FIRE DEPARTMENT ~— JANUARY 1973

HOUSE FIRES

CHIMNEY

GARBAGE CONTAINERS
MALFUNCTION OF ALARM SYSTEM
FLOODED OIL FURNACE

CAR FIRE

WASH DOWN OF GASOLINE SPILLS
INHALATOR

TRANSPORTED

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Siren sounded 4 times (one a malfunction in B. C. Telephone Equipment).
Damages approximately $40,000.00
Firemen attended 192,
Man hours 224.
Volunteers remuneration $375.00.
2 Firemen absent, total of 4 days.

$40,000 damages: Approximately $15,000 to a home caused when an electric blanket
short circuited igniting the bed. The owners had turned the blanket on about 15
minutes before they intended to retire, when they returned to the bedroom it was

in flames. Approximately 25,000 damage to a home, which also started in a

bedroom possibly by a child. Slight smoke damage was caused to a home when stove
pipe went on fire. No damage occurred to a home when the owners called to say they
could smell smoke. The smoke could have come from the fireplace.

31 Inhalator calls. 22 home emergencies consisting of heart attacks, strokes,
epileptic seizures, 2 cases of bad cuts, small girl swallowed a bottle cap and
another girl swallowed a part of a necklace. 2 motor vehicle accidents. 2 accidents
to hockey players, one with a broken shoulder and the other one was hit on the head.
Attended two overdoses.

See attached sheet for inspections:

W. S. Wingrove
Fire Chief

WSW/dv

ec to: L. D. Pollock
“Ron Freeman