**CITY OF TIMMINS MEDIA RELEASE**

Timmins, ON – During the week of July 2nd to July 8th , the Timmins Fire Department responded to 20 calls which consisted of:

4- working fire,
4 -emergency medical calls,
1 -carbon monoxide calls,
1 -vehicle collision,
5 -false alarms,
0 –rescue,
4 -complaints and
1 -miscellaneous call.

The Timmins Fire Department is a composite Fire Department that operates 7 Fire Stations; 5 Volunteer Stations, 1 Composite Station and 1 Airport Station. The Fire Department is equipped with a total of 21 pieces of apparatus, 140 Volunteers Firefighters and 34 Career Firefighters.