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Richmond Fire Department reports 2025 totals, describes 3-alarm Public Storage fire and demolition plan
Summary
Fire Chief reported 14,284 incident responses in 2025 (about a 5.5% drop from 2024) and detailed a three-alarm fire at a Public Storage facility on Carlson Boulevard; the city is reviewing a demolition permit filed Jan. 7 and investigations remain ongoing.
Richmond Fire Chief (transcript identifies him as Chief Rosario) briefed neighborhood leaders on Jan. 12 about the departments 2025 totals and several high-profile incidents over the winter holiday period, including a three-alarm fire at a Public Storage facility on Carlson Boulevard that remains under investigation.
"The 2025 year end totals, we responded to 14,284 incidents in 2025," Chief Rosario said, noting the total represented "about a 5 and a half percent reduction from 2024 numbers." He highlighted 79 working structure fires, 39 vegetation fires and 736 encampment fires for the year and said vegetation…
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