Calls for service were down last month for members of the Williams Lake Fire Department.
Deputy Fire Chief Cory Boyd said they ended the month with 31 calls not much different then previous years.
“One thing to note it was down from March when we had 38 calls and it was substantially lower than the last four years,” Boyd said. “ April is actually either our second or third busiest month of the year. The only thing we can account that to is the seasonal change, it’s right in that time when you get bans on burning or the temperature is starting to change.”
Boyd noted that year to date calls to the Williams Lake Fire Department is 140 which actually other than last year compares very closely to previous years in terms of where we at so far this year.
“In April we only had one structure fire, I think year to date were at four to five which compares pretty consistently with previous years. We also responded to 3 grass fires, 2 dumpster fires, and 3 item fires which can be a bunch of garbage sprawled out close to building, it could be a bunch of miscellaneous items on fire inside a building, it covers a wide variety of fires,” Boyd said.
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