November quiet month for fires

November was the quietest month for the Charlottetown Fire Department since May in terms of the number of emergency calls.

The two fire stations handled a combined 41 calls last month, the lowest monthly total for the department since heading out to 38 calls in May. The department handled 50 calls in October.

Station 1 on Kent Street handled 22 of the calls, including alarm ringing, no fire (8), alarm detector activated (1), alarm activating as a result of smoke, steam or water (2), alarm equipment malfunction (3), workers set off alarm (5), cooking alarm (1), mutual aid (1) and stove fire (1).

Station 2 on St. Peters Road in the neighbourhood of Sherwood responded to 19 emergency calls, including alarm ringing no fire (3), alarm equipment malfunction (2), alarm set off as someone was working on the system (2), cooking alarm (3), electric fire (1), appliance on fire (1), mutual aid for Island EMS (1), mutual aid for grass fire (1), brush fire (1), motor vehicle accident (2), sparks (1) and propane tank leak (1).

The two stations have responded to 563 emergency calls so far this year, up to the end of November, down from 721 calls up to the same period in 2019

City properties need to be cleaned up

The public works department has been given the green light to move in and clean up a couple of unsightly properties in Charlottetown.

The two properties are located at 224 East Royalty Rd. and 225 North River Rd.

The issue with the property on East Royalty Road is with derelict vehicles being a violation under the city’s dangerous, hazardous and unsightly bylaw. The vehicles will be removed at the owner’s expense. The public works department is also authorized to clean up the property itself, at the owner’s expense.

As for the property on North River Road, the public works department has been authorized to clean up the property under the dangerous, hazardous and unsightly bylaw, at the owner’s expense.

City council gave its unanimous approval to the cleanup at its Dec. 14 regular public monthly meeting. The resolutions were passed under council’s standing committee for protective and emergency services.