Capital City Fire Rescue starts the new year eyeballing yet another record year for calls.
While a guest on Action Line Thursday, Fire Chief Rich Etheridge was asked if they could be looking at another record year.
"So far, it's starting out with a bang. We're only halfway through the month, and we're already 35 calls over where we were last year, so it's not slowing down at all."
Last year surpassed the previous record set in 2015.
"2015 was the first time we broke 4,000 incidents. Last year was even bigger. We ran 4,517 calls, which is a 13% increase over the previous year. Typically we increase 1% to maybe 3% on a busy year, but last year was just kind of astronomical. The majority of the increased call volume were medical services."