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Decatur Fire Department reports Q1 activity, announces ALS capability and Fire Station 2 progress

Decatur City Council · April 13, 2026
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Summary

Fire department reported 816 calls in the first quarter, progress on Fire Station 2 construction, and said April 1 marked the department going full-time as an Advanced Life Support (ALS) first-responder organization.

City staff delivered the fire department’s first-quarter report, noting total calls for the first three months stood at 816 and describing prevention and inspection activity. The department highlighted that Fire Recovery submissions totaled $11,695 with $6,600 received to date.

Fire representatives discussed training hours logged for the quarter and said the department officially went live as an Advanced Life Support (ALS) first-responder organization on April 1. "As of April 1, we did go full time as an advanced life support organization," said Chief Smith (introduced by staff). Staff also updated the council on Fire Station 2: underground retention is complete, structural steel was scheduled to begin around April 20, and the station is reported to be on schedule and under budget.

Council members thanked the department for community outreach and safety programming; no budget amendment was presented at the meeting.

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