The Kelowna Fire department has had a busy year.

Monday at city council Kelowna fire Chief Rene Blanleil presented the stats...

the says calls for service, including first response have risen 6.5 percent since last year....the total call volume for the year is expected to be around 95-hundred....compared with 67-hundred in 2005.He says just over half the calls the department receives are first responder with BC ambulance service.