THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

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FIRE DEPARTMENT MARCH 1977
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18 1977

COMMERCIAL CLOTHES DRYER DAMAGES
FLOODED OIL FURNACE DAMAGES nil
C.P.R. BOX CAR DAMAGES $2,000
CAR FIRES DAMAGES $ 60
FIRE ALARMS SET OFF IN
SCHOOLS
FIRE ALARMS SET OFF IN APTS, 2
MALFUNCTION OF SPRINKLER 1
BUSH FIRES 3
CHIMNEY FIRES 2
-CAR BACKED INTO A NATURAL 1
GAS METER
’ NATURAL GAS FURNACE 1
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INHALATOR 3
_. PATIENTS TRANSPORTED 21

FIREMEN ATTENDED 181
MAN HOURS 181
VOLUNTEER'S REMUNERATION $157.50
VOLUNTEERS PAGED 2 TIMES

NO FIREMEN OFF SICK
INITIAL RESPONSE TO CALLS FROM #2 HALL — 21

Total damages $2,060. $2,000 damage to an empty box car, started by transient. $60 damagx
to a truck seat, possibly started with a cigarette. No estimate of damage to a wrecked
car that was being worked on by youths. The third car is under investigation by R.C.M.P.,
very slight damage.

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34 Inhalator calls. 17 home emergencies consisting of stomach cramps and dizzy spells,
(flu), chest pains, heart attacks, asthmatic attack, convulsions and falls causing broken
bones and other injuries. Attended 6 motor vehicle accidents, 2 sport accidents, 2
pedestrians hit by cars, 5 overdoses and a person who had been beaten up.

Summary to date and for same period in 1976.
1976 1977 —

Fires & related incidents 37 damages $5,150. 50 damages $16,160
Inhalator calls , 118 96
Patients transported . 100 63

see attached sheets for inspections and ambulance service.

W.S. Wingrove,
WSW/dv Fire Chief.

Coc. L.D. Pollock
R.A. Freeman -~