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Published April 17, 2024

204 calls for OBFPD in March

March 2024 Incident Response Summary

OSAGE BEACH - During March, 2024, the Osage Beach Fire Protection District (OBFPD) responded to 204 incidents. The breakdown for the 204 incidents is below:

• 135 EMS/Medical Assist
• 24 Cancelled En Route
• 13 False Alarms
• 10 Brush Fires
• 9 Cover Assignment/Standby/Move-Up
• 3 Electrical/Wiring Problem
• 3 Public Service
• 3 Structure Fires
• 1 Extrication, Rescue
• 1 Fire in Mobile Property used as Fixed Structure
• 1 Good Intent Call
• 1 Smoke/Odor Problem

For the incidents in March, 2024, this averages to nearly seven calls per day.

OBFPD covers 105 square miles out of two manned fire station 24 hours a day 365 days a year. The average response time in March, 2024 was six minutes 19 seconds.

During this same time period in 2023, OBFPD responded to 164 incidents for the month of March and 478 incidents for the year of 2023.

Currently, in 2024 OBFPD has responded to 577 incidents. Compared to 2023 from March, 1 – March, 31, they are 99 calls for service higher than the previous year.

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