Crime & Safety

Five Things: Farmington Hills Fire Department Annual Report

FHFD responds to a record number of calls for service.

Farmington Hills firefighters responded to more service calls last year than at any other time in the department's history, Fire Chief Corey Bartsch noted in a report delivered Monday to city officials. But while the department hasn't lost a step in fighting fires, budget cuts have impacted community outreach programs, like the annual open house and fire safety school assembly programs.

"We continue to look for innovative ways to reach out to the public," Bartsch said.

Here are five more things you should know about the 2010 annual report:

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1. Nearly two-thirds of patients treated by FHFD paramedics require an IV line, advanced airway, medication or receive other Advanced Life Support treatment. Trauma accounted for 19 percent of EMS calls; cardiac, 11 percent.

2. Last year, fires in Farmington Hills resulted in $4,837,303 in losses, about $42,000 less than the 10-year average. Six civilians suffered fire-related injuries, as did three firefighters. There was one fire-related death, that of 92-year-old Walter Gajewski, Sr., who died at in a January incident that was later ruled a homicide. 

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3. The vast majority of patients transported by EMS went to either Botsford Hospital or Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield. Eight area hospitals received 99 percent of all EMS transports.

4. FHFD responded to about 1,000 calls for each day of the week, ranging from a low of 877 on Mondays to 1,134 on Thursdays. Mid-day is by far their busiest time, and early morning hours, around 4 a.m.-5 a.m., are the slowest.

5. The department responded to almost 20 percent fewer fire calls in 2010 than the previous year. Of 81 investigated fires, 20 were determined to be intentionally set.


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