City of Courtenay Annual Report 2021

Record number of calls The department responded to 1053 incidents - the highest number of responses in their 106 year history. The previous record for responses was 881 incidents in 2017. The call volume for the first five months was consistent with 2020 but significant weather events in the summer and winter increased the call volume in the latter part of the year. COURTENAY FIRE DEPARTMENT

Fire prevention work The easing of some public health orders allowed the Fire Department to conduct fire inspections at pre-pandemic levels. Fire prevention staff also re-started public education programs in the fall, including smoke alarm checks, school visits, and conducting fire drills at both residential and commercial properties.

FIRE DEPARTMENT BY THE NUMBERS

2019

2020

2021

Emergency calls

566 240

553 281

740 313

Duty calls

Fire inspections Full time staff

1608

1712

1761

6

6

6

Paid-for-call firefighters

46

50

50 11

Provisional firefighters (waitlist)

8

8

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