Okeechobee firefighters responded to the following calls last week:
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• Okeechobee City Fire Department responded to 20 medical/EMS, two motor vehicle accidents, one public assist, one false alarm and four canceled calls between March 1 and March 7.
• Okeechobee County Fire Rescue responded to 122 rescue/emergency, three fire related, two false alarms, nine good intentions, two special incident, two service and five hazardous conditions calls last week. Of 94 possible transports, 11 were refused.
• On March 4 at approximately 9 p.m., OCFR responded to a call regarding a brush fire in the 1600 block of Northwest 45th Terrace. When they arrived, they found a 6’x6’ pile containing mostly yard clippings along with some lumber and other illegal burn products. The owner was using the fire as a warming fire. He was advised of the local burn laws and allowed to continue the fire, because the material was already in a decayed state.