The Northville City Fire Department, which serves Northville and Plymouth, handled 614 calls from July through September, up from 533 in the previous quarter, according to a report prepared for the Northville-Plymouth Fire Advisory Board.
The board is scheduled to review the report at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, at Northville City Hall, 215 W. Main St.
Medical calls accounted for 430 of the third quarter’s calls, or about 70%, according to the agenda packet.
Station 2 recorded 376 calls during the quarter, compared with 238 at Station 1.
The staffing report lists 51 personnel in 2026, compared with 49 in 2025 and 42 in 2023. Nineteen members are listed as responders for both stations.
The department’s average time from a call to arrival was 7 minutes, 30 seconds during the third quarter. For emergency responses, the average time from dispatch to arrival was 5 minutes, 42 seconds.
The department provided 40 mutual-aid runs during the quarter, including 25 to Plymouth Township.
The meeting agenda lists Chair Brian Turnbull and members Linda Filipczak, Jim Rachwal, Chris Porman and George Lahanas. Other business includes consideration of the July 20 meeting minutes and a report from the fire chief.
Residential compatibility review
Separately, the Plymouth Planning Commission’s Residential Compatibility Subcommittee is scheduled to meet at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the City Hall Conference Room, 201 S. Main St., Plymouth.
The agenda calls for a discussion of project scope and goals for a residential compatibility review.
The packet includes the city’s 2022–2026 Strategic Plan, which identifies updating the zoning ordinance and maintaining neighborhoods with varied housing as objectives.
The agenda provides a citizen-comment period with up to three minutes per speaker.
Both agendas are linked in the city’s weekly meeting notice.
