Citizens For A Better Norwood

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

August 09 NFD Activities and Statistics Report

A monthly feature

A. Total of emergency responses for the month of June = 413

Medic Runs = 288
Fire Runs = 9 w/breakdown
Average Response Time on Runs = 3 minutes, 7 seconds (city-wide)

Number of incidents by type:
Fire Runs – 9 - (Building, Vehicle, Brush, etc.)
Overpressure, Explosion - 1
Rescue & Medic Unit Assists – 61 - (lock-in, extrications, traffic accidents, etc.)
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 9 - (power lines down, arcing, spills, etc.)
Service Call - 13 - (smoke removal)
Good Intent - 9 - (odor of smoke, controlled burning)
False Alarms – 20 - (false alarms, system malfunctions, smoke detector activated, etc.)
Severe Weather - 0
Special Incident -3

B. Fire Hydrant Activity
Hydrant flow tested - 97

C. Bureau of Fire Safety Activities = 484
Total Inspections – 104 - (residential, schools, churches, businesses)
Total Violations – issued 118
Total Violations – corrected 183
Total Block Inspections – 5 - (Unit #1, Unit #2, Unit #3 – Rental & multi-family)
Additional Activities - 74