Shakopee Fire Department 2024 Year in Review

EMERGENCY INCIDENTS

INCIDENT ANALYSIS The total number of incidents for 2024 was 1,938, an increase of 210 incidents from the prior year. The Fire Department responds to a variety of incidents, which the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) classifies into nine incident types.

2024 INCIDENT TYPE BREAKDOWN Incident Type Jan. Feb. Mar.

Apr.

May Jun.

Jul.

Aug. Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Total

106

Fire

2 11 10 4

5 14 7

5 12 17 10 9

30

Explosion/Overheat

5

1

2

3

4

2

5

1

1

3

1

2

857 122 253 250 318

Rescue/EMS

62 87 64 56 60 89 79 77 76 80 71 56

Hazardous Conditions 9 15 7

4

8

9

9 151314 8 11

Public Service

24 15 17 15 21 19 26 24 23 25 26 18 20 18 23 14 29 23 38 25 19 15 13 13 25 25 32 33 16 31 29 26 25 29 19 28

Good Intent

Alarm Activations

1 1

Weather/Disasters

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 1

0 0

0 0

0 0

1 0

0 0

0 0

Special Incident

Monthly Total

147 172 155 129 143 188 193 173 169 184 148 137 1,938

Change from 2023 +20 +59 +24 –11 +20 +17 +29 –7 +8 +32 +21 –2 210

FIRE

106 INCIDENTS (5%) Of the 1,938 emergency incidents in 2024, 106 (5%) of them were classified under the NFIRS as fires. This was an increase of 43 incidents from 2023. Of those 106 fires, 84 of them required fire suppression activities, and 33 resulted in a loss greater than $1,000.

Fires in Building

48 (47% of fires)

Grass or Natural Vegetation Fires 18 (16% of fires) Includes fires in grass areas, wildland areas, and farm crop fields. Trash, Rubbish, Dumpster, and Other Outside Fires 18 (16% of fires) Includes trash fires inside buildings that were confined to the container and trash and rubbish or dumpster fires outside.

Includes structure fires, contents or equipment fires, and cooking fires confined to container or that only produced smoke. Vehicle Fires 22 (21% of fires) Includes fires in any type of mobile property including cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles.

EXPLOSION/OVERHEATING 30 INCIDENTS (2%) Emergency incidents of explosion/overheating consist of mostly burnt food. Typically, these are received as fire alarms or someone calls 911 because they smell smoke. These types of incidents are considered emergencies because they can quickly escalate to fires.

Firefighters extinguish a vehicle fire.

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