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GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 21, 1998
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10.12.6
Subject:
MONTHLY FIRE REPORT - AUGUST, 1998
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
THAT Report FD-13-98 be received for information.
1. BACKGROUND
1 .1 Our report covers the month of August, 1998. 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 178 calls in August and recorded total fire loss at
$150,900.00. A breakdown of the calls responded to follows.
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MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR
ENDING TO ENDING TO
CLASSIFICATION AUG 198 DATE AUG/97 DATE
1998 1997
PROPERTY FIRES
(Includes structure, chimney,vehicle, miscellaneous 31 192 29 217
e.g. furniture, clothing, etc.)
UNAUTHORIZED BURNING 12 67 10 72
(Burning complaints)
FALSE FIRE CALLS
(Includes alarm activations- accidental/malicious, 23 199 29 204
human-perceived emergencies/check calls e.g.
investigate unknown odour)
PUBLIC HAZARD CALLS
(Includes propane/natural gas leaks, fuel/chemical 21 138 8 103
spills, power lines down/arcing, C.O. leaks, etc.)
RESCUE CALLS
(Includes vehicle extrication/accidents, 29 200 23 206
commercial/industrial accidents, home/residential
accidents, water/ice rescue)
MEDICAL ASSIST CALLS
(Includes assist to ambulance personnel with 57 398 51 411
respiratory and resuscitation emergencies)
MISCELLANEOUS CALLS
(Includes assist to other agencies, other public 5 53 12 77
service, etc.)
TOTAL CALLS 178 1,247 162 1,290
TOTAL FIRE LOSS $150,900 $615,200 $27,201 $1.436,651
NUMBER OF ALARMS BY STATION
ST. #1 ST. #2 ST. #3 ST. #4 ST. #5 TOTAL
83 21 17 40 17 178
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2.2 We are pleased to report the successful completion of the 4th Annual Junior
Firefighters' Program. Once again this year we received in excess of 150
applications for the 80 available spots. We have received quite a bit of feed back
from parents and children establishing the success of this program with the
public. It is staff's intent to approach Council during the 1999 budget
deliberations and request their consideration to expand the program to 160 spots
next year.
2.3 For the information of Council and staff, during the summer months Clarington
Firefighters' Association, Local 3139 held two fund raising events. The first event
was held at Don Cherry's Restaurant in Courtice in conjunction with their fund
raising event for Autistic Children of Durham Region. The Firefighters' Association
sold raffle tickets and a spaghetti dinner, donated by the restaurant, and raised
approximately $600.00 which was donated to Salvation Army Family Services in
Bowmanville. The second event, a golf tournament held at Newcastle Golf Club,
raised approximately $1 ,200. Of this amount the Association donated $800.00 to
the Clarington Fire Department Alarmed for Life Program, which enabled us to
purchase smoke detectors to be given out, when necessary, during home
inspections. Also, $450.00 was donated to Charles H. Best Juvenile Diabetes
Association.
3. RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 It is respectfully recommended that report FD-13-98 be received for information.
Respectfully submitted,
Reviewed by
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W. H. Stockwell,
Chief Administrative Officer
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