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Crime & Safety

Burnsville Fire Department Calls: April 18 to May 1

Burnsville Fire Department enjoyed a pretty uneventful two weeks. No house fires, no malicious alarms and almost no emergency rescues

Editor's note: All information contained in this report is public information and can be obtained from the Burnsville Fire Department.

Fire calls

  • House fires: 0
  • Passenger vehicle fire: 1
  • Brush or brush/grass fire: 0 
  • Outdoor garbage receptacle fire: 0 

Rescue and emergency medical services (EMS) calls

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  • EMS call (excluding vehicle accident w/ injuries): 125
  • Motor vehicle accident with injuries: 3
  • Rescue or EMS standby: 1

Hazardous condition calls

  • Carbon monoxide incident: 1
  • Arcing, shorted electrical equipment: 1

Service calls

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  • Assist invalid: 1
  • Unauthorized burning: 3
  • Smoke or odor removal: 1

Good intent calls

  • Dispatched and cancelled en route: 2
  • No incident found upon arrival: 3
  • Authorized controlled burning: 0
  • Smoke scare or odor: 1

False alarm and false calls

  • Smoke detector malfunction: 2
  • Carbon monoxide detector malfunction: 1
  • Central station, malicious false alarm: 0
  • Local alarm system, malicious false alarm: 0
  • Unintentional smoke detector activation: 4
  • Unintentional alarm activation: 6
  • Unintentional sprinkler activation: 2

Special incident type

  • Citizen complaint: 1

Total calls: 159

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