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: INHALATOR 30 TRANSPORTED 22
HOUSE FIRF, 2 DAMAGF. SLIGHT
CAR FIRE 2 DAMAGF, NIL
INDUSTRIAL 1 DAMAGE. NIL
HYDRO POLES 3 DANAGF. NIL
APARTMENTS 1 DAMAGE, NIL ,
GARBAGE CONTAINER 1 DAMAGE NIL
CHIMNEY 1 DAMAGE NIL
SIGNAL CONTROL 1 DAMAGE NIL
SOFA 1 DAMAGE. NIL
WASHiNG MACHINE 1 DAMAGE SLIGHT

Malfunction of fire alarm system in public buildings 3.
Siren sounded 4 times.
215 firemen attended.
215 man hours
250 remuneration.
3 firemen absent, total of 6 days.

Slight damage was caused by two house fires. Little damage occurred in two car
.fires. No damage in an industrial fire at Kennametal. No damage in 3 separate
a) power pole fires. No damage in a garbage container fire or in a chimney fire.
No damage in a sofa fire or a washing machine fire. No damage in an apartment

2 full of smoke.

vie Thirty Inhalator calls. 14 home emergencies consisting of falls causing injuries,
heart attacks, strokes, asthmatic attack, diabetic coma and a boy suffering a
self-inflicted stab wound. Treated and transported two people from Motor Vehicle
Accidents. Treated four people with overdoses. Treated a girl who was kicked by

a horse. Two industrial. accidents, a man received a cut hand from a power saw and a
man was injured when he fell from a box car. Attended four separate accidents at

the Recreation Centre.

See attached reports for inspection reports and yearly overall report.

: Damages for 1973 in fire losses was up approximately $21,000. Residential fire
losses was nearly the same and this is the loss that determines insurance rates that

effects most of our citizens. With the increase in population our fire loss per

capita was lower in 1973 than 1972. In 1972 it was $2.71 and 1973 it was $2.66. .

W. S. Wingrove i
Fire Chief .

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