THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM
MEMO

TO: Mayor and Aldermen DATE: April 19, 1979

FROM: W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

RE: PORT COQUITLAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT ~ March 1979

House fires Damage $7,400
Alarms ringing

Washed down oil spills

Bush or grass fires

Car Damage $4,000
Garbage containers

Kitchen range No Damage

Inhalator calls

Patients transported

Firemen attended

Man hours

Firemen off sick - total 29 days
Volunteers paged twice

Total damages - $11,400

$6,200 damage to a home caused when fat on the kitchen stove caught fire.
$1,200 damage to a home when fire occurred while the owner was applying
contact cement possibly started from stove pilot light. Approximately
$4,000 to a car caused from faulty wiring. Most of the 22 bush or grass

fires were ignited by persons unknown.

63 Inhalator calls. 41 home emergencies consisting of heart attacks,
strokes, emphsema, convulsions, epileptic seizure, hemorrhaging due to
recent operation, over indulgence in alcohol and falls causing injuries.
Attended 14 motor vehicle accidcats, 1 sports accident, fight causing
injuries, industrial accident, truck hit small boy, train hit a man
walking on tracks and two overdoses.

Summary for 1979 and same period in 1978
1979 1978
Fires and related incidents 81 damages $60,300 70 damages $218,500

Inhalator calls 170 152

Patients transported 138 118

W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chicf.
WSW/ms