Thursday, 08 February 2007 02:55

Jackson Fire Dept: Busier Than Ever

slide20The Jackson Fire Department volunteers remained busy in January with a total of 83 calls leaving the average number of calls fairly high for the New Year at 2.8 calls per day. Last year in January there were at total of 73 calls. Medical calls ranked highest on the call log with 58 calls or 69% of the calls received in January. Vehicle accidents followed far behind with 13% of the calls or 10 calls. There were 9 public assistance calls last month with fire related calls ranked at 6% or a total of 5 calls. Also in the month of January there was one hazardous materials calls. 18% of the 83 calls were calls volunteers responded to outside of the Jackson City limits.