The fire department has released its first-quarter report.

The Dauphin Fire Department has responded to 51 incidents in the city and RM.

The split is 45 in favour of the city and 6 responses in the RM.

Fire Chief Cam Abrey says 33 per cent of their calls are false alarms, 25 per cent are kitchen fires, motor vehicle collisions make up 14 per cent, and to round off the top 4, 8 per cent of the fire department’s calls are structure fires.

Over the past few years, false alarm calls have stayed pretty consistent while kitchen fires have risen.

Kitchen fires are typically caused by unattended cooking.

Structure fires are also up this year.

The four structure fires they responded to were in the Dauphin Marketplace Mall when sparks from an angle grinder caused a fire in the maintenance room, the basement of Smitty’s when greasy rags and aprons self-ignited, the bond building fire which is still under investigation by the office of the fire commissioner, and the mobile home fire which also remains under investigation by the office of the fire commissioner.