Fewer Calls To Fire Service

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The Barbados Fire Service has recorded a 41 per cent reduction in calls to incidents as compared to last year.

Acting Chief Fire Officer Randolph Cox said last weekend that the department responded to 1 746 calls up to September 30 as compared to 2 964 for the same period last year.

Except for calls under the categories as other structural, and non-emergencies there were reductions in all the other categories. The largest reduction was in the area of grass fires which were reduced by 662. The total number for 2008 was 1 384, as compared to 722 for the same period this year.

"The department has maintained its usual good practices and dedication when responding to calls for assistance. However, there is always cause for concern when one life is lost and one home destroyed by fire," he noted.

Cox was speaking during the annual Chief Fire Officer's Parade and Awards ceremony at the Arch Hall Station, St. Thomas. (YB)

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