THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

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SEP 10 1979.

Mayor and Alderman DATE: September 6, 1979

W.S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

WEEP PPE EARNER HE

RE: PORT COQUITLAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT - August 1979

Trailer Damages $150.00
Alarm ringing

Bush Fires

Cars

Chimney

Garbage Containers

Kitchen Range

Playground Equip.

Median (highway) bark mulch

Gas Smell

Chesterfield

Commercial Damages $1,000.00
False Alarms

Inhalator calls

Patients transported

Firemen attended ~

Man hours

Firemen off sick - total 5 days
Volunteers paged O times

Firemen off an compensation 2 days

Total damages - $1,150.00

Damages $1,150: $150 damage to a trailer when a child shorted out a battery
which exploded. Approximately $1,000 damage to fish fryer when grease ignited.
Large number of grass and bush due to the extremely warm weather.

49 Inhalator calls. 23 home emergencies consisting of heart attacks, strokes,
seizures, convulsions, falls causing injuries, overdrinking, domestic fights
and insect bites (bees & wasps). Attended 7 motor vehicle accidents, 3 people
who fell while cycling, 6 incidents involving drinking and fights, 2 sport
accidents and 4 overdoses: ‘Two industrial accidents, one, a workman lost three
fingers when they became entangled in a cable the other accident occurred when
two workmen received injuries when struck by high water pressure while working
on a water main. ©

Summary for 1979 and same period in 1978
1979 1978
Fires and related incidents 240 damages $201,550. 213 damages $243,975.
Inhalator cails 408 392
Patients transported 325 297

W.S. Wingrove,

Fire Chicf.
WSW/ms