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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
REPORT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE File # PJ 10
NOVEMBER 15, 1999
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Date:
Report #:
FD-24-99
10.12.6
By-law #
Subject:
MONTHLY FIRE REPORT - OCTOBER, 1999
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
THAT Report FD-24-99 be received for information.
1. BACKGROUND
1.1 Our report covers the month of October, 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 163 calls in October and recorded total fire loss at
$182,300. A breakdown of the calls responded to follows.
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MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR
ENDING TO ENDING TO
CLASSIFICATION OCT./99 DATE OCT./98 DATE
1999 1998
PROPERTY FIRES
(Includes structure, chimney,vehicle, miscellaneous 19 260 21 222
e,g. furniture, clothing, etc.)
UNAUTHORIZED BURNING 14 101 8 84
(Burning complaints)
FALSE FIRE CALLS
(Includes alann activationsM accidental/malicious, 28 300 19 243
humanMperceived emergencies/check calls e.g.
investigate unknown odour) .
PUBLIC HAZARD CALLS
(Includes propane/natural gas leaks, fuel/chemical 22 204 14 164
spills, power lines down/arcing, C.O. leaks, etc.)
RESCUE CALLS
(Includes vehicle extrication/accidents, 18 270 30 252
commercial/industrial accidents, home/residential
accidents, water/ice rescue)
MEDICAL ASSIST CALLS
(Includes assist to ambulance personnel with 55 561 53 516
respiratory and resuscitation emergencies)
MISCELLANEOUS CALLS
(Includes assist to other agencies, other public 7 129 5 70
service, etc.)
TOTAL CALLS 163 1,825 150 1,551
TOTAL FIRE LOSS $251,000 $2,842,161 $182,300 $819,600
ST. #1
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NUMBER OF ALARMS BY STATION
ST. #2 ST. #3 ST. #4 ST. #5
14 13 49 1 0
TOTAL
163
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2. RECOMMENDATIONS
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2.1 It is respectfully recommended that report FD-24-99 be received for information.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael G. Creigh
Fire Chief.
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Reviewed by
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Franklin Wu,
Chief Administrative Officer
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