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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM

April Sth, 1972

Fire Department Monthly Report for March 1972. UJ N C | [

1 chimney fire
APR 10 1972

grass or rubbish fires
2 house fires
1 car fire
31 inhalator calls

‘41 Total calls

147 firemen attended

147 man hours

$90.00 firemens renuneration
$100.00 damages

Siren sounded twice

23 patients transported.

$100.00 damages was to a car that caught fire that had pulled into a
service station, cause electrical short. There was no damage to the
service station. 2 calls to house fires, one a vacant house to be
demolished started by youngsters. The other was a small fire started

when a child placed a cioth over a lamp.

31 inhalator calls. 6 motor vehicle accidents, 2 people suffering
epileptic seizures, 2 elderly men fell while out walking, minor injuries
occurred. Attended two separate incidents involving people hit by cara.
One industrial accident, a workmen was hit on the head by a piece of
lumber at the mill. Two cases of overdoses and one attempted suicide

16 home emergencies which included several heart attacks and people
having trouble breathing. One lady had severe back injuries and
another haemorrhaging. Seriously i11 man collapsed at home. Total
number of calls for the first quarter of 1972 is 107.

Inspections: 32 chimneys, 6 oil burner installations, 4 buildings
under the halls regulation and 7 industrial plants.

W. S. Wingrove
Fire Chief

WSW/sy
c.c. L. D. Pollock
R. Freeman ¢-