Each January, the Libby Volunteer Fire Department uses statistical data to document and report the department’s activities from the preceding year. This fire-response data is very important as it influences the funding, resources, training, and support needed to successfully handle the increasingly complex challenges within the department.

While all the factors are important when determining the LVFD’s strengths and weaknesses, fire incident reporting is crucial for setting realistic goals and projections for the upcoming year. Furthermore, this analysis acts as a guideline vital for allowing the LVFD to monitor their performance and identify areas that need improving, especially when making decisions about resource allocation and effectively planning for emergencies.

• The Libby Volunteer Fire Department responded to 146 calls for service with an average of 17 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 6 minutes 45 seconds.
• The reported average response time from the initial call until the arrival of all apparatus to the scene was 11 minutes 40 seconds, with an average of 46 minutes 08 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 almost 7 minutes while the Rural Fire District recorded a time of a little over 11 minutes. Finally, the average response time for the area serviced out-of-district was close to 20 minutes.
• Collectively, the fire personnel successfully completed 3,008 hours of classroom and skills training throughout the year.
• The Libby Volunteer Fire Department spent a total of 1,013 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.