Cambridge Fire 2024 Emergency Response Numbers at a Glance

Monday, March 17, 2025

The California wildfires in January 2025 captivated the country and those around the world. They also elevated the appreciation we have for those firefighters, who bravely combatted the challenging blazes in regions throughout the greater Los Angeles area.

We are fortunate to have such well-trained, devoted firefighters here in Cambridge. They were once again quite busy in 2024. Overall, Cambridge fire companies responded to 16,182 Emergency Incidents, which amounted to 36,330 responses by individual fire companies.

These responses included 54 building fires, 1,000 inside fires, 1,148 fires of all categories, 7,387 emergency medical calls, 237 elevator rescues, 77 incidents of carbon monoxide contamination, and much more. Cambridge fire companies also responded outside the City to assist communities in the region 196 times in 2024.

Major local fires last year included an early morning 3-alarm fire in January in North Cambridge, which resulted in the tragic death of one resident; a 2-alarm fire in April in a multi-residence on Broadway; a 2-alarm fire in October at a 6-story residential building on Concord Turnpike; and a 2-alarm fire on a cold December night in a large apartment building on Kirkland Street where one trapped person and a cat were rescued from a third-floor apartment by firefighters via an aerial ladder.

For a list of the individual neighborhood fire company emergency responses, visit https://www.cambridgema.gov/cfd/aboutus/firestatistics.

Cambridge firefighters respond to an incident.

Cambridge Fire 2024 Emergency Response Numbers at a Glance

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