THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

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HOUSE FIRE
BARN FIRE
CAR FIRES

FIRE DEPARTMENT - DECEMBER 1975

JAN 12 1976

$1,500 ©
$4,000
$ 250

DAMAGES
DAMAGES
DAMAGES

FIREPLACES & CHIMNEYS
FURNACES

MALFUNCTIONS AND/OR
PERSONS ACTIVATING FIRE
ALARMS

CLOTHES DRYER
INDUSTRIAL

KITCHEN RANGE

GARBAGE CONTAINER

WASH DOWN OIL SPILL

INHALATOR CALLS
PATIENTS TRANSPORTED

FIREMEN ATTENDED
MAN HOURS

VOLUNTEERS REMUNERATION
VOLUNTEERS PAGED

$1,342.50
4 TIMES

NO FIREMEN OFF SICK.

$5,750 damage. $4,000 damage to a barn full of hay, cause unknown, no visible means
of ignition, possibly spontaneous combustion. $1500 damage to home caused from smoking
in the bedroom. Three car fixes with only one having damage in the engine compartment,
caused by leaking gasoline ignited from an electrical spark. The industrial call was
for a burning smell which proved to be a heated piece of fiberglas.

47 inhalator calls. 26 home emergencies consisting of heart attacks, reaction after
cancer treatment, boy unconscious from epoxy fumes, strokes, epileptic seizure,
diabetic, lady in a very advanced stage of pregnancy (baby was born at local clinic) and
a number of falls causing injuries and broken bones. Attended 7 motor vehicle accidents
and 6 accidents from sports including two sleighing accidents. 3 overdoses, two people
hit by motor vehicles and one boy fell from the back of a truck.

Summary to date for same period in 1974.

1975 1974

241 damage $472,050
482
384

207 damages $87,200
552
48L

Fires & related incidente
Inhalators
Patients transported

See attached sheets for inspections and ambulance.

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