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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
REPORT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
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By-Law #
Date:
APRIL 19,1999
Report #: FD-8-SS File #:
10.12.6
Subject:
MONTHLY FIRE REPORT - MARCH, 1999
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
THAT Report FD-8-99 be received for information.
1. BACKGROUND
1.1 Our report covers the month of March, 1999. It is our intent to provide Committee
with information relevant to this department, in a timely manner.
2. REPORT
2.1 The department responded to 192 calls in March and recorded total fire loss at
$6,500. A breakdown of the calls responded to 101l0ws.
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MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR
ENDING TO ENDING TO
CLASSIFICATION MAR./99 DATE MAR./98 DATE
1999 1998
PROPERTY FIRES
(Includes structure, chimney,vehicle, miscellaneous 37 70 18 42
e.g. furniture, clothing, etc.)
UNAUTHORIZED BURNING 9 15 6 8
(Burning complaints)
FALSE FIRE CALLS
(Includes alarm activations- accidental/malicious, 23 85 26 66
human-perceived emergencies/check calls e,g.
investigate unknown odour)
PUBLIC HAZARD CALLS
(Includes propane/natural gas leaks, fuel/chemical 21 90 16 53
spills, power lines down/arcing, C.O. leaks, etc.)
RESCUE CALLS
(Includes vehicle extrication/accidents, 26 73 23 61
commercial/industrial accidents, home/residential
accidents, water/ice rescue)
MEDICAL ASSIST CALLS
(Includes assist to ambulance personnel with 62 184 49 159
respiratory and resuscitation emergencies)
MISCELLANEOUS CALLS
(Includes assist to other agencies, other public 14 42 4 13
service, etc.)
TOTAL CALLS 192 556 142 402
TOTAL FIRE LOSS $6.500 $1,471,200 $27,600 $199,900
ST. #1
86
NUMBER OF ALARMS BY STATION
ST. #2 ST. #3 ST. #4 ST. #5
28 11 58 9
TOTAL
193
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2. REPORT
2.1 Grass fire season is upon us and on March 27th and March 28th, we responded
to 25 grass fire related calls.
2.3 The General Purpose and Administration Committee has endorsed the purchase
of a new software dispatching system. The new system will replace the
department's existing software, which is not Y2K compliant. Once Council
approval is received, CriSys Limited will be awarded the contract and data
conversion will commence.
2.3 Several training exercises are planned for April. Clarington firefighters will be
recertifying their defibrillator skills. To-date the department has initialed 13
defibrillations. The full time firefighters will be participating in driver training in
April also. Circle checks, pre-inspection, rules of the road and testing for licenses
will be covered in this training.
2.4 On March 24, 1999 Department Heads participated in an emergency planning
table top exercise. This training was to help ready staff for the upcoming Canatex
Exercise which is taking place April 27 & 28, 1999. The table top exercise was
well received by all who attended.
2.5 We have recently hired eight part-time firefighters to bring the part-time
complement up to the required level. Recruit training started on April 10th.
3. RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 It is respectfully recommended that report FD-6-99 be received for information.
Respectfully submitted,
Reviewed by
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Fire Chief.
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Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
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