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Fire chief presents 2025 report: increased call volumes, no fire fatalities

Burlington City Council · February 17, 2026
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Summary

The Fire Department reported about 10,462 responses in 2025 (≈28.5 calls per day), with 68% EMS-related, 98 structure fires and no fire fatalities. Staff recommended adopting strategic priorities and a station-location plan to restore response-time targets.

The Fire Chief presented the department's 2025 annual report and a 2025 fire-station location analysis on Feb. 16.

Key figures: the department recorded roughly 10,462 total responses in 2025 (an average of about 28.5 calls per day), with approximately 68% of calls classified as emergency medical service (EMS) incidents and about 3,323 fire-related…

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