The Indianola Fire Department again saw a record number of callouts over 2023, growing their calls from 2022 by 3%, after an 11% increase from 2021 to 2022.

Chief Greg Chia tells KNIA News the department received 2,983 calls in 2023, with nearly 83% of those being EMS callouts. Chief Chia said the department has also done a record number of training and have reduced response time to an average for EMS and fire calls to just over seven minutes.

Hear more about the year of 2023 for the Indianola Fire Department on an upcoming Let’s Talk Indianola.