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THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0) } \ y

JUN 13 1977

FIRE DEPARTMENT -— MAY 1977

DAMAGES $30,000
DAMAGES 12,000
DAMAGES 4,500

SCHOOL FIRES
INDUSTRIAL

OUTBUILDING WITH FARM
EQUIPMENT

DRYER, FIRES

TRAILER FIRE (TRALLER HOME)
HOME COMPLAINTS
MALFUNCTION OF ALARMS AND
FALSE ALARMS IN APT.
PROPANE LEAKS

GARBAGE AND PAPER BOXES
ORNAMENTAL TREE

GASOLINE SPILL

DAMAGES .
DAMAGES 13,000

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INHALATOR CALLS
PATIENTS TRANSPORTED

FIREMEN ATTENDED

MAN HOURS

VOLUNTEERS REMUNERATION $682.50
VOLUNTEERS PAGED 2 TIMES

NQ FIREMEN OFF SICK 3 TOTAL 6 DAYS

Total damages $59,500. $30,000 damages to a school started in a fenced in lumber storage
area adjacent to work shops. Fire under investigation by R.C.M.P. Arson section.

$12,000 damage to an industrial plant in a spray booth area. ‘This is an automatic

spray booth and the power was shut off to clean spray nozzles. Due to a malfunction

of a resistor in the electric bleed off system the electric power was still on the nozzles
when a workman started cleaning with a solvent. The solvent and oversprays of paint
ignited. The workman was able to get out and the sprinkler extinguished the fire. No
damage in other industrial call. $13,000 to a trailer home when parents lit candles in a
bedroom for their children during a power outage. The children went looking under the
bed for toys igniting the bed on fire. $4,500 damage to an outbuilding storing farm
equipment, animals and a canoe. Possible cause of fire was a lamp used to keep young
rabbits warm. , .

33 Inhalator calls: 23 home emergencies consisting of heart problems, epileptic seizures,
strokes, breathing problems (flu), abdominal problems (flu), circulation problems after
recent surgery, electrical shock, and falls causing cuts and broken bones. Attended a
lady who had collapsed on a bus, a girl who was hit by a car, 2 motor vehicle accidents,

4 accidents in sports, a man fell from a tank truck and one overdose.

Summary to date and for sam peried in 1976.

1976 1977
Fire and related incidents 76 damages $131,050 92 damages $136,460

Inhalator calls _ 180 159
Patients transported 159 119

Summary for May 1976 and 1977. .
, 1976 1977

Fires and related incidents “10 damages $4,100 20 damages $59,500
Inhalator calls 31 : 33
Patients transported 31 28

see attached sheets for inspections and ambulance serve. Wingrove, Fire Chicf£
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