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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY GF PORT COQUITLAM | . C 0 1 y C

NOV 19 1979

Mayor and Aldermea : DATE: November 16, 1979

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W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

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RE: PORT COQUITLAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT — October, 1979

Alarms ringing

Bush fires .
Cars Damages $1,000
Chimney

Furnace

Garbage containers

House fires . Damages $5,000
Smell of smoke in a home

Nuisance fires

Motel. Damages $ 400
Industrial

Hydro Pole

Inhalator calls

Patients transported

Firemen attended

Man hours

Firemen off sick

Volunteers paged 4 times

Fireman off for 15 days on compensation.

Total damages - $6, 400

Approximately $4,500 damage to home caused by cooking fat spilled onto a hot
element. Slight damage to bedroom when drapes were burned possible cause a
lighted cigarette. $500 damage to car possibly caused by blow back of
carburator. $500 to car engine compartment caused by leaking gasolene line.
Little or no damage to fire in a mill caused by a welder torch and no damage
to a wood working shop when a sawdust hopper caught fire from spark from a
dull saw blade. $400 damage to a motel room when distrubed lady lite the bed
on fire. Many nuisance calls, mostly garbage containers, newpaper boxes,

‘wooden structures in parks and even an advertising banner on the underpass.

59 Inhalator calls 38 home emergencies consisting of heart attacks, strokes,
asthmatic attacks, intoxication, convulsions and falls causing injuries.
Attended 9 motor vehicle accidents, 2 sports accidents, 3 different people
who had fallen on the street or sidewalk, two people hit by cars in separate
accidents, rescued a childs finger from a barbacue and "C" Shift delivered

a bouncing baby girl on route to hospital!

Summary for 1979 and same period in 1978

1979 1978
Fires and related incidents 312 damages $274,700 270 damages $261,375
Inhalator calls 521 481
Patients transported "404 364

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