April 6, 2017 Community

2016 Annual Report Now Available

West Pierce Fire & Rescue’s 2016 Annual Report is now available online.

Some highlights of 2016 include:

• West Pierce Fire & Rescue responded to 15,904 total 9-1-1 calls, which is more than a 20 percent increase since 2011.
• More than 70 percent of WPFR’s call volume is for EMS/Rescue.
• Four West Pierce firefighters started attending Paramedic School at Tacoma Community College through grant funding.
• 246 elementary school classrooms in the University Place and Clover Park School Districts were visited by West Pierce personnel to teach safety lessons.
• 550 students were taught CPR at Curtis and Lakes High Schools.
• Approximately 800 smoke alarms were installed in homes within Lakewood and University Place through a grant-funded program at no cost to the resident.
• 1,321 fire inspections were conducted by the Fire Prevention Division throughout the City of Lakewood.
• 29 fires occurred that required an investigation by a West Pierce Fire Investigator.
• Four Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) training classes were conducted throughout the year.
• Fire Comm dispatchers answered 161,314 9-1-1 calls for the 18 fire agencies it dispatches for.  This is more than a 10,000 calls increase from 2015.