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KENNETCOOK: Here’s a look at the fire calls for the month of January for fire departments throughout East Hants and Stewiacke.
The basic call info is provided to us by fire departments in: Kennetcook; Mount Uniacke; Milford; Stewiacke; Indian Brook (Sipekne’katik); Enfield; Rawdon; Elmsdale; Nine Mile River; and Lantz fire.
For Kennetcook fire, they responded to four calls, all mutual aid to a neighbouring department. Three were for structure fires and one was a chimney fire.
In Mount Uniacke, firefighters had nine calls during January, led by five motor vehicle collisions. They also had one power lines down; one mutual aid call; one medical assist; and one structure fire.
Uniacke Fire would like to thank the community for their continued support in purchasing tickets for the provincial firefighter 50/50 draw.
For Milford fire, they heard their pagers go off 11 times during the month. Three of the calls were in their district, while eight others were mutual aid responses.
The mutual aid responses saw them called to Shubenacadie five times; Indian Brook twice; and Nine Mile River once.
Six of the 11 calls were motor vehicle collisions; and one each of a structure fire; electrical fire; CO Alarm; EHS Assistance; and smoke condition.
Stewiacke Fire responded to five calls, led by three mvc’s. The two others were for structure fires, one in Brookfield and one in Indian Brook.
For Indian Brook fire, they had eight calls, split between in their district and mutual aid to a neighbouring department. They had one mvc; one chimney fire; one electrical fire; and one commercial fire alarm (turned out to be a false alarm).
The four mutual aid calls were three for mvc’s; and one a vehicle fire. They were all to assist Shubenacadie Fire.
Enfield Fire had six calls, led by three mutual aid calls. They also were paged for on mvc; one brush fire; and one flue fire.
For Rawdon firefighters, they had nine calls, led by five mutual aid requests. They also had two chimney fires; one mvc; and one structure fire.
The mutual aid calls saw them respond once each to Indian Brook; Nine Mile River; Gore; Walton; and Brooklyn.
Elmsdale fire had 13 calls, led by three mvc’s; three structure fires; and three alarm calls. They also had two flue fires; one fire investigation; and one medical assist.
For Nine Mile River, they had six calls, five of which were mutual aid requests. Firefighters also attended to one smoke condition in a home in their own district.
Lantz Fire had seven calls in January, all of which were mutual aid requests to a neighbouring department. Three of those were structure fires; two chimney/electrical fires; one alarm activations; and one mvc.
Shubenacadie fire did not submit before we posted.
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