THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0) U \ C

MEMORANDUM ' NOV 20 1978

TO: Mayor and Council DATE: November 14th, 1978

FROM:. W.S. Wingrove
Fire Chief

Port Coguitiam Fire Department Report — October’ 1978

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Commercial. Fires No damage
Bush or Stumps

Alarms Ringing

Car Fires No damage
Leaking Sprinkler

Garbage Containers

Paper Boxes

Fireworks

Chesterfield - ’ Damages ~ $100
Oil Heaters

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Inhalator Calls

Patients transported

Firemen Attended

Man Hours

Firemen off sick - total 6 days
Volunteers Paged - 2 times

Total Damages ~ Approximately $100

All the damage was to a chesterfield caused when the owner fell asleep
while smoking. Two commercial calls, one to the Metro Motors when possible
‘electrical surge burned off the service wires to the main building anda
call to the Palomino Club when water was leaking down from an apartment
above. (It was reported as a leaking sprinkler.) Alarms ringing, consisted
of both schools and industrial buildings. Some of the school alarms were
caused by malfunctions caused by faulty heat risers and three false alarms
when persons unknown pulled the alarms. The alarms in the industrial areas
were caused by low water pressure and power failures. :

‘50 Inhalator calls, 25 home emergencies consisting of epileptic seizures,
heart attacks, strokes, falls causing injuries, drunkeness, home quarrcis
and one incident of a boat falling on a man. Attended 7 motor vehicle
accidents, two people fell from bicycles, one person fell from a pickup
truck, pedestrian fell on street, girl at school cut from a broken window,
two separate incidents at the Rec Centre and 5 overdoses.

‘ Summary for 1978 and Same Period in 1977

; 1978 1977
Fire calls and related incidents 270 damages $261,375 damages $627,010

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Inhalator calls

Patients ‘transported