The monthly report from City of Prince Rupert Fire Chief Jeff Beckworth is up for review of Council and the public, the document part of tonights City Council Session Consent Agenda Report.
The two page update for Council noting of a continue decline in incident calls from this April compared to recent years.
This April the PRFD responded to 70 incidents compared to 109 in 2022 and 102 in 2021. The report does not expand on why there is a significant reduction from year to year.
Of the 70 calls for assistance, there were 12 reported fires, among them vehicle, cooking, cuisine and trash calls. The PRFD notes that no properties sustained significant damage this month due to fire. Prince Rupert Firefighters also responded to 4 motor vehicle incidents and 33 medical events in the community in the month of April.
The report also notes that Fire Rescue Department personnel conducted Fire Service Act inspections within 4 public buildings in Prince Rupert.
Chief Beckwith also outlines the current process underway for recruitment of a new firefighter, that owing to the retirement of a senior member on April 26th.
The report wraps up with review of some of their public education work and training actives, as well as a look at the volume of and distribution of the 812 calls for assistance that came into the 911 Dispatch office at the Fire hall in the month of April.
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Council members have opportunity tonight, if they wish, to speak to any of the themes presented or to ask questions related to the information released by the PRFD for March.
More notes on tonight's Council Session can be reviewed here.
A look at the work of Emergency Responders across the Northwest can be reviewed here.
Cross posted from the North Coast Review.
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