Fires:

Fire, Other................................................................................................................................................... 5

Building fire................................................................................................................................................ 36

Fires in structures other than in a building....................................................................................................... 1

Cooking fire, confined to container................................................................................................................ 3

Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney...................................................................................................... 1

Passenger vehicle fire.................................................................................................................................... 3

Road freight or transport vehicle fire.............................................................................................................. 2

Forest, woods or wildland fire...................................................................................................................... 2

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire............................................................................................................ 7

Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire............................................................................................................... 3

Outside mailbox fire...................................................................................................................................... 2

Cultivated orchard or vineyard fire................................................................................................................ 2

Total fires handled: 67

Total losses from fire: $28, 301

 

Overpressure Ruptures, Explosions, Overheats - No fire:

Overpressure rupture from air or gas............................................................................................................. 5

Explosion - No fire....................................................................................................................................... 1

 

Rescue and Emergency Medical Service Incidents:

Medical assist, assist EMS crew................................................................................................................. 19

EMS call, excluding vehicle accident with injuries...................................................................................... 937

Vehicle accident with injuries...................................................................................................................... 34

Extrication of victim(s) from vehicle............................................................................................................... 6

Swimming/recreational water areas rescue..................................................................................................... 2

Rescue or EMS standby............................................................................................................................... 6

 

Hazardous Conditions - No fire:

Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill.......................................................................................................... 2

Oil or other combustible liquid spill................................................................................................................ 1

Carbon monoxide incident............................................................................................................................ 6

Electrical wiring/equipment problem.............................................................................................................. 1

Heat from short circuit (wiring)...................................................................................................................... 1

Power line down......................................................................................................................................... 11

Aircraft standby............................................................................................................................................ 1

Vehicle accident, general cleanup................................................................................................................ 16

 

Service Calls:

Service call, Other...................................................................................................................................... 15

Person in distress.......................................................................................................................................... 1

Smoke or odor removal.............................................................................................................................. 17

Animal rescue............................................................................................................................................... 3

Assist police or other governmental agency................................................................................................... 1

Public service............................................................................................................................................. 12

Assist invalid................................................................................................................................................ 4

Unauthorized burning.................................................................................................................................. 10

Cover assignment, standby, or moveup......................................................................................................... 4

 

Good Intent Calls:

Dispatched and cancelled en route.............................................................................................................. 10

Authorized controlled burning....................................................................................................................... 6

Vicinity alarm (incident in another location).................................................................................................... 1

Smoke scare, odor of smoke........................................................................................................................ 9

Steam, vapor, fog, or dust thought to be smoke............................................................................................. 2

EMS call, party transported by non-fire persons............................................................................................ 1

 

False Alarms & False Calls:

Malicious, mischievous false call.................................................................................................................... 1

System malfunction..................................................................................................................................... 18

Smoke detector activation due to malfunction................................................................................................ 9

Alarm system sounded due to malfunction................................................................................................... 35

CO detector activation due to malfunction..................................................................................................... 2

Unintentional transmission of alarm................................................................................................................ 9

Smoke detector activation, no fire................................................................................................................. 6

Detector activation, no fire............................................................................................................................ 3

Alarm system sounded, no fire...................................................................................................................... 8

 

Severe Weather & Natural Disaster Related Calls:

Wind storm, tornado/hurricane assessment.................................................................................................... 1

Lightning strike, no fire.................................................................................................................................. 1

 

Total Incident Count for 2000: 1305 responses

Total Automatic & Mutual Aid responses for 2000: 71