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THE CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON
REPORT
Meeting:
GENERAL PURPOSE AND ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE File # PIt. 6E
Res. # (;jJft-Oi--oO
Date:
JANUARY 3,2000
Report #:
FD-01-00
10.12.6
By-law #
Subject:
MONTHLY FIRE REPORT - NOVEMBER, 1999
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is respectfully recommended that the General Purpose and Administration
Cornmittee recommend to Council the following:
THAT Report FD-01-00 be received for information.
1. BACKGROUND
1.1 Our report covers the month of Novernber, 1999. It is our intent to provIde
Cornmittee with information relevant to this departrnent, in a timely manner.
2. REPORT
2.1 The departrnent responded to 165 calls in Novernber and recorded total fire loss
at $25,300. A breakdown of the calls responded to follows.
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MONTH YEAR MONTH YEAR
ENDING TO ENDING TO
CLASSIFICATION NOV./99 DATE NOV./98 DATE
1999 1998
PROPERTY FIRES
(Includes structure, chimney,vehicle, miscellaneous 20 280 14 236
e.g. furniture, clothing, etc.)
UNAUTHORIZED BURNING 3 104 10 94
(Burning complaints)
FALSE FIRE CALLS
(Includes alarm activations- accidental/malicious, 17 317 23 266
human~perceived emergencies/check calls e.g.
investigate unknown odour)
PUBLIC HAZARD CALLS
(Includes propane/natural gas leaks, fuel/chemical 27 231 24 188
spills, power lines down/arcing, C.O. leaks, etc.) .
RESCUE CALLS
(Includes vehicle extrication/accidents, 30 300 16 268
commercial/industrial accidents, home/residential
accidents, water/ice rescue)
MEDICAL ASSIST CALLS
(Includes assist to ambulance personnel with 60 621 35 551
respiratory and resuscitation emergencies)
MISCELLANEOUS CALLS
(Includes assist to other agencies, other public 8 137 9 79
service, etc.)
TOTAL CALLS 165 1,990 131 1,682
TOTAL FIRE LOSS $25,300 $2,867,461 $70,100 $889,700
NUMBER OF ALARMS BY STATION
ST. #1 ST. #2 ST. #3 ST. #4 ST. #5 TOTAL
67 23 15 48 12 165
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2.2 As of November 15,1999 we have responded to 132 carbon monoxide calls of
which 36 had unusual readings.
3. RECOMMENDATIONS
3.1 It is respectfully recornrnended that report FD-01-00 be received for inforrnation.
Respectfully subrnitted,
Reviewed by
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Michael G. Creight
Fire Chief.
Franklin Wu,
Chief Adrninistrative Officer
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