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Report To: General Government Committee
Date of Meeting: March 29, 2016
Report Number: ESD-002-16 Resolution:
File Number: N/A By-law Number:
Report Subject: Emergency Services Activity Report - 2015
Recommendations:
1. That Report ESD-002-16 be received for information.
Municipality of Clarington
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Report Overview
The Emergency Services Department is responsible for delivering fire suppression and
emergency response, fire prevention and public education programs in accordance with the
Fire Protection and Prevention Act. This report provides Council with an overview of the
activities associated with the department's Suppression and Emergency Response and Fire
Prevention Division in 2015.
1 . Fire Suppression and Emergency Response
1.1 Fire Suppression and Emergency Response Core Services
Fire suppression services are delivered in both an offensive and defensive mode and
include search and rescue operations, forcible entry, ventilation, protecting exposures,
salvage and overhaul as appropriate.
Emergency pre-hospital care is provided through medical acts such as defibrillation,
standard first aid and cardio pulmonary resuscitation.
Special rescue services includes performing extrication using hand tools, air bags and
heavy hydraulic tools as required. Fulltime firefighters are trained in Level 1 Basic Rope
Rescue Techniques as determined by the Fire Chief. Water/Ice Rescue services are
provided by those firefighters who are competently trained to perform the requested
level of service as determined by the Fire Chief(up to Level III if so trained).
Highly technical and specialized rescue services such as Trench Rescue, Confined
Space, HUSAR and Structural Collapse are provided to the Awareness Level.
Defensive hazardous material emergency response is conducted to the Operations
Level by the fulltime firefighters and Awareness Level by the volunteer firefighters.
Salvage yard fire in Bowmanville
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1.2 Annual Call Volume
Fire Suppression staff responded to 3,636 calls in 2015, an increase from the past five
years. Chart A illustrates Emergency Services call volume from 2011 — 2015.
Included in Chart A are statistics for Injuries, Fatalities and associated Dollar Loss.
Note: Civilian and Fire Fighter injuries are reported for fires. Non fire injuries are
reported for Fire Fighters only.
Chart A
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Call Volume 3,488 3,411 3,405 3,483 3,636
Civilian Injuries 7 2 5 2 3
Firefighter Injuries 1 0 0 4 1
Fatalities 0 0 0 0 1
Dollar Loss $5,002,550 $3,685,813 $2,995, 046 $5,661,800 $4,563,251
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Municipality of Clarington
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1.3 Monthly Call Volume
Of the 3,636 calls for service in 2015, 93 were fires with loss, 62 outdoor fires with no
loss and 3,481 were non-fire calls.
Chart B breaks out the 3,636 calls by month.
Chart B
Janaury
February
March ■
April ■
May
June ■
July ■
August ■
September ■
October
November
December
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
■ Fires - loss ■Outdoor fires - no loss Non-fire call
2015 recruit volunteer
firefighters training in search
and rescue techniques
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1.4 Call by Response Type Class
Chart C depicts the 2015 percentage by response type class.
Over the past years, medical/resuscitator calls have increased 4%.
0% indicates that the % is less than 1.
Chart C
12% 3% 5% ■ Burning (controlled) (3%)
4% 10% ■ CO False calls (5%)
False Fire calls (10%)
4% ■ Medical/resuscitator call (53%)
2%
0% ■ Other response (7%)
7% Overpressure rupture/explosion
■ �0
e ire conditions/no fire (2%)
■ Property fires/explosions (4%)
■ Public Hazard (4%)
53%
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1.5 Fleet
Emergency Services
fleet of trucks totalled
5,730 responses. The
five year fleet average is -
5,564.
Pumper 10 continues to
have the largest number
of responses with 2,140
in 2015. The five year
average for Pumper 10 _
is 2,031.
Chart D illustrates the number of responses per truck in 2015 along with the five year
average.
Chart D
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Aerial 11-PT ! 64
Aerial 12-PT � 42
Pumper 10 2031
2140
Pumper 12 245
1042
Pumper 14 1369
1315
Pumper 11-PT i 205
Pumper 122-PT 09F= 359
Pumper 13-PT i 243
Pumper 144-PT ■ 108
Pumper 15-PT !1153
Rescue 11-PT 11 549
Rescue 14-PT ` 65
45
Tanker 11-PT ` 66
Tanker 12-PT ■ 87
Tanker 13-PT B87
30
Tanker 14-PT ` 44
Tanker 15-PT ' 27
0 150 300 450 600 750 900 1050 1200 1350 1500 1650 1800 1950 2100
■5 Year Average ■2015 Responses
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2 Fire Prevention Division
2.1. Fire Prevention Division Core Services
Inspections arising from complaint, request, retrofit, or self-initiated, fire investigations
are provided in accordance with the FPPA and policies of the department as are
distribution of fire and life safety information and public education programs.
New construction inspections and plan reviews of buildings under construction in
matters respective of fire protection systems within buildings are conducted in
accordance with the applicable By-law and operating procedures.
A residential smoke alarm awareness program is be ongoing.
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2.2. Fire Prevention Inspection and Investigation Activities
New Legislation directed at vulnerable occupancies along with large industrial builds in
Clarington kept Fire Prevention staff busy through 2015. Chart E illustrates the
percentage of documented actions Fire Prevention staff accomplished.
Chart E 5%
14%
■ Complaint Inspections (122)
■ Requested Inspections (78)
27% 9%
Retrofit Inspections (8)
1% ■ Self-Initiated Inspections (240)
■ Fire Investigations (13)
New Construction Inspections (136)
15% 27% ■ New Building Plans Reviews (240)
2% ■ Fire Safety Plan Review (42)
In addition, staff issued 1, Part 1 Provincial Offence Ticket and 8, Part 3 Provincial
Summons.
In 2015, Clarington Emergency and Fire Services introduced two programs designed to
improve occupant safety.
1. Fire services across Durham Region joined forces for "Get Real Durham". The
program used mail-outs, automatic telephone call messages and home visits by
volunteer firefighters to deliver the importance of having working smoke alarms
on every level of the home, working CO alarms, kitchen safety, planning and
practicing your escape. "Get Real Clarington" touched 2,000 rural Clarington
homes under the supervision of Senior Fire Prevention Officer Reinert.
2. The department introduce a Risk-Based Evaluations program. Overseen by the
Senior Fire Prevention Officer, on-duty firefighters visit selected occupancies to
evaluate Part 2 compliance of the Ontario Fire Code. Part 2 provides measures
for the fire safety of persons and buildings. Combined with the Pre-Planning and
Familiarization Program, 88 occupancies were visited.
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2.3. Distribution of Fire and Life Safety Information and Public Education Programs
Chart F illustrates the percentage of the 170 public education activities attended in 2015
Chart F 5%
9% 14% ■ Station Tours (23)
3% ■ School Visits (22)
13% Fire Safety House Visits (9)
■ Public Events (26)
■ Safety Lectures (23)
5%
Extinguisher Training Events (5)
36% ■ Fire Truck Visits (16)
15% ■ TAPP-C Attendance (8)
In delivering the department's "Alarm for Life" program, full-time and volunteer
firefighters visited 884 homes, providing residents information regarding smoke alarms,
CO alarms, home escape planning and general fire safety.
One of our most popular educational programs is our Junior Firefighter Program. A fifth
week of instruction was added in 2015, with 240 local children participating.
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3 Concurrence
Not Applicable
4 Conclusion
It is respectfully recommended that this Report be received for information.
5 Strategic Plan Application
Not applicable.
Submitted by: Reviewed by� � .
G'6—rd Weir, Franklin Wu,
Director of Emergency Services Chief Administrative Officer
Staff Contact: Mark Berney, Deputy Fire Chief, 905-623-3379 ext. 2803 or
mberney@clarington.net
There are no interested parties to be notified of Council's decision.
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