Each year, the Libby Volunteer Fire Department uses key performance indicators to measure and track the success of the department. This analysis acts as a guideline vital to establishing strategies to improve response protocols and achieve intended goals and objectives.
The annual activity report for 2022 reflects the efforts of the department’s dedicated firefighters in providing incident response and emergency services; public education and awareness; and fire prevention and community outreach.
- The Libby Volunteer Fire Department responded to 118 calls for service with an average of 16 members responding to each emergency.
- The average turnout time - the time from when the station and personnel were dispatched to the time when the units were en route - was 5 minutes 00 seconds.
- The reported average response time from the initial call until the arrival of all apparatus to the scene was an impressive 10 minutes 25 seconds with an average of 79 minutes 29 seconds spent on the scene from arrival to clearance.
- The average response time indicated according to districts was as follows: the City of Libby had a response time of 6 minutes 22 seconds while the Rural Fire District recorded a time of 10 minutes 27 seconds. Finally, the average response time for the area serviced out-of-district was 20 minutes 26 seconds.
- Collectively, the fire personnel successfully completed 4389 hours of classroom and skills training throughout the year.
- The Libby Volunteer Fire Department spent a total of 1466 hours on incidents in the City of Libby and the surrounding communities. This figure represents the accumulated total of time spent from the first recordable awareness of an emergency until the time the response apparatus cleared the scene.