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Fire chief warns of battery-related structure fires as EMS demand rises; Station 8 planned for 2028
Summary
Fire Chief reported a rise in structure fires linked to lithium-ion batteries and increasing EMS calls; staff plans a pilot ambulance on US-29 and Station 8 (2028) to help response times. City maintains an ISO rating of 2 but warned response pressures could increase with growth.
The City of Georgetown's fire chief (speaker 2) told council the department is seeing a notable increase in structure fires and rising EMS demand, and outlined near-term steps to improve response times and safety.
"There's strong correlations to lithium ion batteries, chargers, things like this," the chief said, linking increases in structure-fire incidents to off-brand or damaged batteries used in lawn and garden equipment, power tools and other portable devices. He said these…
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