2001 Year to Date

**Some Ems Rescue calls are combined Ambulance/Fire


Incident by Incident Type

 

 

 

 

 

Report Period: From 1/1/01 To 10/14/01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incident Count

Incident Type

 

 

 

 

 

Fire

 

 

 

 

 

Building fire

 

16

Fires in structures other than in a building

 

1

Fires in structures, POSTERS, PAPER, FIXTURES

 

4

Cooking fire, confined to container

 

15

Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue

 

2

Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined

 

7

Trash or rubbish fire, contained

 

3

Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other

 

1

Passenger vehicle fire

 

6

Forest, woods or wildland fire

 

4

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire

 

1

Grass fire

 

3

Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire

 

1

Special outside fire, other

 

3

Outside equipment fire

 

1

 

Total Fire:

68

 

 

 

Rupture/Explosion

 

 

 

 

 

Overpressure rupture of steam boiler

 

1

Excessive heat, scorch burns with no ignition

 

1

 

Total Rupture/Explosion:

2

 

 

 

EMS/Rescue

 

 

 

 

 

Medical assist, assist EMS crew**

 

3

Emergency medical service, other

 

6

EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injury

 

22

EMS, excluding vehicle accident with injury

 

320

EMS ALS UVAC

 

19

EMS CALL OLD TOWN

 

9

EMS AMBULANCE TRANSFER

 

19

EMS CALL-LIFT ASSIST

 

3

Vehicle accident with injuries**

 

32

Motor vehicle/pedestrian accident (MV Ped)**

 

1

Lock-in (if lock out , use 511 )**

 

1

Extrication, rescue, other**

 

1

Extrication of victim(s) from vehicle**

 

2

Removal of victim(s) from stalled elevator**

 

10

Water & ice rescue, other**

 

2

Swimming/recreational water areas rescue**

 

1

Ice rescue**

 

1

Rescue or EMS standby

 

1

 

Total EMS/Rescue:

453

 

 

 

Hazardous Condition

 

 

 

 

 

Hazardous condition, other

 

8

Flammable gas or liquid condition, other

 

2

Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill

 

12

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG)

 

8

Oil or other combustible liquid spill

 

2

Chemical hazard (no spill or leak)

 

1

Chemical spill or leak

 

6

Carbon monoxide incident

 

2

Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other

 

1

Overheated motor

 

5

Light ballast breakdown

 

1

Power line down

 

7

Arcing, shorted electrical equipment

 

9

Accident, potential accident, other

 

2

Vehicle accident, general cleanup

 

8

 

Total Hazardous Condition:

74

 

 

 

Service Call

 

 

 

 

 

Service Call, other

 

5

Lock-out

 

7

Water problem, other

 

3

Water evacuation

 

6

Water or steam leak

 

7

Smoke or odor removal

 

3

Public service assistance, other

 

1

Assist police or other governmental agency

 

3

Assist invalid

 

6

Defective elevator, no occupants

 

1

Unauthorized burning, with or without permit

 

7

Cover assignment, standby, moveup

 

2

 

Total Service Call:

51

 

 

 

Good Intent

 

 

 

 

 

Good intent call, other

 

11

Dispatched & cancelled en route

 

10

Wrong location

 

2

Authorized controlled burning, good intent

 

1

Prescribed fire

 

5

Vicinity alarm (incident in other location)

 

1

Steam, other gas mistaken for smoke, other

 

3

Smoke scare, odor of smoke

 

27

Steam, vapor, fog or dust thought to be smoke

 

5

Barbecue, tar kettle

 

1

EMS call, party transported by non-fire agency

 

2

Hazmat release investigation w/ no hazmat

 

3

 

Total Good Intent:

71

 

 

 

False Call

 

 

 

 

 

Malicious false, DISCHARGED EXTINGUISHER

 

3

Malicious false , PULL STATION

 

18

Malicious false, HALL SPORTS DAMAGE

 

1

Malicious false alarm, other

 

2

System malfunction, other

 

17

SYSTEM MALFUNCTION - TROUBLE MARSHAL

 

53

SYSTEM MALFUNCTION - PAID PERSON

 

42

Sprinkler activation due to malfunction

 

11

Smoke detector activation due to malfunction

 

30

SINGLE STATION SMOKE-malfunction

 

4

Heat detector activation due to malfunction

 

2

Alarm system counded due to malfunction

 

22

CO detector activation due to malfunction

 

2

Unintentional transmission of alarm, other

 

4

Unintentional transmission EMS alarm

 

2

Unintentional WORKER ERROR

 

20

Sprinkler activation, no fire - unintentional

 

2

Extinguishing system activation

 

1

Smoke detector activation, no fire - unintentional

 

9

Detector activation, no fire - unintentional

 

2

Alarm Sounded, WIND ALARM-unintentional

 

12

Alarm Sounded, COOKING-unintentional

 

14

Alarm Sounded, NO CAUSE FOUND-unintentional

 

10

 

Total False Call:

283

 

 

 

 

Total Incident Count:

1,002


Last Updated on 10/14/01


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