City of Coos Bay release – The Coos Bay Fire Department (CBFD) has completed a review of the emergency response statistics for the 2022 calendar year. The CBFD is made up of 16 full-time staff, seven students or interns, and nine volunteers. The Department operates from three fire stations (Eastside, Empire and downtown) to provide service to the City of Coos Bay and the three contract districts of Libby, Bunker Hill, and Timber Park. The CBFD responded to 4,420 emergencies in 2022 or an average of 12.1 calls for service each day. This is a 4% increase over 2021. The busiest day of 2022 was Friday, September 9 with 26 emergency responses.
