THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM
MEMO

JUL 9 1979

Mayor and Alderman DATE: July 6, 1979

W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

:_ PORT COQUITLAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT ~— June 1979

Alarms ringing

Bush Fires

Car

Garbage containers

Gas spill

House fires Damages $62,800
T.YV.

Lawn mower

Inhalator calls

Patients transported

Firemen attended

Man hours

Fireman off sick - total 14 days
Volunteers paged 5 times .

Total damages — $62,800

$37,500 damage to home caused when trying to burn out a wasps nest with
gasoline; home caught fire. $5,500 caused from a cooking accident.
$15,000 damage to.-a home cause unknown. $4,800 damage to two homes both
caused by smoking. Some smoke damage to home caused by a cooking accident.

53 Inhalators, 32 home. emergencies consisting of heart attacks, seizures,

_ breathing problems, asthmatic attacks, falls causing injuries and one dead
on arrival. Attended 8 motor vehicle accidents, 5 xccidents on streets and
falls from bicycles, 3 industrial accidents, 3 spori related accidents and
2 overdoses.

Summary for 1979 and same period in 1978
| . 1979 1978
Fires and related incidents 170 damages $127,000 143 damages $241,675
Inhalator calls 316 291
Patients transported 249 218

W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.