City of Gonzales
FIRE DEPARTMENT
ACTIVITY REPORT
TO: Honorable Mayor Rios and City Council
DATE: January 20, 2026
FROM: Jason Muscio, Fire Chief
THROUGH: Carmen Gil, City Manager
SUBJECT: Fire Department Activity Report
RESPONSES
There were 69 calls for service during the month of December, bringing the total number of calls for calendar year 2025 to 870, please see the attachment to this report for the full call statistics for 2025. In December, the fire department responded to; 1 structure fire, 2 vehicle fires. 46 EMS calls, 3 hazardous conditions incidents, 4 service calls, 6 false alarms, and 7 calls were cancelled in route. The Fire Department provided mutual aid once and received mutual aid once.
STAFFING
The Department is fully staffed with career personnel, and two active Volunteer Firefighters. We have two additional Volunteer Firefighter applications that are in process.
TRAINING
All crews completed annual hazardous materials response training as well as refresher EMS training.
Captain Rizo and Firefighter Gomez-Miller attended a search and rescue operations techniques training course in Monterey. All firefighters have begun logging behind the wheel hours towards their initial engineer certification.
EQUIPMENT
All apparatus remains in service without the need for significant repairs. Required annual flow testing for our breathing apparatus was performed by our vendor.
AGENDA
ITEM
9 PREVENTION
Annual business inspections were conducted as needed. Personnel assisted the Recreation Department with the Holiday Lights event, and distributed informational fact sheets to the public during the event.
Attachments:
1. 2025cTotal Record Volume By Incident Type Report (15) (1)