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Cobb County fire chief: data, EMS and new Station 29 to meet growth
Summary
Fire Chief Michael Cunningham says 60–65% of calls are EMS-related and that the department is using data, heat maps and community risk response (smoke-alarm blitzes, Safety Village) to place stations and apparatus, including a new Station 29 in a growth area.
Fire Chief Michael Cunningham told Commissioner Eric Allen that the Cobb County Fire Department is using data-driven tools to locate stations, place apparatus and address shifting call types as the county grows.
Cunningham said the department sees "about 60 to 65%" of its work as EMS calls and that those trends — combined with high-density residential growth — are changing the "geometry" of fire response. "We have advanced life support all over the entire county,"…
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