Cold, more calls, and a recent crash add to busy time for Billings firefighters
and last updated 2021-02-17 13:36:31-05
BILLINGS - Call volume has been steadily increasing over the years for the Billings Fire Department, but with Montanaâs recent cold temperatures the workload has seemed to intensify.
âUnfortunately, a lot of structure fires,â said Battalion Chief Kevin Johnson. âWe re dealing with a lot of slick roads.â
Johnson says the weather has wreaked havoc on their call load, keeping firefighters busy even fighting fires in18-degree temperatures.
âYou know we re averaging 48 calls a day right now from the first year, you know we ran over 18,000 calls last year which is almost a thousand increase from the year before and a thousand before that,â he said.