January 18, 2022

Rapid City Fire Department Releases 2021 Statistics

Rapid City Fire Department Releases 2021 Statistics

Rapid City, S.D. – 2021 was a record breaking year for the Rapid City Fire Department. The RCFD responded to 21,485 calls for service in 2021. That’s a ten percent increase from 2020.

A breakdown of the calls for service goes as follows:

Medical Only (75%): 16,087

Fires & Potential Fires (7%): 1,486

Service Calls, including Airport (6%): 1,281

Hazardous Condition, Rescue & Other (12%): 2,571

Aid Given to Other Departments: 60

Total: 21,485

30,002 units responded to those total calls and spent an average of 39.53 minutes on scene.

Total Patient Care Reports for 2021 equaled out to 19,575.

A breakdown for those reports is as follows:

Patients Evaluated/Treated: 14,215

No Medical/No Patient Found: 2,876

Cancelled Prior to Arrival: 1,685

Dedicated Event Standby: 148

Fire/EMS Incident Standby: 651

Total Patient Care Reports: 19,575

There were 10,610 patients transported in 2021. Our Mobile Medic Program responded to 3,212 calls.

2021 was also a record for wildland fires, with crews responding to 98 wildland fires last year. The last record was 88 wildland fires in 2012. Crews usually average about 50 wildland fires a year.

In 2021, there was one civilian fire related fatality and one civilian fire related injury. Both were smoke inhalation in a home fire.

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