THE CORPORATION GF THE CITY OF PORT COQUITLAM C 0

MEMO A
JUN 16 1980
TO: Mayor and Aldermen DATE: June 12, 1980

FROM: W. S. Wingrove,
Fire Chief.

RE: PORT COQUITLAM FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT - May 1980

Alarms ringing

Bush fires

Cars Damages $1,800
Garbage containers

Gas spill

House fires Damages $11,500
Washing machine po
Outbuilding Damages $200
Gas smells

Hydro light

Garden shrub

FRO RED num

Inhalator calls
Patients transported
. Firemen attended
. Man hours
Firemen of £f sick = total 49 days
Volunteers paged 3 times

Total damages ~ $13,500

$11.500 damage to a home caused by an overheated coffeemaker, no one was
home at the time. $200 damage to an outbuilding used for storage caused
by an cleetrical short. $1500 damage to a car which had been stolen and
set on fire, $300 damage to a car caused from brake fluid leuking onta
manifold. A vacant house due for demolition was was set on fire on two
different occasions by young people. The second time was when our pumper
was in an accident injuring 3 firefighters.

ol dnhalator calls, 34 home emergencies consisting-of heart attacks,
breathing problema, convulsions, emphyzema, asthmatic attack, falls:
causing injurtes, 3 overdoses and alded in delivering: a bouncing baby
boy. Attended 10 motor vehicle accidents, 3 sport accidents, 3 people
bit by cars in separate accidents and two people who had accidents on
bicycles.

Summary for 1960 and same period in 1979
1980 1979

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Fires and related incidents 120 damages $556,688%* 140 damages $64,200
Inhalator calls 247 263
Patients transported 196 210
, * This docs not include Golf Club Fire ($1,375,000)
W. S. Winggrove,
Fhre Chief,
WSW/ma