THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT CCQUITLAM

COUNC

FIRE DEPARTMENT - OCTOBER 1974 NOV 18 1974

BARN FIRE DAMAGES APPROXIMATELY $700.00
CAR FIRES DAMAGES - $6,700.00
NUISANCE FIRES
(Garbage containers,
paper boxes, etc.)
BUSH FIRES
WASH DOWN OIL SPILLS
FIRE IN CLEAN-OUT OF
FYREPLACE
SUNDECK OF NEW HOME $1,000.00

INHALATOR CALLS 36
PATIENTS TRANSPORTED 26

FIREMEN ATTENDED 200
MAN HOURS 250
VOLUNTEERS” $190.00
REMUNERATION

VOLUNTEERS PAGED 1

3 FIREMEN OFF SICK 7 DAYS —'TOTAL

Damages: Approximately $9,000.00.,

Approximately $700.00 damage to a barn and hay caused by children hunting for

eggs with the help of lighted matches. Total damage to 6 cars $6,700.00. Most

of the car fires are under investigation for arson. Three of the cars were burned
in an apartment carport with considerable damage to the carport also. This fire
is under investigation. The wash down of a number of o11 spills occurred in the
Mary Hill Acea when some person or persons had oil in plastic bags and dumped
them on the road in a number of locations. Fire on a sundeck of a home under
construction was caused when workman was using an open flame to dry the sundeck
igniting the flammable corking material in turn damaging the plastic siding.

36 Inhalator calls. 32 Home Emergencies consisting of heart attacks, strokes,
problems with breathing, asthmatic attack, diverticulitus attack, falls causing
injuries, child in convulsions and a baby delivered in the Inhalator on the way
to hospital. . Three industrial accidents. Six motor vehicle accidents. Attended
two overdoses.

Halloween night was very quiet with only one Inhalator call.

See attached sheet for inspections.

W.S. Wingrove
Fire Chief

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