THE CORPORATION GF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0 U i

MEMO HAR 17 1880

TO: Mayor and Aldermen DATE: March 13, 1980

FROM: W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

RE: PORT COQUITLAM FIRE DEPARIMENT REPORT - March 1.980

Alarms ringing

Bush fires

Car Damages $2,288
Chimney

Furnace

House fire Damages $1,000
Kitchen range

Golf Clubhouse Damages $1,375,000
Wiring

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Inhalator calls
Patients transported
Firemen attended
Man hours

Firemen off sick - Total 25 days
Volunteers paged 3 times

Total damages - $1,378,288

For this report the damage to the Golf Clubhouse is placed at the total of
the insurance, $1,375,000. Cause of fire is unknown. $1,000 damage to a

home possible cause, a lighted cigarette thrown into a cardboard box where
wood and paper were stored for a Fireplace. $2,288 damages to a car caused

by a flooded carburator. 4 Alaris ringing in schools all false alarms and
one in an apartment. —

43 Inhalator calls, 26 home emergencies consisting of asthmatic attack,
patient hyperventalating, convulsions, heart attacks, breathing problems
and seizures. Attended 2 recreation accidents, man overcome by paint
fumes, 5 overdoses of alcohol, 2 people with problems at school, 4 motor
vehicle accidents, 2 people hit by cars in separate accidents and rescued
a child from a locked car.

As of the 15th of March Mr. L.E. (Les) Schumacher will replace Mr. Ross
Dunbar as Fire Prevention Officer.

Summary for 1980 and same period in 1979

1980 1979
Fires and related incidents 36 damages $1,378,282 41 damages $48,9000
Inhalator calls 91 107
Patients transported 71 88

W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.
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