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Boulder City fire chief urges hiring and new station after risk assessment shows staffing gaps and rising EMS calls
Summary
Fire Chief Ken Morgan presented a 2025 community risk assessment highlighting rising EMS calls (70–77% of responses), staffing shortfalls, and geographic response-time gaps; he proposed a stepped plan including a $2.7M admin/training building, hiring three firefighters (~$684K/yr), and planning a new station.
The Boulder City Fire Department warned the City Council Tuesday that rising call volumes and understaffing are widening service gaps and increasing response‑time risk across the city.
Chief Ken Morgan presented the department’s updated community risk assessment, noting Boulder City serves roughly 15,000 residents — a population with a higher‑than‑average share of seniors — across a 212‑square‑mile response area that includes the municipal airport, major roadways and recreational areas. Morgan said emergency medical services account for roughly 70–77% of all calls and that the department handled about 6,000 EMS calls during the 2023–2025 period.
Morgan said the department currently staffs eight people per shift with a…
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