Joplin Fire Department releases 2021 data

2021 was a busy year for Joplin Firefighters. JFD released their yearly data:

Statistical data for the Joplin Fire Department in 2021:
– 8843 responses to incidents (25 per day), a 5% increase over 2020
– 117 structure fire responses, 85 in the city limits of Joplin, 30 as mutual aid to neighboring districts
– Average response time to structure fires in the city limits was 4 min and 39 seconds
– Friday is the busiest day of the week
– The busiest time of day is 12 pm to 5 pm
– Station 1 (downtown station) is the busiest station with 32% of the call volume.

Thank you to our firefighters for their hard work this past year.