Columbus Division of Fire responded to 205,099 calls in 2023 with 1,600 sworn personnel.
By 2025, that increased to 208,553 calls with just 1,592 sworn personnel. That’s 3,454 MORE calls annually.
Call volume increased 1.68%.
Sworn staffing decreased 0.5%.
So in two years, Columbus managed to increase its emergency workload while decreasing the number of people available to handle it.