Birmingham FD reports spike in calls last year By Bria Chatman | February 3, 2021 at 5:27 AM CST - Updated February 3 at 5:27 AM BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Birmingham firefighters responded to over 67,000 fire and emergency medical calls last year. Making them one of the busiest fire departments in the state. The numbers are up by almost 5,000 from 2019. With 58,474 being medical calls and 8,673 of those were for fires. There was also 77 other call. They averaged about 184 a day. “Every year you know we usually have a rise in emergency responses,” says Chief Jackie Hicks. “You know ...