_ THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 UJ IN C |

DEC 121977

TO: Mayor and Council a December 8th, 1977

REPORT -

FROM: W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief

Re: Fire Department Report - November 1977

B.C. Hydro transformers and. pole ~ no damage
Car . ‘ ;
Burst hot water tank

Fire alarms in schools.

Garbage and/or paper boxes

Apartment - no damage

Oven fire in cafe - no damage

Industrial fires ~ damage - $3,000

Wash down gas spill

Chimney fires (fireplaces)

NRPN EE & Sm Ee pp

‘48 Inhalator calls

33 Patients transported

255 Firemen attended

255 Man hours

No firemen off sick

‘Volunteers remuneration $105.00
Volunteers paged once.

Total Damages ~ $3,000

Approximately $3,000 damage.to a trailer used as an office by
B.C. Government Public Works. This trailer was heated by
propane and after the furnace had gone out a man tried to re-
light it when an explosion resulted. The *:xrailer was blown
completely apart and the man was badly burned. 4 alarms to
‘schools, 2 due to malfunctions and 2 by design. The boys who
set off these alarms have been expelled. Fire in a cafe oven
caused no damage but the owner was ordered to clean up the
‘dirty, greasy stove. Garbage fire in area of a conveyor belt
resulted in no damage to equipment. Co -

° 48 inhalator calls. 33 home emergencies consisting
. Of breathing problems, heart attacks, strokes, epileptic seizures
(2 D.O.A.'s), convulsions (1 child and 1 adult), advanced cancer,
‘meningitis and falls causing cuts and broken bones. 5 athletic
accidents, 3 industrial, a man dropped a casting on his foot, a
‘man injured and burned from a propane explosion and a man had
his leg go into a conveyor roller. 2 motor vehicle accidents,
3 overdoses, and a fight in a local beer parlour. Attempted
‘rescue and search for boy who drowned in’ the Coquitlam Rive.

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ee Len