
October 2024 Incident Response Summary
During October, 2024, the Osage Beach Fire Protection District/OBFPD responded to 196 incidents. The breakdown for the 196 incidents is as follows:
Structure Fire 5
Vehicle Fire 3
Natural Vegetation/Outside Fire 5
Outside Rubbish Fire 4
Motor Vehicle Accidents 15
Medical Emergencies 119
Combustible/Flammable spill & leak, HAZMAT RELATED 3
Electrical/ Equipment Problem 2
Person in Distress 1
Public Service Assistance 11
Cover Assignment, Standby, Move-Up 2
Good Intent 3
Cancelled En Route 11
False Alarm 12
For the incidents of October, 2024 this averages 6 calls per day. OBFPD covers 105 square miles out of 2 manned fire station 24 hours a day 365 days a year. The average response time in October was 6 minutes 8 seconds. There were a total of 18 overlapping incidents meaning more than one incident was happening at the same time period.
During this same time period in 2023, OBFPD responded to 168 incidents for the month of September and 1,655 incidents for the year of 2023.
Currently, in 2024 OBFPD has responded to 2,112 incidents. Compared to 2023 from January, 1 – October 31; we are 457 calls for service HIGHER than the previous year.
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