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Auburn Fire Department reports 2,311 incidents in 2025; new agreement with Placer Hills takes effect
Summary
Fire Chief John Rogers presented the 2025 year-end report showing 2,311 incidents (1,487 EMS calls, 64.3% of total), 60 fire-related responses, average code-3 travel time of 3:52, and the execution of a subjoint operations agreement with Placer Hills; the council praised training and mitigation efforts.
Fire Chief John Rogers presented the Auburn Fire Department's 2025 year-end report to the council on March 23, outlining operational statistics, notable incidents, training and prevention accomplishments, and a new interagency agreement.
"In 2025, your firefighters responded to 2,311 incidents. 1,487 of those were EMS related calls," Rogers told the council, noting EMS accounted for 64.3% of calls. He reported 60 fire-related incidents (including 25 structure fires and 20 vegetation fires) and an average code-3 travel time within city limits of 3 minutes and 52 seconds.
Rogers highlighted mutual-aid figures: Auburn provided aid 258 times and received aid 282 times in 2025; he said this is the first year since 2020 that the city received aid more frequently than it provided it. He described several significant local incidents, including a May 29 multifamily structure fire and additional structure fires in August and October, which together produced minor injuries and limited displacements.
The chief also noted a regional deployment to the Palisades incident that generated approximately $79,000 in reimbursable revenue and valuable operational experience. Rogers described training totals (1,421 hours in 2025) and prevention work including hazardous-vegetation compliance and a 120-acre shaded-fuel-break project that finished under budget.
Rogers closed by describing the subjoint operations agreement with Placer Hills, which took effect in December and allows the two agencies to share administration, command-and-control, prevention and related services; staff said they will present performance data to council at a future date.
Council members thanked the department and commended training and mitigation work; they recognized new hires and volunteer contributions. The council did not take formal action on the report but requested follow-up information about the interagency agreement's performance.
