THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PART COQUITLAM
TO: Mayor and Council March 3rd, 1978 MAR §& 1978

FROM: W.S. Wingrove
Fire Chief

RE: Fire Department Report ~ February 1978

ASSES

§ Railway Coach damages approximately $1,000

4 Trucks - damages $300 :
: Tanker Truck's trailer damages $300
i Fire Alarms activated in schools
a ° Paper box

iu Mail box

Wash down of a gas spill
Chimney fire
Refrigeration unit
False alarms

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51 Inhalator calls

38 Patients transported

217 Firemen attended

217 Man hours

3 Firemen off sick ~ total 13 days
Volunteers paged - nil

Total damages ~- $1,600

Approximately $1,000 damages to a railway coach car which are heated by coke stoves :

and when they became overheated the coach goes on fire in an area above the ceiling. ;
We have contacted the authorites to have these stoves eliminated or installed in a

safe manner. This is the third such fire we've had over the winter months. $300

damage to a truck being repaired ~ cause unknown (no insurance). $300 to a tank

trailer (pup) of a tank truck caused when the brakes overheated and started burning.

51 Inhalator calls, 23 home emergencies consisting of heart problems strokes,
diabetic coma and broken bones and cuts resulting from falls, 9 motor vehicle
accidents, 10 injuries from organized sports, 1 fight, 4 falls causing injuries,
° 1 industrial accident and 3 overdoses. , .

Summary for 1978 and same period in 1977.

1978 1977
Fire calls and related incidents 38 damages $47,500 32 damages $14,100
Inhalator calls 98 62
Patients transported 77 42

W.S. Wingrove
Fire Chief

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