PERIOD REPORT
DATE: May 03, 2017 Report No. FIRE-17-002
TO: Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Chris Jancowski, Fire Chief
SUBJECT:TITLE Fire Department - 2017 First Period ReportBody
The following is a report on the activities pertaining to the Fire Department from January 01, 2017 to April 30, 2017.
I. DIVISION ACHIEVEMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
1. Operations Division
Call Type and Volume
Alarm calls
38
Assist public
27
Burning complaints
4
Hazardous materials
5
Structure fires
5
Other fires
15
Other responses
0
Medical aid
418
MVI
12
Rescue
2
Electrical emergency
6
Total Period
532
Responses YTD
532
Routine Activities
Assist other agencies
0
Bylaw inquiries
1
General inquiries
5
Oil tank inspections
7
Placed on standby (C.S.R., Fire)
0
Plan review
2
Public ed. I hall tour
3
Fire investigations
0
Business licenses
8
Car seat inspection
2
Total Period
28
Activities YTD
28
* Noteworthy Emergency Responses:
o February 24, 2017, the Department responded to the BC Hydro Sub-Station located on Devonshire Road. The initial response was assisted by CFB Esquimalt and resulted in locating an electrical fault that caused a large scale power outage lasting for several hours.
o March 16, 2017, the Department responded to a report of a structure fire in the 1100 block of Esquimalt Road. The quick call to 911 along with a rapid response, limited the fire damage to the kitchen area of a unit within a multi- residential building.
2. Community Services
Prevention Activities
In January, Community Services initiated a project to start the conversion of our current Excel database for fire inspections into FDM (Fire Department Management) Software. This conversion will take several months as it requires assistance from ECOMM, Saanich Fire and our Fire Department staff time. The intended outcome is an interconnected data-base that is searchable and...
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