The Watseka fire department and police departments were busy in the month of January.
At Tuesdayâs public safety committee meeting, Watseka aldermen heard from Assistant Fire Chief Nick Peters and Police Chief Jeremy Douglas.
Peters told the committee that the department had two line/odor investigation calls in January, and were called to one traffic accident. There were also three fire alarm calls and one EMS assist. There were two mutual aid calls, one to Beaverville and one to Crescent.
The department also participated in two birthday driveways.
Training in January included station duty, equipment checks, hazardous materials awareness, ERG, incident command, mass casualty incidents and blood borne pathogens.