2025 Shakopee Fire Department Year in Review

EMERGENCY INCIDENTS

INCIDENT ANALYSIS The total number of incidents for 2025 was 2,012, an increase of 74 incidents from the prior year. The Fire Department responds to a variety of incidents, which the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) classifies into nine incident types.

2025 INCIDENT TYPE BREAKDOWN Incident Type Jan. Feb. Mar.

Apr.

May Jun.

Jul.

Aug. Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Total

103

Fire

10 5

9 13 10 6 12 9

6 3

5 5

8 10

29

Explosion/Overheat

6

0

3

1

2

1

4

1

3

0

55 83 75 73 79 86 76 72 63 87 90 122 961

Rescue/EMS

104 213 286 313

Hazardous Conditions 11 9

7

6 10141313 7

5

8

1

Public Service

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Good Intent

22 13 17 26 19 17 23 25 37 39 37 11 33 31 20 22 22 26 17 25 28 29 23 37

Alarm Activations

3 0

Weather/Disasters

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

3 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

0 0

Special Incident

Monthly Total

146 162 154 159 164 168 165 161 162 190 185 196 2,012

Change from 2024

-1 -10 -1 +30 +21 -20 -28 -12 -7 +6 +37 +59 +74

FIRE

103 INCIDENTS (5%)

Of the 2,012 emergency incidents in 2025, 103 (5%) of them were classified under the NFIRS as fires.

Fires in Building

55 (53% of fires)

Grass or Natural Vegetation Fires 18 (17% of fires) Includes fires in grass areas, wildland areas, and farm crop fields. Trash, Rubbish, Dumpster, and Other Outside Fires 17 (17% of fires) Includes trash fires inside buildings that were confined to the container and trash and rubbish or dumpster fires outside.

Includes structure fires, contents or equipment fires, and cooking fires confined to container or that only produced smoke. Vehicle Fires 13 (13% of fires) Includes fires in any type of mobile property including cars, trucks, and off-road vehicles.

EXPLOSION/OVERHEATING 29 INCIDENTS (1%) Emergency incidents of explosion/overheating consist of mostly burnt food. Typically, these are received as fire alarms or someone calls 911 because they smell smoke. These types of incidents are considered emergencies because they can quickly escalate to fires.

Firefighters Andy Toczek and Keith Jellinger on the scene of the Minnesota Renaissance Festival fire.

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