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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
REPORT
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
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OCTOBER 18, 1999
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MONTHLY FIRE REPORT - SEPTEMBER, 1999
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
THAT Report FD-18-99 be received for information.
1. BACKGROUND
1.1 Our report covers the month of September, 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 180 calls in September and recorded total fire loss .
at $32,600. A breakdown of the calls responded to follows.
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MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR
ENDING TO ENDING TO
CLASSIFICATION SEP ./99 DATE SEP ./98 DATE
1999 1998
PROPERTY FIRES
(Includes structure, chimney,vehicle, miscellaneous 18 241 9 201
e.g. furniture, clothing, etc.)
UNAUTHORIZED BURNING 6 87 9 76
(Burning complaints)
FALSE FIRE CALLS
(Includes alarm activations- accidental/malicious, 33 272 25 224
human-perceived emergencies/check calls e.g.
investigate unknown odour)
PUBLIC HAZARD CALLS
(Includes propane/natural gas leaks, fuel/chemical 20 182 12 150
spills, power lines down/arcing, C.O. leaks, etc.)
RESCUE CALLS
(Includes vehicle extrication/accidents, 29 252 22 222
commercial/industrial accidents, home/residential
accidents, water/ice rescue)
MEDICAL ASSIST CALLS
(Includes assist to ambulance personnel with 60 506 65 463
respiratory and resuscitation emergencies)
MISCELLANEOUS CALLS 14 122 12 65
(Includes assist to other agencies, other public
service, etc.)
TOTAL CALLS 180 1,662 154 1,401
TOTAL FIRE LOSS $32,600 $2,591,161 $22,1 00 $637,300
NUMBER OF ALARMS BY STATION
ST. #1
84
ST. #2
26
ST. #3
19
ST. #4
45
ST. #5
6
TOTAL
180
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2.2 We conducted an analysis of the Carbon Monoxide Detector calls received to-
date. A total of 112 calls have been responded to. Of those, 35 incidents
resulted in a positive carbon monoxide presence. Approximately 80% of this
percentage occurred during the colder months of the year, when heating
applicances were more likely to be in operation.
2.3 Effective September 6, 1999 the Courtice Fire Station #4 provides 24 hour
coverage for the residents in that area. In order to operate 24 hours a day
two more crews were established. Peter Lomax and Ron Klosinski were
promoted from 1 st Class Firefighter to Captain to manage the crews.
3. RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 It is respectfully recommended that report FD-18-99 be received for information.
Respectfully submitted,
Reviewed by
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Michael G. Creight ,AMCT, CMM11
Fire Chief.
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Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
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