It was a busy Halloween weekend for the police and fire departments in Richmond.
However, despite dealing with more than 150 calls for various incidents, both emergency services say the two days were relatively low-key and safe.
On Halloween itself on Sunday, Richmond RCMP said it responded to 66 calls for service, of which 18 were related to fireworks in various locations across the city.
There were also, according to the RCMP, a few reports of large gatherings of 30 or more youth, which had to be dispersed.
“No major property damage was reported,” a Richmond RCMP spokesperson told the Richmond News, and, apparently, there were no injuries.
“Police issued several verbal warnings for fireworks, but no violation tickets.”
The spokesperson added that the detachment “had anticipated this would likely be a busier night than usual.
“An operations plan had been in place, and extra staff were on duty to assist regularly scheduled front-line officers.”
Richmond Fire-Rescue also reported a lively weekend, with 76 call-outs on Saturday and 10 on Sunday, all of which were minor in nature, according to Fire Chief Tim Wilkinson.
A Richmond resident did post on a community Facebook page that her son was hit on the back by a firework on Sunday after people were setting off fireworks in the Woodward parking lot. It wasn’t clear if the boy was injured.
