Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue finished 2018 with 703 calls recorded. That's the busiest year they've since 2011, when members responded to 850 calls for help.  Last year was a more than 52-percent increase in the number of calls responded to in 2017, when there were just 461.  Many of last year's calls came in March and May when two large storms pass through the area.  The company also had 21 training sessions, 65 work sessions, and 24 business meetings last year.