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Calendar Fire EMS Total
2022 417 742 1159
2021 1,050 1,795 2,845
2020 997 1,655 2,652
2015
2014 918 1,487 2,405
2013 975 1,775 2,475
2012 990 1,545 2,645
2011 912 1,489 2,401
2010 918 1,540 2,458
2009 947 1,653 2,600
2008 1,006 1,639 2,645
2007 1,010 1,465 2,475
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By Firefighter/EMT-B Brad Saunders
April 1, 2021
On April 1st at 1251 AM Hughesville Volunteers and surroundings companies were alerted to Brookeline Road in Dentsville, for the structure fire. Engine 22 and Engine Tanker 2 responded. Engine 22 was the fire arriving engine and arrived shortly after Mechanicsville Squad 2. Units arrived to find a garage with fire showing. Engine 22 laid dual supply lines and pulled a cross lay to assist Mechanicsville Squad 2 with extinguishing the fire.
Units:
Engine 22, Engine Tanker 2
Mutual Aid:
Mechanicsville Squad 2, Dentsville Engine 151
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