The Woodstock Fire department were kept busy in the month of January with 55 medical assistance calls.
WOODSTOCK - January was another busy month for the Woodstock Fire Department.
Crews were called out to 55 incidents involving medical assistance in January along with 6 motor vehicle collision, 11 carbon monoxide alarms and 27 fire alarm activations. They did not have to respond to any actual fires, which is great news after two fatalities in the month of December.
The training division has created a video presentation on the legitimate and illicit uses of the drug fentanyl. Fentanyl overdoses across Canada have become a national concern. Firefigthers need the training because they respond to medical assistance calls and could walk into a situation where someone is having an opioid overdose. Some fire departments in Ontario have their crews equipped with the drug called naloxone. Naloxone can be administered by firefighters to temporarily counteract the effects of a narcotic overdose and has been proven to save lives.
The Fire Prevention Division has continued with complaint and request based fire safety inspections. January fire prevention inspections consisted of several daycare inspections and residential apartments.

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