Monday, 12 November 2007 00:49

AFPD Calls Climb in December

Amador Fire Protection District’s calls continue to climb with Battalion 10 and 20 responding to 132 incidents in October up from 118 calls in September.  While the month before 77 of the 118 calls accounted for medical aides, in October that number was down 10 with only 67 of the 132 calls being for medical aid. Also the Battalions responded to 26 incidents involving vehicle accidents. Medical aides and vehicle accidents accounted for the majority of the months calls at 70% of the call totals.19 of the incidents were fire related: with 7 structure fires up 6 from the previous month, 3 vehicle fires, 8 vegetation fires and 1 dumpster fire.  The AFPD reports that this month 56% of the total calls occurred between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.