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Auburn Fire Chief reports 2,311 incidents in 2025; EMS calls rose to 64% of workload
Summary
Fire Chief John Rogers told the council the Auburn Fire Department responded to 2,311 incidents in 2025, including 1,487 EMS calls (64.3% of total), highlighted several major fires and described staffing, training and a new subjoint operations agreement with Placer Hills.
Chief John Rogers presented the Auburn Fire Department's 2025 year-end report to the City Council on March 23, detailing call volume, staffing and prevention work and highlighting several significant incidents.
Rogers said the department responded to 2,311 incidents in 2025, including 1,487 EMS-related calls, which represented 64.3% of total calls. "Our average code 3 travel time within the city limits is 3 minutes and 52 seconds," he said, and noted the department used joint-operational-agreement…
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