Lumby and District Fire Department expecting record number of calls in 2021
A new report on calls for service by the Lumby and District Fire Department shows they are trending towards a record number of calls in 2021.
Between January and July, the fire department responded to 93 calls for service, 35 of which were located in the Village of Lumby, 53 were in the rural Lumby area, and four were out of district. One of those rural calls was a dispatch error made in April.
While speaking to Vernon Matters, Fire Chief Tony Clayton said the number of calls as of August 15 is 102, well above the average of 63 in that same time period from past years, and they are expected to see a year with record calls for service.
“On a normal year by the middle of August, there’s about 65 or 70 calls, and we’re at 102, so we’re already 30 ahead going into the fall,” said Clayton.