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* THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

November 2nd, 3972

Fire Departcent Monthly Rerort for Cctober, 1972

hydro poles

bush fires

T.V. fire

overheated clement

chimney fire

car fire

human body fire

calls fo malfunctioning fire alarns
€as spill : vas toe
23 inhalator calle

Ey. total calls

22 people transported
siren sounded O tines’

117 fire attended

117 aan hour
_ © volunteers remuneration
$650 demares ,

‘1 fireman absent

HN ee ee ay

Damages of $650.00 to a television and a car motor. Cause of the television fire
was an electric short. Cause of the car fire was also an electric short burning
reeulted in the motor compartment. We had two calls to the hydro poles. One a
tree fell across wires causing them to arc spreading hot embers to the ground.
The other was an electric pole switch shorting causing a srail fire on the pole.
All the bush fires were caused by children playing with matches. An overheated
electric element in an apartment caused when the thermostat control malfunctioned.
The departwent was called to extinguish a human body when a man committed suicide

by burnuins himeelf,

23 inhalater calls: a call to the srorts centre to attend a heckey player who
wag hit in the throat with a pucke An industrial accident where a man had a
badly crushed hand. Five motor vehicle accidents; three involved cargé, ore &@
car hit-.a man on a motorcycle and one where a young girl was hit by a car.
Sixteen hose emergencies which included heart attacxs, epileptic seizures, asth-
matic attacks, Strokes, diabetes and appendicites attacks. Attended a Jady and
aman who had fulien sustaining kead injuries. A child who had taken pills and
a lady who had taken a medication overdose,

I am very happy to announce that the Fire Department had a very quiet Halloween.
We had no faise alarms and no hydrants turned on. .

' For inspections, see attached sheete

W.S, Wingrove
Fire Chief

WSW/ese

Cote LeD. tollock
ReAe Preeman