Fire response report

Total response to calls at the Colfax fire station for 2018 declined slightly from 2017, according to an annual report prepared by Randy Miller, volunteer fireman who serves as a part-timer with the city department.

The station logged 1,051 responses in 2018 compared to 1,078 the previous year. Miller said the counts could be off by a few, but are the best he could determine from the records.

Again, the largest block of calls, 491, was for ambulance responses outside the city limits. Those responses are handled by the members of the Volunteer Fire Department.

The second-largest group was 403 responses for medical calls inside the city. On-duty fire crews and volunteers respond to those calls.

Crews responded to 103 fire reports in the city and 39 in Fire District 11. They also responded to 15 mutual aid calls from other districts.

Miller’s report noted the busiest day of the week this year was Wednesdays, when the station logged 164 calls. Last year, Mondays turned out to be the busiest day with 174 responses.