With the summer fire season finally over, Colwood Fire Rescue is breathing a sigh of relief as they gear up for chimney fire season.
But despite the extremely dry conditions during the summer months, Fire Chief John Cassidy said calls for grass and brush fires were down in the city, and even mutual aid calls for those types of fires in View Royal were down.
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Cassidy added noticeably absent were the typical calls to Thetis Lake (mutual aid), Allandale Pit and the Ocean Boulevard area.
Part of that, he noted, could be due to more civic awareness as well as how proactive the department has been in working with different groups within the community while also patrolling those areas that have been known to be a problem in the past.
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The department not only responds to fire calls, but also motor vehicle incidents, medical aid and other emergency situations.
