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The Cahaba Valley Fire and EMR District was formed October 1st, 1982 as a volunteer organization providing services to a largely undeveloped section of the Highway 280 corridor in northeastern Shelby County. The first paid firefighters began working in January 1987. The first paid fire chief began in 1990 and in 1993 services were provided to the Rex Lake Fire District.

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The Cahaba Valley Fire and EMR District provides fire suppression and emergency medical services including transport to approximately 25,000 customers as well as thousands of drivers traveling the Highway 280 corridor each day. Responding from four stations, the men and women of CVFD answer around 3,500 calls for assistance each year. The department’s response area is a mix of residential and commercial property located in the northern section of the county. CVFD provides protection to many subdivisions including Brook Highland, Highland Lakes, Highland Village, Eagle Point, Shoal Creek, The Narrows, Smyer Lake, Fowler Lake, Holly Brook Lake, and to the town of Mt. Laurel. Today, there are 18 full-time employees, 27 part time employees, 3 volunteers, and 16 with the Resident “Live-in” Program that trains firefighters for professional fire and EMS certification. The Fire District is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees who are residents of the Fire District. The Board members are elected to four-year terms and serve without compensation.

Detailed break down of February 2023 Runs

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2023 Number of responses to date

Total Incidents

Times per month where multiple calls are occurring simultaneously

Structure Fires

Brush Fires

Vehicle Fires

Other Fires

E.M.S. Calls

Motor Vehicle Crashes

Service / Other Hazardous Conditions / False Alarms / Other

2023 Run Report

2022 Run Report

2021 Run Report

2020 Run Report

2019 Run Report

2018 Run Report

2017 Run Report

2016 Run Report

2015 Run Report

2014 Run Report

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Communities we serve

Brook Highland

Calumet

Dunnavant Place

Eagle Point

Fowler Lake

Highland Lakes

Highland Village

Holly Brook Lake

Mt Laurel

The Narrows

Shoal Creek

Smyer Lake

Stone Brook

		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Average
Total number of incidents:	This year >>>>> 2023	280	296	260										836	278.7
	Last year >>>>> 2022	357	308	303	284	323	339	332	291	304	332	289	341	3803	316.9
		-77	-12	-43	-284	-323	-339	-332	-291	-304	-332	-289	-341
Breakdown of incident types:	Structure fires	2	6	10										18	6.0
	In District	0	2	7										9	3.0
	Vehicle fires	0	0	0										0	0.0
	Brush fires	0	0	5										5	1.7
	Other fires / Hazardous Cond	3	4	2										9	3.0
	EMS – Medical	158	190	170										518	172.7
	MVC – Injuries	10	6	8										24	8.0
	MVC – No injuries	26	8	10										44	14.7
	Alarm – Fire/Medical	16	13	6										35	11.7
	Good Intent	25	39	29										93	31.0
	Service	29	30	19										78	26.0
Emergency/Non-emergency	Emergency	255	274	246										775	258.3
	Non-Emergency	25	22	14										61	20.3

Incident percentages:	Fire	1.8%	4.1%	9.2%	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
	Medical	56.4%	64.2%	65.4%	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
	Wreck	12.9%	4.7%	6.9%	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
	Alarm	14.6%	17.6%	13.5%	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
	Other	10.4%	10.1%	7.3%	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!	#DIV/0!
Calls by Unit:	Engine/Quint 181	140	128	123										391	130.3
	Engine 183	39	45	43										127	42.3
	Engine 185	63	57	57										177	59.0
	Rescue 181	0	0	0										0	0.0
	Engine/Rescue 184	89	90	73										252	84.0
	Rescue 185	127	135	123										385	128.3
Multiple call occurences:	Two	49	55	36										140	46.7
	Three	7	5	6										18	6.0
	More than three	0	1	2										3	1.0
	Total	56	61	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	161	13.4

		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Average
Total number of incidents:	This year >>>>> 2022	357	308	303	284	323	339	332	291	304	332	289	341	3803	316.9
	Last year >>>>> 2021	307	268	328	288	409	406	389	361	300	291	253	297	3897	324.8

Breakdown of incident types:	Structure fires	4	12	8	6	3	6	9	4	2	3	14	8	79	6.6
	In District	0	6	4	2	1	2	2	1	0	1	7	2	28	2.3
	Vehicle fires	2	1	2	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.8
	Brush fires	2	3	9	4	3	0	2	1	3	2	6	1	36	3.0
	Other fires / Hazardous Cond	7	2	6	6	2	6	7	6	3	3	1	2	51	4.3
	EMS – Medical	244	219	203	203	210	235	199	194	166	186	183	191	2433	202.8
	MVC – Injuries	5	8	7	17	10	10	12	7	2	10	20	11	119	9.9
	MVC – No injuries	7	9	12	14	9	11	9	10	6	12	9	10	118	9.8
	Alarm – Fire/Medical	18	9	15	11	12	17	20	27	14	16	13	26	198	16.5
	Good Intent	35	28	23	15	35	31	40	26	62	43	38	34	410	34.2
	Service	43	33	35	31	37	36	34	34	45	60	32	56	476	39.7
Emergency/Non-emergency	Emergency	328	289	277	259	298	298	296	263	267	285	263	251	3374	281.2
	Non-Emergency	29	18	25	25	25	38	36	28	37	47	26	90	424	35.3

Incident percentages:	Fire	4.2%	7.8%	9.6%	6.7%	3.1%	4.7%	6.0%	4.1%	2.6%	2.7%	9.7%	3.8%	5.4%	5.4%
	Medical	68.3%	71.1%	67.0%	71.5%	65.0%	69.3%	59.9%	66.7%	54.6%	56.0%	63.3%	56.0%	64.1%	64.1%
	Wreck	3.4%	5.5%	6.3%	10.9%	5.9%	6.2%	6.3%	5.8%	2.6%	6.6%	10.0%	6.2%	6.3%	6.3%
	Alarm	14.8%	12.0%	12.5%	9.2%	14.6%	14.2%	18.1%	18.2%	25.0%	17.8%	17.6%	17.6%	16.0%	16.0%
	Other	12.0%	10.7%	11.6%	10.9%	11.5%	10.6%	10.2%	11.7%	14.8%	18.1%	11.1%	16.4%	12.5%	12.5%
Calls by Unit:	Engine/Quint 181	136	123	123	111	142	136	90	112	104	131	113	159	1480	123.3
	Engine 183	70	55	62	47	44	50	45	47	52	50	45	50	617	51.4
	Engine 185	61	53	54	67	59	74	76	68	67	59	72	83	793	66.1
	Rescue 181	141	123	104	104	114	115	116	111	94	71	1	0	1094	91.2
	Engine/Rescue 184	49	48	43	39	38	50	57	46	42	60	80	94	646	53.8
	Rescue 185	79	86	79	85	94	98	76	70	82	110	132	148	1139	94.9
Multiple call occurences:	Two	54	46	46	40	51	61	51	35	50	49	45	48	576	48.0
	Three	14	17	8	5	5	5	3	7	10	2	8	10	94	7.8
	More than three	3	3	3	1	4	2	3	2	1	4	1	4	31	2.6
	Total	71	66	57	46	60	68	57	44	61	55	54	62	701	58.4

		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Average
Total number of incidents:	This year >>>>> 2021	307	268	328	288	409	406	389	361	300	291	253	297	3897	339.6
	Last year >>>>> 2020	298	224	245	222	256	247	335	302	321	414	333	311	3508	292.3

Breakdown of incident types:	Structure fires	6	2	2	1	4	7	5	3	1	8	6	3	48	4.0
	In District	2	2	0	1	4	4	2	3	0	4	6	1	29	2.4
	Vehicle fires	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	12	1.0
	Brush fires	3	2	5	10	2	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	30	2.5
	Other fires / Hazardous Cond	8	1	6	5	3	4	5	4	1	3	3	0	43	3.6
	EMS – Medical	199	151	154	134	217	195	195	187	156	150	146	169	2053	171.1
	MVC – Injuries	13	11	15	17	18	26	18	17	12	9	7	21	184	15.3
	MVC – No injuries	16	13	9	10	13	15	22	5	10	8	7	19	147	12.3
	Alarm – Fire/Medical	9	10	20	13	22	9	17	19	14	13	9	16	171	14.3
	Alarm – False/Good Int	43	38	56	60	86	97	77	85	70	68	45	47	772	64.3
	Service	32	33	76	26	42	48	34	33	31	29	32	20	436	36.3
Emergency/Non-emergency	Emergency	279	246	291	273	378	370	372	346	276	279	241	282	3633	302.8
	Non-Emergency	27	20	27	13	29	37	17	15	24	12	11	15	247	20.6

Incident percentages:	Fire	6.5%	3.0%	4.3%	6.9%	3.7%	4.4%	3.6%	3.3%	0.7%	5.8%	6.3%	2.0%	4.2%	4.2%
	Medical	64.8%	56.3%	47.0%	46.5%	53.1%	48.0%	50.1%	51.8%	52.0%	51.5%	57.7%	56.9%	53.0%	53.0%
	Wreck	9.4%	9.0%	7.3%	9.4%	7.6%	10.1%	10.3%	6.1%	7.3%	5.8%	5.5%	13.5%	8.4%	8.4%
	Alarm	16.9%	17.9%	23.2%	25.3%	26.4%	26.1%	24.2%	28.8%	28.0%	27.8%	21.3%	21.2%	23.9%	23.9%
	Other	10.4%	12.3%	23.2%	9.0%	10.3%	11.8%	8.7%	9.1%	10.3%	10.0%	12.6%	6.7%	11.2%	11.2%
Calls by station:	181	148	155	189	141	164	163	195	193	162	159	136	153	1958	163.2
	182	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0
	183	55	38	43	55	52	32	44	49	39	52	32	47	538	44.8
	184	39	24	37	40	134	150	96	57	55	36	42	30	740	61.7
	185	63	49	49	49	57	61	53	62	44	44	40	67	638	53.2
	Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Multiple call occurences:	Two	51	43	44	26	66	74	60	49	43	42	36	39	573	47.8
	Three	6	4	11	9	12	17	18	18	7	8	4	7	121	10.1
	More than three	1	0	6	6	19	3	5	4	1	3	0	2	50	4.2
	Total	58	47	61	41	97	94	83	71	51	53	40	48	744	62.0

		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Average
Total number of incidents:	This year >>>>> 2020	298	224	245	222	256	247	335	302	321	414	333	311	3508	292.3
	Last year >>>>> 2019	300	292	274	320	289	314	276	296	273	319	253	280	3486	290.5

Breakdown of incident types:	Structure fires	6	2	5	9	6	2	6	4	2	6	8	2	58	4.8
	In District	1	1	3	3	1	0	4	1	1	3	7	1	26	2.2
	Vehicle fires	1	1	0	1	2	1	3	0	2	0	2	1	14	1.2
	Brush fires	4	2	6	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	21	1.8
	Other fires / Hazardous Cond	3	1	5	9	3	4	6	5	3	12	4	3	58	4.8
	EMS – Medical	161	140	122	97	131	126	172	163	183	212	171	189	1867	155.6
	MVC – Injuries	13	13	8	9	14	16	17	17	17	20	8	12	164	13.7
	MVC – No injuries	12	9	15	4	7	10	6	17	15	13	5	14	127	10.6
	Alarm – Fire/Medical	13	15	11	11	7	19	27	17	11	14	12	11	168	14.0
	Alarm – False/Good Int	54	28	37	38	36	41	31	44	31	77	63	64	544	45.3
	Service	43	29	37	41	40	44	46	35	30	54	32	24	455	37.9
Emergency/Non-emergency	Emergency	NA	NA	241	205	223	210	302	379	302	380	310	284	2836	283.6
	Non-Emergency	NA	NA	5	17	31	37	34	35	19	34	23	23	258	25.8

Incident percentages:	Fire	5.0%	3.1%	7.8%	9.9%	5.9%	3.6%	5.7%	3.3%	2.5%	5.1%	6.6%	3.2%	5.1%	5.1%
	Medical	56.7%	49.7%	49.6%	34.4%	48.4%	42.4%	67.0%	57.1%	69.2%	71.2%	73.1%	70.4%	57.4%	57.4%
	Wreck	8.4%	9.8%	9.4%	5.9%	8.2%	10.5%	6.9%	11.3%	10.0%	8.0%	3.9%	8.4%	8.4%	8.4%
	Alarm	22.5%	19.2%	19.6%	22.1%	16.8%	24.3%	17.3%	20.2%	13.1%	22.0%	32.1%	24.1%	21.1%	21.1%
	Other	14.4%	12.9%	15.1%	18.5%	15.6%	17.8%	13.7%	11.6%	9.3%	13.0%	160.1%	7.7%	25.8%	25.8%
Calls by station:	181	162	113	134	128	139	149	188	166	147	161	156	163	1806	150.5
	182	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	N/A	0.0
	183	58	42	40	42	39	34	43	31	31	60	52	43	515	42.9
	184	38	32	29	25	33	28	34	46	86	134	80	32	597	49.8
	185	38	34	43	27	43	36	71	59	56	54	42	62	565	47.1
	Other	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Multiple call occurences:	Two	28	27	31	28	41	41	52	49	50	55	50	41	493	41.1
	Three	9	6	4	3	1	3	6	7	8	17	7	13	84	7.0
	More than three	4	0	1	3	1	0	4	4	1	10	7	0	35	2.9
	Total	41	33	36	34	43	44	62	60	59	82	64	54	612	51.0
Mutual aid incidents:	Given	107	88	83	71	97	110	131	136	175	214	146	115	1473	122.8
	Received	11	26	14	8	17	15	14	8	14	9	14	11	161	13.4
Response time (Minutes):	Total response	0:10:50	0:09:40	0:09:40	0:09:36	0:10:42	0:08:50	0:10:24	0:09:59	0:09:46	0:10:56	0:11:14	0:09:17		0:10:55
	Enroute (90th percentile per NFPA 1710)	0:02:09	0:02:09	0:02:17	0:02:13	0:02:20	0:02:10	0:02:24	0:02:16	0:02:00	0:02:05	0:02:18	0:02:17		0:02:20
	Response (90th percentile per NFPA 1710)	0:08:41	0:07:31	0:07:23	0:07:23	0:08:22	0:06:40	0:08:00	0:07:43	0:07:46	0:08:51	0:08:56	0:07:00		0:08:50

		Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Total	Average
Total number of incidents:	This year >>>>> 2019	300	292	274	320	289	314	276	296	273	319	253	280	3486	290.5
	Last year >>>>> 2018	237	243	263	236	291	278	259	224	268	312	274	280	3136	263.8

Breakdown of incident types:	Structure fires	9	8	4	5	5	3	5	10	4	8	4	5	70	5.8
	In District	3	2	3	3	3	2	2	3	4	3	2	1	31	2.6
	Vehicle fires	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	2	0	1	2	1	12	1.0
	Brush fires	0	1	6	2	2	3	4	1	6		4	2	31	2.8
	Other fires / Hazardous Cond	0	5	3	7	8	6	7	1	2	1	1	3	44	3.7
	EMS – Medical	189	183	174	180	195	170	175	169	167	180	150	157	2089	174.1
	MVC – Injuries	30	33	26	26	34	20	15	21	23	19	14	18	279	23.3
	MVC – No injuries	10	10	8	5	5	8	6	10	7	7	14	18	108	9.0
	Alarm – Fire/Medical	15	41	9	18	12	11	25	21	8	15	21	27	223	18.6
	Alarm – False/Good Int	41	19	34	40	44	42	48	36	28	37	33	36	438	36.5
	Service	40	33	42	43	44	39	38	56	27	71	32	41	506	42.2
Emergency/Non-emergency	Emergency	251	248	230	248	226	211	287	234	229	266	214	221	2865	238.8
	Non-Emergency	49	10	13	36	13	34	22	26	15	31	21	25	295	24.6

Incident percentages:	Fire	4.0%	5.5%	6.2%	5.3%	6.9%	5.1%	6.9%	5.7%	5.9%	4.1%	5.1%	4.3%	5.4%	5.4%
	Medical	63.0%	62.7%	63.5%	56.3%	67.5%	54.1%	63.4%	57.1%	61.2%	56.4%	59.3%	56.1%	60.0%	60.0%
	Wreck	13.3%	14.7%	12.4%	9.7%	13.5%	8.9%	7.6%	10.5%	11.0%	8.2%	11.1%	12.9%	11.1%	11.1%
	Alarm	18.7%	20.5%	15.7%	18.1%	19.4%	16.9%	26.4%	19.3%	13.2%	16.3%	21.3%	22.5%	19.0%	19.0%
	Other	13.3%	11.3%	15.3%	13.4%	15.2%	12.4%	13.8%	18.9%	9.9%	22.3%	12.6%	14.6%	14.4%	14.4%
Calls by station:	181	70	157	150	175	163	159	162	160	155	180	135	153	1819	151.6
	182	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	#DIV/0!
	183	51	51	52	52	66	46	62	53	49	59	52	60	653	54.4
	184	23	45	23	34	31	22	36	30	20	34	21	31	350	29.2
	185	55	39	49	56	52	46	46	53	49	45	38	35	563	46.9
	Other	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	0	#DIV/0!
Multiple call occurences:	Two	49	42	42	47	50	43	46	37	40	51	28	33	508	42.3
	Three	4	4	6	19	12	6	13	4	4	9	7	13	101	8.4
	More than three	1	0	2	2	3	2	2	0	1	4	3	1	21	1.8
	Total	54	46	50	68	65	51	61	41	45	64	38	47	630	52.5
Mutual aid incidents:	Given	80	87	75	68	74	76	60	82	75	66	46	65	854	71.2
	Received	13	15	7	11	22	7	9	9	12	9	11	4	129	10.8
Response time (Minutes):	Total response	0:09:32	0:09:10	0:10:07	0:09:42	0:09:13	0:09:55	0:10:15	0:09:49	0:09:03	0:09:53	0:10:03	0:10:22		0:09:45
	Enroute (b 90th percentile per NFPA 1710)	0:02:44	0:02:09	0:01:55	0:01:58	0:02:00	0:01:40	0:01:57	0:01:42	0:01:51	0:01:59	0:02:20	0:02:12		0:02:02
	Response (90th percentile per NFPA 1710)	0:06:48	0:07:01	0:08:12	0:07:44	0:07:13	0:08:15	0:08:18	0:08:07	0:07:12	0:07:54	0:07:43	0:08:10		0:07:43

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