There were eight calls for the fire department here to handle in May.
Fire chief Rick Richardson report to council was accepted unanimously on June 26.
He reported that there were three medical calls, three fires and two false alarms. Richardson also brought council up to date on several training sessions by the department.
Those included a mutual aid meeting in Fergus, fitness and agility test at Drayton and Moorefield, a tanker shuttle practice in Drayton, a pumper relay in Moorefield and a pump operating practices in Drayton.
As well, there was the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs conference and trade show, a public education exercise with the fire safety trailer delivered to grades one and four at Alma Public School, Centre Peel, Maryborough and Drayton Heights school.
Finally, the department performed a fire drill at the Drayton Festival Theatre.
