{"id":14057,"date":"2020-04-13T21:23:53","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T00:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=14057"},"modified":"2020-04-13T21:23:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T00:23:53","slug":"from-the-firehouse-2020-calls-to-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=14057","title":{"rendered":"From the Firehouse – 2020 calls to date"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ELMSDALE:<\/strong> Here is a look at some of the responses for East Hants and Stewiacke volunteer fire departments. Some of the information is for months of January and February as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was a column that ran monthly when we had a print issue of The Weekly Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information is not in detail and supplied by the fire departments participating. For this month those include Enfield Fire; Elmsdale Fire; Indian Brook Fire; Stewiacke Fire; Nine Mile River Fire; Uniacke Fire; and Kennetcook Fire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

(We welcome the other departments to continue providing the information, we just don\u2019t have all their info to connect with the new setup.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Enfield Fire<\/strong> responded to 26 calls, led by 11 medical assists in January. They were also paged for seven motor vehicle collisions; five mutual aid requests; two alarm activations and one structure fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In February, they had 36 calls, led by 27 medical assists. Firefighters heard their pagers go off for three mutual aid requests; three motor vehicle collisions, one flue fire, one alarm activation and one other call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For March, Enfield responded to 20 calls, with half of those (10) being medical assists. They also were paged to six mutual aid requests; one motor vehicle collision; one structure fire; one alarm activation; and one brush fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Uniacke Fire<\/strong> responded to 10 calls in January, led by six medical assists; two motor vehicle collisions; one mutual aid request; and one fire alarm activation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Feb., they had 20 calls, led by 11 medical assists and six motor vehicle collisions. The firefighters also were paged too one mutual aid request; one chimney fire; and one fire alarm activation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From March 1-21, the department had 10 medical assists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many current and upcoming activities at the Uniacke Fire Hall have been cancelled.  To read more on cancelled and postponed events, please go to http:\/\/uniackefire.ca\/index.php\/covid19\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elmsdale Fire<\/strong> had a busy three months to start 202, with 26 calls in January led by 16 medical assists. They also had five alarm activations; three motor vehicle collisions; and two fire calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For February, they had 22 calls with 15 medical assists topping that number. This number included five motor vehicle collisions and two fire calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, they had 16 calls, led by seven medical assists. The department also responded to five fire calls, three motor vehicle collisions, and one power line fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indian Brook Fire<\/strong> has joined the monthly column. For January, they had nine calls led by six mutual aid requests and three medical assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Feb., they had six calls, led by four mutual aid requests, one medical assist, and one residential fire alarm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, they had five calls, led by three mutual aid requests and two grass fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milford Fire<\/strong> responded to 28 calls over the three months. This number is broken down to 21 mutual aid calls and seven of their own area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total is led by 11 mutual aid request calls to Shubenacadie; five to HRM Fire; three motor vehicle collision calls; two mutual aid calls to Stewiacke; one medical assist; one CO Detector call; one power line arching; one structure fire; as well as single mutual aid responses to Elmsdale; Indian Brook; and Nine Mile River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Stewiacke Fire<\/strong>, they had 30 calls in January, with 15 medical assists and 15 fire\/motor vehicle collision\/mutual aid requests or other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Feb., the firefighters responded to 15 calls, with 10 being medical assists. The other five were a variety of fire\/mvc\/mutual aid or other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For March, the department was paged out for 12 calls, with eight fire\/mvc\/mutual aid request or other leading the way. They also had four medical assists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kennetcook fire<\/strong> had eight calls in January, with chimney fires, medical assists, and false alarms leading the way at two each. They also ha one ATV accident and one motor vehicle collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For Feb., they had five calls, led by three medical assists and two chimney fires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, they had seven calls with medical assists leading the responses at three, while they also were paged for two motor vehicle collisions; one chimney fire; and one structure fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Nine Mile River, firefighters<\/strong> responded to five calls in January, led by three medical assists; one motor vehicle collision; and one structure fire call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Feb., they had seven calls, with four of them being medical assists. They also heard their pagers tone for two mutual aid requests and one chimney fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last month, March, they had 10 calls with that being led by five mutual aid requests. There were also four medical assists and one motor vehicle collision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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