Over the past several years, the Wexford VFC has responded to an average of over 400 calls a year. Services we provide include: fire suppression, vehicle rescue, operational level hazardous material response, and a host of other categories of things that when no one knows what to do, they call the fire department. Here is some additional statistical response information.
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 404 | 431 | 175 |
| January | 27 | 30 | 48 |
| February | 25 | 19 | 17 |
| March | 27 | 29 | 36 |
| April | 39 | 35 | 35 |
| May | 33 | 43 | 39 |
| June | 24 | 49 | |
| July | 44 | 37 | |
| August | 39 | 33 | |
| September | 39 | 37 | |
| October | 31 | 32 | |
| November | 42 | 46 | |
| December | 34 | 41 |
• An average 79% of our call volume is in the Township of Pine.
• 55% percent of our call volume occurs Monday to Friday between 8am and Midnight.
• About 9% of our call volume involves fire.
• About 5% of our call volume involves vehicle rescues.
• Fire alarms and other good intent nature responses account for about 57% of total call volume.
• Incidents involving hazardous conditions without fire (accidents with hazards, gas leaks, electrical problems) account for about 20% of our call volume.
Between 2011 and 2016, our call volume increased by 50% from 270 calls in 2011 to 404 calls in 2016.