role of community risk reduction in lowering preventable calls.
“20 24 was the high watermark at 2,168 incidents within the city,” Chief Watkins said during his presentation, which covered fire and EMS responses, a monthly breakdown of calls, and a heat map showing call concentrations.
Chief Watkins reported that about half of the incident responses were Priority 1 (emergent) calls such as heart attacks and strokes that…
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