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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARIlVGTON
REPORT
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GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE p
Date: MAY 6, 1996 Res. # '~ ' /~,
By-Law #
Report.#: FS 11-86 File #: ~z;g
Subject: MONTHLY FIRE REPORT -MARCH, 1996
Recommendations:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Committee recommend to Council the following:
THAT Report FD-11-96 be received for information.
1. BACKGROUND
1. t Our report covers the month of March, 1996. 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 124 calls in March and recorded total fire loss at
$322,000. A breakdown of the calls responded to follows.
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MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR
ENDING TO ENDING TO
CLASSIFICATION MAR/96 DATE MAR/95 DATE
1996 1995
PROPERTY FIRES
(Includes structure, chimney,vehicle, miscellaneous 91 67 21 86
e.g. furniture, clothing, etc.)
UNAUTHORIZED BURNING
(Burning complaints) 4 7 _ 7
FALSE FIRE CALLS
(Includes alarm activations- accidental/malicious,
human-perceived emergencies/check cells e.g. pp 59 30 75
investigate unknown odour)
PUBLIC HAZARD CALLS
(Includes propene/naturel gas leeks, fuel/chemical 9 36 10 22
spills, power lines down/aming, C.O. leaks, etc.)
RESCUE CALLS
(Includes vehicle extrication/acciderns,
commercia~ndustrial accider>ffi, homelresidential 1 g 65 23 51
eccidenffi, weter~ce rescue)
MEDICAL ASSIST CALLS
(Includes assist to ambulance personnel with 37 119 15 53
respiratory and resuscitation emergencies)
MISCELLANEOUS CALLS
(Includes assist to other agencies, other public 5 16 5 25
service, etc.)
TOTAL CALLS 124 969 104 319
TOTAL FIRE LOSS $125,800 $372,000 $ 23,400 $112,050
2.2 On March 19, 1996 we were called to a structure fire at 52 Duke Street,
Bowmanville. This house was the home of Mr. A. Henning who, I regret to report,
did not survive the fire. It was determined that the cause of the fire was
accidental.
2.3 Captain Trent Elyea resigned from the department March 28, 1996. Mr. Elyea has
accepted the position of Deputy Fire Chief with the City of Orillia. On behalf of
the Municipality, we congratulated Mr. Elyea on his success and expressed our
good wishes for his future endeavours.
2.4 As a result of the vacancy created by Mr. Elyea's resignation, Firefighter Gary
Oliver was promoted to the position of Fire Captain. We look forward to working
with Mr. Oliver in his position as Fire Captain.
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3. RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 It is .respectfully recommended that report FD-11-96 be received for information.
Respectfully submitted,
Michael G` Creig ton, AMCT(A), CMM1
Fire Chief.
Reviewed by
W. H. Stockwell/ ~~~
Chief Administrative Officer.
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April 18, 1996.
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