Consistent with previous years, the Amador Fire Protections District’s response numbers are increasing steadily over the course of the summer. The latest statistics reveal that the AFPD responded to a total of 176 incidents during the month of July. 98 of these were medical aid related, while 29 responses were to vehicle accidents. Combined, these two numbers equaled 72 percent of the total incident responses. Of the total responses, only 6 were fire related. There was one structure fire, 1 vehicle fire, and 4 wild land fires. 50 percent of the total calls occurred between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008 02:26
AFPD Seeing More Summer Incidents
Consistent with previous years, the Amador Fire Protections District’s response numbers are increasing steadily over the course of the summer. The latest statistics reveal that the AFPD responded to a total of 176 incidents during the month of July. 98 of these were medical aid related, while 29 responses were to vehicle accidents. Combined, these two numbers equaled 72 percent of the total incident responses. Of the total responses, only 6 were fire related. There was one structure fire, 1 vehicle fire, and 4 wild land fires. 50 percent of the total calls occurred between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.
