Final numbers are in for fire fighting activities in 2015.
The numbers were submitted Monday to council’s Planning Committee by fire chief Albert Headrick.
According to the numbers, there were 408 calls for service in the city in 2015, compared to 357 in 2014. There were also an additional 22 RM responses (up from 17 a year earlier) for a grand total of 430.
Among the significant increases in 2015 were an increase in dumpster fires from 13 to 26, an increase in motor vehicle collision cleanup traffic from 27 to 53, an increase in needle pickup from 23 to 54, and also an increase in smoke-in-building fire alarms from 14 to 40. Carbon monoxide alarms in which CO was detected were up from one to eight.
Accidental fire alarms decreased from 42 to 23. Also down were residential minor cooking fires from 16 to 11, commercial structural fires down from 10 to two, institutional fires down from four to zero, vehicle fires from 11 to six, and personal assistance calls from 13 to eight.
Among RM responses, ground cover calls went up from four to nine.
Overall fire prevention activities for both the city and the RM were at 1,207, up from 1,099.
