City of Monterey | Fire Department

Emergency Response Statistics - 1995-2007

The following is a list of incidents, by category, that the Monterey Fire Department responded to in the years 1995-2007.

TYPE of INCIDENT	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
*FALSE ALARMS*	147	222	333	361	327	332	419	379	351	398	449	413	481
*FIRES & EXPLOSIONS*	108	149	142	128	116	131	114	131	175	136	118	114	119
*GOOD INTENT*	481	415	327	486	475	546	672	631	508	380	214	231	266
*HAZARDOUS CONDITION STANDBY*	180	262	219	234	231	228	221	284	282	308	234	259	250
*NATURAL CONDITIONS*	19	6	0	0	2	2	3	2	4	1	2	0	0
*PUBLIC SERVICE ASSISTANCE*	292	287	296	252	278	266	308	320	299	398	356	367	424
*RESCUE & EMERGENCY MEDICAL*	1,621	1,785	1,623	1,798	1,835	2,003	2093	2344	2509	2711	2855	3146	3044
*RUPTURE, STEAM EXPLOSION & OVERHEATING*	10	18	3	1	2	6	3	11	16	6	4	4	6
OTHER TYPES of INCIDENTS*	127	9	3	1	6	0	1	1	1	2	4	4	3
TOTAL INCIDENTS	2,985	3,153	2,946	3,261	3,272	3,514	3834	4102	4145	4340	4236	4538	4593

* Late 1995, quality control on incident type instituted.
October 97, instituted new records management system.