GFD Annual Report 2021-2022

New Stations In November, Fire Station 7 opened in a new building that also houses a Guilford County Emergency (EMS) Medical Services unit. It replaced the old fire station, built in 1960, and EMS base. The station is named for Greensboro’s first African-American Fire Chief Ray K. Flowers. In February, the department opened Fire Station 56, which replaced an outdated station. The building that temporarily housed staff during the construction now contains fire investigators’ offices.

3 42 38

Civilian Fire Fatalities Civilian Fire Injuries

CPR Saves 332 96

Line of Duty Firefighter Injuries

Incidents Where Narcan Was Deployed

136 216

Days of Work Missed Due to Injuries

Days of Light Duty Due to Injuries

Workforce Shortages As with other private- and public-sector employers, the department faced staffing shortages. While authorized to have a 587-person workforce, we lost 41 individuals due to resignation, retirement, or other reasons. Family leave and sick time due to COVID-19 also left fewer employees available for duty. To maintain minimum staff levels, the department enforced a policy in October 2021 that kept employees at work for mandatory overtime due to staff shortages. Thankfully there have been no long-term negative effects to our standards of coverage, but there were isolated incidents where trucks were staffed below the minimum level due to the shortages.