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Muscatine Fire responds to record number of calls in 2022

Post author By City of Muscatine
Post date January 31, 2023

MUSCATINE, Iowa – It was another record setting year for the Muscatine Fire Department, but it is not one of those records you like to break at all. The Muscatine Fire Department responded to a record 5,909 calls for service in 2022, breaking the previous record of 5,709 calls that was answered in 2021. If you thought that the Muscatine Fire Department was busy in 2021, you were right. The Department responded to 5,238 calls for service in 2019.

The record call volume continues a steady upward trend in service calls with the number of calls climbing 47 percent over the last decade. The Department has seen the number of service calls top 5,000 annually in each of the last six years including 5,100 in 2017, 5,027 in 2018, 5,238 in 2019, 5,034 in 2020, and 5,709 in 2021.

Medical calls made up 86.2 percent of the service calls in 2022, down from 91 percent of service calls in 2021 and 92 percent in 2020. The Department responded to 817 fire incidents in 2022, a 37 percent increase over 2021 (521 fire responses).

Five of the 12 months in 2022 saw the Department respond to over 500 calls with December leading the way with 591 calls followed by November (537), July (523), June (519), and May (504. February had the highest fire responses at 79 with April next at 75, and December with 74. December had the highest number of medical calls at 373 with November second at 338.

MFD Fast Facts:

Every fire call category was up in 2022 including the most building fires in the last 10 years.
The top five fire responses in 2022 were structure fires (51), vehicle fires (15), vegetation fires (15), trash fires (11), and cooking fires (7).
Training continues to be a main ingredient for the life of a Muscatine firefighter with the department conducting 11,586 hours of training in 2022.

Click on the following link to download the 2022 Annual Report as a PDF.

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City of Muscatine Press Releases

Muscatine surplus items on the auction block

Post author By City of Muscatine
Post date October 5, 2022

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The City of Muscatine is conducting another Public Surplus Auction of items declared as surplus by the Muscatine City Council. The Department of Public Works will conduct the on-line surplus auction through November 7, 2022.

All items are available to bid on through the auction web site www.publicsurplus.com starting October 24, 2022, and running through 3 p.m. on November 7, 2022. Potential buyers can go to that website, search for Iowa, and then City of Muscatine for the auction items. You must register to view items and to bid on items.

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City of Muscatine Press Releases

Aquatic Center adjusts hours for remainder of season

Post author By City of Muscatine
Post date August 13, 2022

The Muscatine Parks and Recreation Department is wrapping up yet another fun and safe summer with the Muscatine Aquatic Center adjusting operating hours in August and September to accommodate for staffing shortages leading up to the new school year.

The Muscatine Aquatic Center will reduce open hours as follows:

August 13 – August 21 Noon – 6:00 p.m.

August 22 – August 26 Closed

August 27 – August 28 Noon – 6:00 p.m.

August 29 – September 2 Closed

September 3 – September 5 Noon – 6:00 p.m.

Please contact the Muscatine Parks and Recreation Department at (563) 263-0241 for more information.

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City of Muscatine Press Releases

Library offers LENA program to help caregivers help children learn

Post author By City of Muscatine
Post date June 6, 2022

MUSCATINE, Iowa – The Musser Public Library (MPL) is offering another cohort of LENA (Learning Environmental Analysis) to guide parents and adult caregivers in helping children ages 0-3 develop their minds, particularly in the area of language skills.

The no-cost program still has openings. It will begin around the middle of June and lasts 10 weeks.

During the program – at home and everywhere – participating children wear a small recording device. A shirt with a pocket for the device is provided. The device tracks how many words the people in their lives speak to them and their number of interactions. It does not record what words are being said.

Parents and caregivers meet weekly with the children’s librarians to learn more about how to talk to children up through age three (3) in an engaging and understandable manner. They also receive books for the children. Children are welcome at these sessions, but their attendance is not required.

The local LENA program is funded by a combination of an Early Childhood Iowa – Muscatine County grant and MPL funding.

Children’s Librarian Betty Collins encourages anyone interested to sign up for the next cohort by sending an email to her at bcollins@muscatineiowa.gov or calling her at (563) 263-3065.

For more information, visit the Musser Public Library and HNI Community Center website, visit the Musser Public Library Facebook site, or call 563-263-3065.

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