December 09 NFD Activities and Statistics Report

A monthly feature

A. Total emergency responses for the month of December = 373
Medic Runs = 279
Fire Runs = 7 w/breakdown
Average Response Time on Runs = 3 minutes, 28 seconds (city-wide)

Number of incidents by type:
Fire Runs – 7 - (Building, Vehicle, Brush, etc.)
Overpressure, Explosion - 2
Rescue & Medic Unit Assists – 44 - (lock-in, extrications, traffic accidents, etc.)
Hazardous Conditions (no fire) - 10 - (power lines down, arcing, spills, etc.)
Service Call - 11 - (smoke removal)
Good Intent - 4 - (odor of smoke, controlled burning)
False Alarms – 16 - (false alarms, system malfunctions, smoke detector activated, etc.)
Severe Weather - 0
Special Incident - 0

B. Fire Hydrant Activity
500 regular hydrants winter strapping and 100 extra hydrants pumped

C. Bureau of Fire Safety Activities = 656
Total Inspections – 118 - (residential, schools, churches, businesses)
Total Violations – issued 238
Total Violations – corrected 237
Total Block Inspections – 0 - (Unit #1, Unit #2, Unit #3 – Rental & multi-family)
Additional Activities - 63