Charlottetown firefighters respond to eight mulch fires, ferry fire in July

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — Firefighters in Charlottetown skilled their second busiest month of the yr in July.

Based on paperwork launched by town at council’s month-to-month assembly on Aug. 8, the division responded to 74 emergency calls final month, three fewer calls than firefighters responded to in January, which had probably the most calls up to now in 2022.

District 1 on Kent Avenue responded to 51 of these calls.

The next is a synopsis of the calls:

• alarm ringing however no hearth, 11;
• alarm pulled by accident, 1;
• alarm set off by smoke, steam or mud, 3;
• alarm set off as a consequence of gear malfunction, 9;
• alarm set off by sprinkler system as a consequence of energy failure, 1;
• alarm set off as a result of somebody was engaged on the system, 3;
• cooking alarm, 7;
• mutual assist for medical help, 4;
• flawed station name out, 1;
• mulch hearth, 8;
• motorized vehicle accident, 1;
• motorized vehicle fuel leak, 1;
• elevator rescue, 1.

District 2 on St. Peters Highway responded to 23 emergency calls.

The next is a synopsis of the calls:

• alarm ringing however no hearth, 4;
• alarm set off by smoke or steam, 1;
• alarm set off as a consequence of gear malfunction, 6;
• carbon monoxide alarm, 2;
• mutual assist for Island EMS, 1;
• mutual assist for the ferry hearth at Wooden Islands, 1;
• mutual assist outdoors hearth division, 1;
• fridge hearth, 2;
• tree hearth, 1;
• flawed station name out, 1;
• odor of fuel, 1;
• campfire within the woods, 1;
• motorized vehicle accident, 1.