PERIOD REPORT
DATE: December 31, 2016 Report No. FIRE-17-001
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Chris Jancowski, Fire Chief
SUBJECT:TITLE Fire Department - 2016 Third Period ReportBody
The following is a report on the activities pertaining to the Fire Department from September 01, 2016 to December 31, 2016.
I. DIVISION ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Operations Division
Call Type and Volume
Routine Activities
Alarm calls
44
Assist other agencies|1010|Assist public
36
Bylaw inquiries|1010|Burning complaints|1010|General inquiries|1010|Hazardous materials|1010|Oil tank inspections
11
Structure fires|10 10|Placed on standby (C.S.R., Fire)|1010|Other fires|10 10|Plan review|1010|Other responses|10 10|Public ed.I hall tour|1010|Medical aid
349
Fire investigations|10 10|MVI
18
Business licenses|1010|Rescue|1010|Car seat inspection|1010|Electrical emergency|1010|
Total Period
476
Total Period
35
Responses YTD
1492
Activities YTD
173
2. Community Services
Records and File Management
With the assistance of the Township's Corporate Services Department, the Department is continuing steady progress in its file management re-organization. These administrative files have been reorganized to meet the common practice currently used by Corporate Services in accordance with the Local Government Management Association Records Classification System adopted by the Township. In early 2017, the focus will shift towards the re-organization of training and prevention files.
As part of the improvement to Fire Inspections records, Community Services has initiated discussions with ECOMM to migrate our Access and Excel databases to the FDM system. This transition will take several months and is expected to be completed in 2017.
Lock Box Program
Community Services has been focused on the final stages of our Lock Box Bylaw implementation process in 2016. Many of the residential buildings within our community have installed new Lock Boxes over...
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