General Urban Kitchener Updates and Rumours

[dtkvictim]

Anecdotes are dangerous. Even my personal anecdotes.

Here are some national statistics, from 2005 to 2014: a drop of 25% in the number of fires, in spite of a 10% increase in population.
http://nfidcanada.ca/wp-content/uploads/...o-2014.pdf

Ontario data, from 2010 to 2019: 10% drop in fires, in spite of a 10% increase in population:
https://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/...fires.html

Notably most Ontario fire departments are "composite" with both full-time and volunteer firefighters:
https://www.mcscs.jus.gov.on.ca/english/...ts_fd.html

Of course, I always preface my anecdotes as such as acknowledgment that it shouldn't be taken seriously. I just have fun speculating in the absence of statistics. The article did highlight downtown though, where the factors I outlined might make it an outlier from the general trends of Ontario and Canada. Though I know realistically (and especially with Coke's insight) that's probably not the case.

At the end of the day I just want my emergency services operating in whichever way is most efficient, as I seem to have to deal with all of them an excessive amount living downtown.