THE. CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 lJ NV C

FIRE DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY 1977 MAR 21 1977

CAMPER DAMAGES $200
CAR FIRES DAMAGES" $550
HOUSE FIRES DAMAGES $7,000.
CHIMNEY & FIREPLACES NO DAMAGE

FIRE ALARMS .

WIRES DOWN

NUISANCE CALLS

INH ALATOR
PATIENTS. TRANSPORTED 22

FIREMEN ATTENDED 206

MAN HOURS 229

VOLUNTEERS! REMUNERATION $367.50
VOLUNTEERS' PAGED 2 TIMES

FIREMEN OFF SICK 2 TOTAL 22 DAYS
INITIAL RESPONSE TO CALLS FROM #2 HALL = 14

Total damages $7,750.00. $7000.00 damage to the leasement area of a home which is
under investigation by the R.C.M.P. and the Fire Marshal's Office. $250.00 damage

to the kitchen of a home when a toaster oven ignited a shelf and wall. Three car fires
total of $550.00 damage. One caused by a flooded carburetor igniting gasoline from an
electrical spark, one by a blow back in the carburetor and the other possibly a
cigarette on the front seat.

Fire alarms set off in two different schools by persons unknown. The nuisance calls
were to a school play area and a paper box.

31 Inhalator calls. 19 home emergencies consisting of convulsions, chest pains, heart
attacks, asthmatic attack, stomach cramps, and dizzy spells (flu), seizures and falls
causing injuries, Attended 3 sports accidents, 2 motor vehicle accidents, 2 overdoses of
drugs, 4 incidents involving liquor and a person who had fallen on a sidewalk.

Summary to date and for same period in 1976.

1976 1977

Fires & related incidents 32 damages $5,150 32 damages $14,100
Inhalator calls 73 62
Patients transported 59 42

see attached sheet for inspections,

wsW/dv W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.
CeCe L.D. Pollock
R.A. Freeman