DFD: Nearly half of calls were false alarms last year

By Mike Finney

Posted 3/25/26

DOVER — Chief David Carey and his Dover Fire Department crew addressed 1,783 calls in 2025, but 801 of them were false alarms.

Providing a review of his agency’s activity at the March 23 …

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