Calls for February 2008
Total of 44 calls

• Feb 3rd – Medical call
• Feb 3rd – Medical call

• Feb 4th – Medical call
• Feb 4th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
E202 was called to St-Lazare for an alarm sounding. St-Lazare crews arrived quickly and cancelled the Engine as it was leaving.

• Feb 5th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
E202 responded for a smell of smoke in a house on Brunet in 8’s district. E208 arrived and cancelled E202 while responding to the scene.
• Feb 5th – Medical call

• Feb 7th – Medical call
• Feb 7th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
E202 was toned out to respond with station #8 for a fire alarm sounding in a house on Pine Tree. Engine 202 arrived with a crew of five fire fighters. The alarm was caused by construction workers and crews cleared shortly after arriving.

• Feb 8th – Fire call (Commercial fire alarm)
Friday morning was a busy one for fire crews. All trucks along with E208 responded for an alarm sounding in a local school. Crews arrived to find an alarm sounding due to dust. All trucks were back in service a half hour after receiving the call.
• Feb 8th – Fire call (Commercial fire alarm)
Just after returning to the station and cleaning all the trucks, the pagers were then activated for an alarm sounding at the same school. Crews arrived this time to find a detector activated due to a smoking toaster and crews returned.
• Feb 8th – Fire call (Haz-mat call)
Again the trucks were cleaned and the pagers were then sounded for a hazardous materials call. Crews were quick to handle the call and were back in service in less than an hour.

• Feb 9th – Medical call

• Feb 11th – Medical call
• Feb 11th – Fire call (Commercial fire alarm)
Just after returning everything to service after the medical call, crews were then toned out for a fire alarm at a local school. All trucks responded and made investigation. All trucks were held on scene for a short while by command and then returned.
• Feb 11th – Medical call

• Feb 12th – Fire call (MVC)
Tuesday morning all trucks responded for a four car accident on Cote St-Charles. Crews worked along side police and ambulance to stabilize the scene.
• Feb 12th – Medical call

• Feb 13th – Medical call
• Feb 13th – Medical call

• Feb 14th – Medical call
• Feb 14th – Fire call (Commercial fire alarm)
As M902 was about to leave the station another call was received for a commercial alarm sounding on Cameron Avenue. M902 continued for the medical call and all other trucks and E208 responded to the alarm. Crews found a detector sounding due to steam and returned.

• Feb 16th – Medical call
• Feb 16th – Medical call

• Feb 17th – Medical call

• Feb 19th – Medical call

• Feb 20th – Fire call (Smell of gas)
This was a busy day for the volunteers. The first call came in just after 0800 for a smell of natural gas in the Mayfair area. E202 was first to arrive with four fire fighters. Crews found a very light odour in the general area with no source found. Vaudreuil Fire Department had just finished up a couple of similar calls prior to the Hudson call. It was determined that there was an odour from Vaudreuil to Hudson and Gaz Metropolitain was contacted.
• Feb 20th – Fire call (Smoke inside a building)
Just after lunch all trucks from Hudson, as well as E208, responded to a Cameron Avenue address for smoke in the building. Crews found a good amount of smoke in the structure and went to work locating the source. After a short while an over-heating furnace was located and shut off.
• Feb 20th – Medical call
• Feb 20th – Medical call

• Feb 21st – Medical call

• Feb 22nd – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
E202 was called out to station 8’s district for a chimney fire. Hudson crews assisted St-Lazare in verifying the building for fire extension. All checked out and Command returned Hudson’s Engine.
• Feb 22nd – Medical call

• Feb 25th – Medical call
• Feb 25th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
While returning from the medical call, a second call was received to back up Station 8 for a gas call in a residence. E202 responded quickly with five firefighters. The engine arrived and secured a hydrant and stood by. Command cleared the Hudson crew after a few minutes and the engine returned in service.
• Feb 25th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
Approximately an hour after placing the engine back in service crews were again toned out for a gas call in Station 8’sdistrict. The engine arrived and was held by command until verification was completed. E202 returned to station approximately a half hour after receiving the call.

• Feb 26th – Fire call (House fire)
Tuesday evening Engine 202 and a crew of six fire fighters responded to a house on fire in station 12’s district. Vaudreuil crews had arrived to find the second floor of a residence involved with fire and called for reinforcements from Hudson and Pincourt. Hudson crews worked for two hours and then were returned to quarters by Vaudreuil command.
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• Feb 27th – Fire call (Automatic mutual aid)
E202 responded to a Vaudreuil address for a fire alarm sounding in a house. The Engine arrived at the same time as T313 from Vaudreuil and made investigations. Crews were held by Vaudreuil command for a while and then returned in service.
• Feb 27th – Medical call

• Feb 28th – Medical call
• Feb 28th – Fire call (Smell of smoke)
All trucks with E208 were dispatched to a house for a smell of smoke inside. E202 arrived and, after a quick check of the residence, immediately turned off the main power to the building. The owner was advised to contact an electrician.
• Feb 29th – Medical call

• Feb 29th – Medical call
• Feb 29th – Fire call (Residential fire alarm)
• Feb 29th – Medical call