Now that we have successfully rang in the New Year and everyone is starting fresh the 2015 run numbers are in! In 2015 the Somers Volunteer Fire Department responded to 2,239 calls for service. A more in-depth look is below:

* 542 Fire Calls (Motor vehicle accidents are a dual Fire/EMS response but are officially counted as EMS runs. SFD responded to 118 for a total of 660 fire calls)
* 1,707 EMS Calls which works out to 70.52% of the total calls

Notable Fire Call totals:

*169 Commercial Fire Alarms
*119 Residential Fire Alarms
*118 Motor Vehicle Accidents
*42 Electrical Hazards/Wires Down
*32 Inside Smoke/Odor Investigations
*31 Structural Fire Responses
*21 Mutual Aid Structure Fire Responses

Busiest Apparatus for 2015:
1. Engine 183 (Lincolndale Firehouse)
2. Ladder 48 (Somers Firehouse)
3. Engine 181 (Amawalk Firehouse)
4. Engine 185 (Granite Springs Firehouse)

Top Responders for the year 2015:
1. Captain Jon Mackey- 325 calls
2. Chief George Wahlers- 276 calls
3. Lieutenant Greg Lucia- 260 calls
4. Assistant Chief Jody Leverich- 251 calls
5. Firefighter Steve Jarrett- 224 calls
6. Captain Kevin Barry- 214 calls
7. Ex-Chief John Meeker- 214 calls
8. Assistant Chief Paul Jockimo- 188 calls
9. Firefighter Mike Cyrulik- 177 calls
10. Firefighter Dylan Mechanic- 160 calls

Hope everyone has a good new year!