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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C U Ny C

| MEMO * MAR 19 1973

TO: Mayor and Aldermen DATE: March 12, 1979

FROM: W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

RE: PORT COQUITLAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT - FEBRUARY 1979

Alarms Ringing

School Nuisance Calls
House (electrical)
Chimney Fire

Car Fire

Grass Fires

Inhalator Calls

Patients Transported

Firemen Attended

Man Hours

Firemen off sick ~ total 16 days

Volunteers paged once

Damages ~ Nil

Alarms ringing were all in schools except two. The two in apartments were
caused by persons unknown in the middle of night in each case. In the schools
plus the nuisance calls were all intentional false alarms except for one. The
one exception was when a smoking overheated saw set off a smoke alarm. Three
separate incidents in homes caused by overheated appliance cords and faulty
wiring in a fuse box. One car fire — no damage resulted from a blow back in
the carburator.

49 Inhalator calls. 26 home emergencies consisting of strokes, heart attacks,,
domestic quarrels, convulsions, emphysema, seizure, and falls causing cuts and
injuries. Attended 3 industrial accidents, two resulting in loss of life. One
died from an explosion, the other fell about 45 feet through a roof. Two
injuries resulted from a collision of two C.P.R. locomotives. Eleven motor
vehicle accidents, four people hit by cars, two recreation accidents, two
overdoses and one murder.

Summary for 1979 and same period in 1978

1979 1978
Fires and related incidents 41 damages $48,900 38 damages $47,500

Inhalator calls 107 98
Patients transported 88 77

W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

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