Fire department calls in Phoenix, August 2026
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Phoenix’s open-data portal lists 22,735 fire department calls for August 2026, up 10.8% on a year earlier. The 12-month average is 19,840 a month.
This counts the calls a fire department’s dispatch log publishes. Most are medical, not fires: an ambulance call and a house fire each count once. A change in how calls are logged or merged shows up as a step in the line.
The heavier line is the 12-month average, which takes out the seasonal swing; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. The newest month is left out until it is complete.
Source: Phoenix Open Data, fire department calls for service, medical and fire, counted by month. Auto-generated each build.