The Department serves all of Bainbridge Island, an area of 28 square miles and a population of 20,150. The locations of the stations were specifically chosen to assure timely responses to all areas of the Island. One of our priority goals is to maintain emergency reponse times within an average of five minutes. With the population growth and development of Bainbridge Island, our volume of emergency calls continues to increase. We respond to about five calls a day.
Some medical calls are as simple as a sprained ankle and others are life and death situations.
Fire emergencies can include a wide range of events such as structure fires, car fires, alarms activations, brush fires and power lines down. Because of the small community we live in, some of the calls we respond to involve family members, friends and neighbors.