Piedmont Fire Chief, Mike Ledbetter gave the Fire Department Activity for April and May 2022 at Tuesday nights council meeting.
APRIL:
- Structure Fires – 1 mutual aid w/ Jacksonville, involving the JCA Fire.
- Automatic Alarm – 1
- Vehicle Accidents – 10
- Woods Fires – 4 involving 6 acres
- Service Calls – 9
- Ambulance Assist – 7
- Hazardous Materials Calls – 1
- Established Landing Zone – 1
Opened 1 Fire Investigation
Hosted a bus extrication class
Provided Manopwer for medical cart for bike race
Conducted an in-house training course for rope rescue
MAY:
- Structure Fires – 3
- Automatic Alarms – 2
- False Alarms – 2
- Service Calls – 7
- Vehicle Accidents – 7
- Ambulance Assist – 13
- Woods/Grass Fires – 3 involving estimated 45 acres
- Established Landing Zones – 4
- Hazardous Materials Calls – 2
- Vehicle Fires – 2
- Trash/Rubbish Fires – 1
Fire Department Conducted a tour and inspection of all school buildings
Provided crews for Medic Cart for Bicycle Race
Provided trucks for Veterans Memorial Day Service
So far this year, the Piedmont Fire Department has responded to 242 calls.
This time last year in 2021, that number was 186.