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Woodland fire and police chiefs report improved containment and staffing challenges
Summary
Fire Chief Eric Zan reported a 95% structure-fire containment rate and about $46 million in property saved for July–Dec 2025; Police Chief Brian Canan described staffing shortages, 33,000 community calls last year and a drop in the unsheltered point-in-time count from 251 to 154.
The Woodland Fire and Police departments presented semiannual reports to the City Council on Feb. 17 detailing operational performance, staffing, and community outreach.
Fire Chief Eric Zan said the department responded to roughly 4,300 calls from July 1 to Dec. 31, 2025, highlighted an improvement in average response times (about 4 minutes 35–37 seconds) and reported that structure fires were contained to the room of origin 95% of the time — well above the department goal of 80%. Zan said the department estimated about $46 million in property value saved during the period…
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