Record-Breaking Call Year For Bristol Fire Station

BRISTOL, PA —It was a record-breaking year for the Bristol Consolidated Fire Station 50 last year.

Volunteers from Station 50 responded to a total of 331 Dispatched Emergencies last year —the highest amount of calls responded to since the 1990s, fire officials said.

Some of the emergencies included:

• 10 working fires (2 multiple alarms)
• 1 out-of-county Tech-Rescue Assist
• 3 out-of-state Accidents
• 1 out-of-state Cover Assignment
• 5 Water Rescues
• 2 Auto Extrications
• 1 Auto Accident with Fire
• 1 RIT call

The fire station also put a new marine unit in service in the past year.

Fire officials said the training was constant, with members completing Firefighter-1, RIT Training, Water Rescue Training, Auto Extrication Training, and many other topics.

Duty Crews were held at least 3/4 times a month, with apparatus checks and other things being completed.

Total man hours for 2023 was just under 4,000, fire officials said.