COUNCIL IN BRIEF: Charlottetown firefighters start year off on busy note
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — The Charlottetown Fireplace Division responded to 77 emergency calls in January.
That’s the busiest month firefighters within the metropolis have had since October.
Station 1 on Kent Avenue dealt with 50 of these calls.
The next is a synopsis of the calls:
- alarm ringing however no fireplace, 6;
- alarm pulled unintentionally, 2;
- alarm set off by smoke, steam or mud, 5;
- alarm set off by gear malfunction, 9;
- alarm set off as a result of somebody was engaged on the system, 2;
- cooking alarm, 11;
- rendering mutual support or medical help, 2;
- fuel leak, 1;
- working fireplace, 1;
- carbon monoxide alarm, 1;
- electrical pole fireplace, 1;
- smoke, 3;
- electrical wires, 1;
- energy outage, 5.
Station 2 on St. Peters Highway responded to 27 emergency calls.
The next is a synopsis of these calls:
- alarm ringing however no fireplace, 6;
- alarm set off by smoke or steam, 1;
- alarm set off on account of gear malfunction, 6;
- alarm set off by the sprinkler, 2;
- employees set off alarm, 1;
- cooking alarm, 2;
- hazardous materials spill, 1;
- mutual support to the North River Fireplace Division, 1;
- downed energy line, 1;
- scent of burning plastic, 1;
- mutual support for Island EMS, 2;
- carbon monoxide alarm, 1;
- dryer fireplace, 1;
- automobile accident, 1.
Parking fines in metropolis down in January
Charlottetown’s parking commissionaires issued 1,356 parking fines in January.
That’s a drop of just about 900 tickets from the earlier month.
It’s additionally a giant drop from the two,761 fines that discovered themselves on the windshields of automobiles in January 2021.
By way of different fines issued in January, town’s bylaw enforcement officer issued eight tickets below the canine bylaw and 66 fines below the nuisance bylaw.
Dave Stewart is a municipal reporter with the SaltWire Community in Prince Edward Island.
