2023 Report- Below you will find a specific breakdown of the calls we responded to this past year
 
By Union Fire Company No.1
January 3, 2024
 

By being very specific with our reporting we are able to provide accurate incident information.

2023 Rundown: 1,074 total calls - (1,079 in 2022)

Building Fires - 29 (6 Commercial, 16 Residential, 7 outbuildings)
Auto Fires - 20 (8 Large, 7 Small, 5 Truck brakes only)
Auto Accidents - 211 (8 Entrapments, 7 involving buildings, 21 Overturned, 2 involving fire (not counted in the car fire counts), 24 Pedestrian or Bicycle
Miscellaneous Fires - 21
Wildfires - 30
Dumpster Fires - 6
Box Alarms - 135 (Electrical Fires, Appliance Fires, Inside Investigations, Gas Leaks, Chimney Fires)
Fire Alarms - 309 (Conditions found on 72, Malfunctions 101, Accidental Activations 136)
CO Alarms – 15
Good Intent - 24
Hazmat Incidents - 5 (4 inside, 1 outside)
Outside Investigations - 31 (17-Smoke, 9 Outside Electrical Fires, 5 Gas Leaks)
Elevator / Other Emergencies – 19
Transfer - 5
Forcible Entry – 17
Fuel Spills - 4
Medicals – 119 (49-Lifting, 46- Cardiac Arrests, 6-Blocking, 12-Forcible Entry, 6 Miscellaneous Assists)
Landing Zone - 1
Any Service/ Storm Related responses - 73

Our busiest day of the week was Saturday with 170 Calls

Members trained for a total of 1318.25 Hours

Busiest Municipalities:
Carlisle Borough - 573 Calls - 53%
South Middleton Twp - 248 Calls - 23 %
Middlesex Twp - 109 Calls - 10%

2024 Officers:
Fire Chief - Brian Hamilton
Deputy Chief - Matt Hinken
Assistant Chief - Doug Kline
Captain – Joseph O’Donnell
Lieutenants - Austin Yingst / Christian Sklodowski
President - Justin Shaulis
Vice President - Chase Pyers
Secretary - Christian Sklodowski
Treasurer - Tim Berndt
Trustees - Tom Kidd / Devin Beckes / Kevin Baird

Thank you to all of our members, mutual aid partners and our supporting municipalities for another successful year! We look forward to serving our citizens in 2024!