MEMO

THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0
JAN 1 81

Mayor and Aldermen DATE: January 9, 1981

W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

RE: -PORT COQUITLAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT - DECEMBER 1980

10 Alarms ringing
Cars —
Chimney
Garbage containers
Gas spill
House fires Damages $25,150.
Smoke smells
Hydro wires down & burning
Tree fell on house
Tank cars leaking (CPR)

51 Inhalator calls

47 Patients transported

425 Firemen attended

448 Man hours

5 Firemen off sick - total 23 days
Volunteers paged 4 times

Total damages - $25,150.

Five house fires: $3500 damage to a bedroom started by children playing with
matches, $500 to an entrance of a home when an open flame ignited a macrame
hanging, $1000 to a rug, clothing and other objects possibly started by a
faulty electric cord, $20,000 danages to home when the owners left on vacation
and left a pot on the stove and $150 to bedroom when a child started a fire on
a bed. Little or no damage to 6 car fires. Washed down an area in the CPR
yards caused from three tank cars of Petrol Napth (cleaning fluid) flash point
of 65° ¢ leaking due to expansion from change of temperature.

Inhalators 51 - 31 home emergencies consisting of strokes, heart attacks, form
of flu, asthmatic attack, seizures, domestic fights and falls causing injuries.
Attended 7 motor vehicle accidents, one industrial accident, 5 fights causing
injuries, one school sports accident, 1 person collapsed in a store, 1 person
found on the sidewalk and 4 overdoses.

The Port Coquitlam Firemen's Empty Stocking Fund supplied gifts for approximately
300 needy children this year besides helping out with some food hampers the day
before Christmas to families who had been missed. I put out an appeal to the
Citizens of Port Coquitlam to support our needs. We are very happy to announce
and would like to thank the wonderful people wite donated to our cause, that
donations of $2,107.50 were received.

Summary for 1980 and same period in 1979
1980 1979
damages $2,118,038 364 damages $351,800

Fires and related incidents 307

Inhalator calls 648 , 628
527 492

* This does not include Golf Club Fire
(insurance $1,375,000).

Patients transported

W.S. Wingrove,

WSW/ms Fire Chief.