CORPORATION OF THE city OF PORT COQUITLAM 0 1 NV

SEP 11 1978

Mayor and Council DATE: September 6th, 1978

MEMORANDUM

W.S.. Wingrove
Fire Chief

RE: Port Coquitlam Fire Department Report ~ August 1978

Bush or grass fires

Industrial Undetermined Damage
Alarms ringing

Garbage containers

House. $300.00 Damage

Car fires

Kitchen Range

Gasolene Spill

Inhalator calls

Patients transported

Firemen attended

Man Hours

Firemen off sick - total 12 days
Volunteers paged — once

Approximately $300.00 undetermined damages to area at Macro. The actual loss
was to materials being processed with no machine or structural damage. $300.00
damage was to a home when a electric kiln malfunctioned catching flammable
material on fire near by. The lady's next door neighbour did a good job
containing the fire before the firemen arrived.

49 Inhalator calls, 28 home emergencies consisting of epileptic sezures,
strokes, heart attacks, falls, child in convulsions and minor accidents while
working around the home. 3 recreational type calls, 3 industrial calls —
none serious, 5 motor vehicle accidents, 2 pedestrians hit by cars, 4 over-—
éoses and 5 calls related to over-drinking or. street fighting.

Summary for 1978 and same period in 1977

1978 1977
Fire calls and related incidents 213 damages $243,975 203 damages $546,110

inhalator calls 391 285

Patients cransported ; 297 218

; W.S. Wingrove
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