Another year is in the books, and it was a very busy 2018 for Beacon Hose in a number of ways. Of course, we enjoyed unbelievable support at our fundraisers and community events, but our emergency responders were also busier than ever.
Beacon Hose responded to 363 fire/rescue calls in 2018, a dramatic increase from the usual average of 250-300 calls. Many of those calls — more than 110 of them, in fact — came in the immediate aftermath of the tornado that struck Beacon Falls on May 15.
Here are some statistics about Beacon Hose’s fire/rescue call volume in 2018. We also responded to 665 EMS calls last year.
FIRE/RESCUE CALL VOLUME
- Total calls: 363
- Monthly average: 30.25 calls
- Monthly high: 131 (May)
- Monthly low: 14 (November)
FIRE/RESCUE CALL TYPES
- MVAs: 50 (17 on Route 8 South, 16 on Route 8 North, 3 extrications)
- Working fires: 3
- Mutual-aid fires: 7 (4 in Naugatuck, 1 in Seymour, 1 in Oxford, 1 in Bethany)
- Mutual-aid station coverages: 12 (4 to Naugatuck, 4 to Seymour, 3 to Bethany, 1 to Oxford)
- Active car fires: 6
- Automatic fire alarms: 48
FIRE/RESCUE CALLS BY APPARATUS
- Rescue 4: 194
- Engine 3: 192
- Engine 2: 21
- Truck 6: 19
- Engine 5: 5
- Engine 1: 2
- Brush 1: 1
Note: Not all calls from the May 15 tornado were tracked by apparatus.