Volunteers

Volunteer Summary


In 2022 Kiowa Fire District ran a record number of calls for service, 535 up 11% from 2021’s call volume of 484.

in 2022 we responded to..

11 Structure Fire

4 Car Fires

21 Grass Fires

238 EMS calls resulting in 137  ambulance transports

49 Motor Vehicle Accidents

9 Police Assists

20 Fire Alarms

140 Citizen’s Assists

Downed power Line

12 Outside Smoke Investigations

1 Inside Smoke Investigations

1 Gas Leaks

3 Illegal Burns

5 Odor Investigations

Water Problems

Lightning Strikes

2 Fuel Spills

3 Arcing Transformers

1 Downed Helicopter

2 Animal Rescues

4 Carbon Monoxide Alarms

Mutual Aid given: 69 (14 fires, 55 medical)

Mutual Aid Received: 24 (14 fires, 10 medical)

Kiowa Fire District volunteers participated in over 2600 hours of training.  Subjects included both fire and medical training including vehicle fires, foam evolutions, wildfire, water supply, CPR, fire streams and hazardous materials.  At this time 97% of our staff hold a Firefighter 1 and Hazmat Ops/Awareness and EMT or Higher!

  • 100% of our volunteers have obtained their basic wildland certifications
  • 6 members earned their American Heart Association CPR Instructor certification
  • 4 members earned State proctor certification in Firefighter and Hazardous Materials
  • 2 members earned wildland fire investigator certifications
  • 2 members earned Fire Instructor 1 certification

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