Fighting Fires In The Future

June 25, 2003
In 1978, the Billings Fire Department had 112 firefighters to answer 1,500 emergency calls from an area of 18.5 square miles with a population of 65,000. Last year, the department’s 104 firefighters answered 8,800 calls in an area of 86 square miles that’s home to 104,000 people.
In 1978, the Billings Fire Department had 112 firefighters to answer 1,500 emergency calls from an area of 18.5 square miles with a population of 65,000. Last year, the department’s 104 firefighters answered 8,800 calls in an area of 86 square miles that’s home to 104,000 people.

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