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Last year. the fire department respond- ed to 981 calls with 76 (8 per cent) of them being fires. 16! (17 per cent) were vehicle accidents/rescue calls and 327 (33 per cent) were medical cans. which 'was more than double the 150 they responded to in The reason for the jump in medical calls is because the department was upgraded in its medical response service level from B to A when it Want 24/1 “We do the best we Mr. McKenzie said. McKenzie noting it is a iegitimaw busiâ€" ness that imports mm and redistributes dam) to stores in the area. “the owner was convicted in civil mun and received fines totaling $7.500. ~Theaverageresponsedmeinzomdmpped by a minute-and-a-half fmm 6.56 in 2009 to 7.23 minutes. Fireworks ownerfined in court The average response time in 2010 dropped by a minute-andm-half from 8.56 in 2M9 to 7.23 minutes. frum ” 1 “I'd ralhef have active firefighters. even just keeping their skills up." Mr. McKenzie said, noting fire calls are their first priuriu By moving to a Level A. n immediate notification to the Stoufiyifledcpgnmcm. As a Level B responder. it provided for notification only when them was a dplay beyond the ambulance's normal response "I am Fire chief notes m amua! repon M91165 respond- ing :9 move medical cans. provided [or Whitrhurch-