 The Babinji fire department released its annual report for 2018 and saw an increase in fire calls. Each season calls for different fire safety protocols. During the winter the fire department says they try to look out for heating fires and to make sure that space heaters are plugged into the right outlet and not an extension cord. Another thing to watch out for is carbon monoxide buildup that can occur at home. This time of year with the snow that we've had this year especially as we're cleaning our roughs off or snow is accumulating in places we need to make sure that we're not getting the vents blocked for your furnaces and we've seen kind of an uptake in those types of calls where we've had carbon monoxide buildup in homes because of blocked vents so another thing that we want to make sure people have working carbon monoxide detectors in their homes and that they're making sure that those vents are clear so they can you know your furnaces can work properly. The fire department does not attribute the fire call increase to anything in particular but they say with the city growing they would anticipate more calls. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.