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2023 Year-End Report

The District ended Calendar Year 2023 with 3540 calls for service, of which *most* were EMS/Medical Aids. To see the rest of the annual stats for 2023, please check out the stat pages and the gallery of a few of our larger incidents below:

A bar chart showing monthly call volume for the Arcata Fire District in 2023, with totals for types of calls below.
A graphic with incident statistics: pie charts of incident percentages per zone and count by shift, and a heat map showing incident distribution by area.
May contain: electronics, mobile phone, and phone
Bar chart showing incidents by day of week; text about renumbering fire department apparatus and their station assignments.
A colorful area graph showing "Incident Count Per Hour" across different regions over a 24-hour period.
An infographic showing inspection data for different categories: Apartment, Hotel/Motel, School, and Sprinkler System, with total inspections and percentages.
A bar graph titled "Call Stacking / Overlapping Incidents" with monthly data and a key showing "Initial Call" and "Overlap" in different colors.
Bar chart titled "Fire Marshal Activity Count" with categories for building projects, inspections, enforcement, meetings, and other, indicating activity frequencies.
A graphical summary of a Public Information Officer's social media management, including posts, press releases, interviews, and follower statistics.
An infographic list of fire prevention and P.I.O. specialist training courses, including dates and formats.

Larger-scale incident gallery below:

 

A firefighter observing a raging house fire with intense flames and smoke.
Assistant Chief Chris Emmons in front of the Blue Lake residential structure fire incident.
A building engulfed in flames against a dark sky, with intense fire emanating from windows and roof.
Fickle Hill residential structure fire incident.
Firefighters extinguishing a car engulfed in flames on a road.
Bayside Porche fire incident.
Firefighters with hose battling a wildland fire amidst smoke and burnt grass.
McKinleyville wildland fire incident.
Firefighters and fire trucks at night, battling a house fire with visible flames.
West End Ct. residential structure fire incident.
A large tree trunk engulfed in flames amidst a forest.
Redwood tree on fire from suspected arson.
A firefighter extinguishing a smoking car in a grassy area.
Vehicle fire on Idylbear.
A structure is engulfed in flames with thick smoke, observed from a garden area.
Blue Lake structure fire.
A firefighter observing a raging house fire with intense flames and smoke.
A building engulfed in flames against a dark sky, with intense fire emanating from windows and roof.
Firefighters extinguishing a car engulfed in flames on a road.
Firefighters with hose battling a wildland fire amidst smoke and burnt grass.
Firefighters and fire trucks at night, battling a house fire with visible flames.
A large tree trunk engulfed in flames amidst a forest.
A firefighter extinguishing a smoking car in a grassy area.
A structure is engulfed in flames with thick smoke, observed from a garden area.

 

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