~ Provided by Stanley Volunteer Fire Department, Co. 24
STANLEY — The Stanley Volunteer Fire Department answered 58 calls for the month of August. Fire Chief Terry A. Pettit reported there were 19 emergency calls, 12 medical calls and 27 non-emergency calls. Total calls for the year-to-date are 416.
A breakdown of the calls includes 14 medical calls, seven vehicle accidents, five calls for electrical lines down, four smoke investigations, three calls for trees into houses, three standbys at the Page Valley Fair, two house fires, two calls to remove trees out of roadway, two automatic fire alarms, and one call for fill dunking tank, water emergency, fire safety presentation, pickup fire, standby fireworks display, lock out, water softball field, control burn, animal rescue, LP gas leak, standby control burn, grass fire, odor investigation, standby tractor pull, standby truck pull and standby demo derby.
An average of 16 members responded to each emergency call, and an average of four members responded to each medical call. The most members on an emergency call were 22 and the least was seven.
There were 660.6 miles placed on apparatus, and there was no fire damage for the month. One car was totaled due to a vehicle accident.
The department assisted the Stanley Rescue Squad on six calls, Page County EMS on three calls, Shenandoah National Park on one call, Luray Rescue Squad on one call and Valley Transport on one call. The department was assisted by the Page County EMS on two calls.
Members responding to the most emergency calls were Chief Pettit 19, Ethan Knight 17, Bruce Stoneberger 15, Mitch Martin 13, Jason Pettit 13, Jason Housden 12, Colin Huffman 12, Jason Sours 11, Brennan Stoneberger 11, Jacob Martin 11, Caleb Purdham 11, Zach Croft 10 and Justin Foltz 10.
Members answering the most medical calls were Chief Pettit 9, J.T. Long 5 and Bruce Stoneberger 3.
Members answering the most non-emergency calls were Chief Pettit 14, Ethan Knight 8, Darnell Owens 7, J.T. Long 6, Brennan Stoneberger 6, Justin Foltz 5, Jason Housden 5, Colin Huffman 5, and Jason Pettit 5.
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