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Murrieta Fire & Rescue reports 13,815 calls in 2025, highlights 30% ROSC and $46.2M in property saved
Summary
Fire Chief Malloy told the City Council that Murrieta Fire & Rescue responded to 13,815 calls in 2025—a 12% year-over-year increase—with more than 10,000 EMS calls, a 30% return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC) rate in cardiac arrests and about $46.2 million in property saved; Council discussed rising call volume and coordination with hospitals.
Fire Chief Malloy presented Murrieta Fire & Rescue’s 2025 annual report to the City Council on June 16, saying the department answered 13,815 calls for service last year, an almost 12% increase over 2024. “That’s the number of calls we had for service at Murrieta Fire and Rescue this year,” he told the council, adding the department handled more than 10,000 EMS calls and 154 fires.
The chief highlighted clinical outcomes and department capacity: “Our ROSC number is 30 percent,” he said, meaning roughly 30% of cardiac-arrest patients had a return of spontaneous circulation after treatment; of 146 cardiac arrests, the department recorded 27 survivors who were transported to hospital with a pulse. Malloy also noted the department has 65 sworn personnel and 16 civilian staff, and plans to add a tractor-drawn aerial arriving in September and entering service in January.
Malloy described technology upgrades that changed operations this year: a shared radio system with police, TabletCommand incident software, field-mapping of defensible-space compliance in high-fire-severity zones, and CAD-to-CAD dispatch integration with Riverside County to move resources automatically across jurisdictions. He said the department’s unit-response metrics show Engine 1 and Fire Station 2 among the busiest units.
Council members pressed on causes of the rising call volume and whether it outpaces population growth. The chief said the city has not seen a comparable population increase and that a mix of factors—aging population, changes in access to health care, and broader utilization trends—likely drive the rise. He invited comparison with hospital admission trends and noted staff will monitor call-type changes to identify prevention measures.
The presentation also quantified property protections: Malloy said incident pre‑loss values exceeded $52 million last year and estimated that the department saved about $46.2 million in property value—more than the fire department’s annual budget. He framed those savings as a measurable community benefit from continued investment in emergency services.
