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CONSOLIDATED MONTHLY REPORT
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FIRE DEPARTMENT For the month of December 19_68
This Last This Month || This Year Last Year
A CLASSIFICATION OF ALARMS Month Month Last Year to Date to Date
How Alarms Were Received:
Box 136 198 117 2045 1268
Teleplione 1020 811 641 9776 8224
Auxiliary and Miscellaneous 157 122 114 1736 1459
Total Alarms L3L3 LI3l 872 355-7 LOO51
ny *
FIRES
In Buildings 186 168 154 2059 1796
Brush or Grass 371 197 102 2683 2113
Rubbish near Buildings 11 14 5 105 136
Rubbish in Vacant Lots iL 6 L 16 20
Dumps - Ho 25 24
Miscellaneous Fires Outdoors 48 323 18 485 39:9
Vehicles in Street 117 99 128 1545 1392
Total Fires 735 522 408 6918 5808
CALLS OTHER THAN FIRES
Rescue or Emergency 263 224 208 2501 1838
Needless Calls wie) 100 62 872 1095
Accidental Alarms cL 31 34 369 319
False Alarms 161 219 132 2382 1495
Total Calls Other Than Fires 527 574 436 6124 4747
Total Alarms in City 1262 1096 844 13042 10555
OUT-OF-CITY CALLS
Special Aid
Contract Aid 51 35 28 Sis 396
Mutual Aid
Total Out-of-City Calls 51 35 23 515 396
Total Alarms 1313" L132 872 M3557 LO951
' This 4 Same Month This Year Last Year
B sCODIRECcT FirRE Loss Month Last Year to Date to Date
Fire Loss (Best Figures to Date) 646548 335232 7702317 4715912
Persons Killed by Fire 17 3 39 18
Persons Injured 18 5 107 Lee
C _sINbEx FIGURES This Year to Date | Last Year to Date
Fires per 1000 population 4.10 3.50
Fires per $1,000,000 valuation 55 50
Fires per 1000 buildings 9.34 8.14
Fire loss per capita 15.00 9 05
Fire loss per $1,000,000 valuation 2034.68 1296.05
Average Fire loss per building fire 3643.46 2586.33
D LOSS BY SIZE This Year to Date Last Year
OF FIRE % of Fires | % of Loss | % of Fires| % of Loss Additional data used in C above:
Over $15,000 7.30.1 77.05 2.61 66.41 Population. 590,100 220
$5,000 to $15,000 5.7L 12.56 Be 16.40 Valuation of Real Estate, corrected
$1,000 to $5,000 10.91 7.75 13.28 13.04 to true value s..3687440561
$100 to $1,000 20.18 2.55 | 19.79 3.29 Buildings in city.220076 0.
Less than $100 5.18 09 9.06 -36 Note: Building fires and losses only are
No Loss 54.82 50.09 ah © 31 8,
PAGE 2
December 1968
E ANALYSIS OF LOSS FIGURES This Year Last Year
* to Date to Date
; FIRES IN BUILDINGS
Insurance Carried on Property Involved in Fires 478217089 264756634
Preliminary Estimates of Insurance Losses 7029388 4201190
Total Valuation of Property Involved in Fires 613913878 327921026
Insurance Losses Adjusted 4023251 3360820
Insurance Losses Pending (Preliminary Estimates) 35206983 1031732
Estimated Uninsured Losses ‘A72508 252509
Best Figures to Date 7501896 4645061
OUTDOOR FIRES (Automobiles, Grasa, Misc.)
Best Figures to Date
200421 70851
Totals 7702317 4715912
No. of This Year to Date Last Year to Date
CAUSES OF FIRES Fires ; eer % of ; % of
F IN BUILDINGS men Fiioe (Best Figure) eg Fire. (Best Figure) potat
1. Chimneys, Soot Burning 1
Z. Defective or Overheated
Chimneys, Flues 5 27 36767 489 22 20615 443
3. Sparks on Wooden Shingle Roofs 1
4. Sparks on Other Roofing 7
5. Defective Heaters 9 41 99201 | 1.319 29 65225 | 1.404
6. Rubbish Near Heaters Ly 7945 105 10 97835 .594
7. Combustibles Near Heaters 15 152 238547 | 3.172 114 173953 5 a73g
8. Open Lights, Flames 2 14 216100 | 2.874 9 2590 O55
9. Hot Ashes 4 1700 .03¢
10. Oil Burners L 275 003 5 8800 189
ll. Starting Fires, Kerosene, Gaso-
line iL 2 10805 snag
12, Careless Smoking A2 535 476846 16.342 A7T7 36473 Tied OF
13. Children with Matches 12 132 65173 ~866 172. 169190 | 3.633
14. Other Careless Use of Matches 6 58 47683 ~634 63 31765 689
15. Defective Electric Wiring 14 151 155995 | 2.074 149 293148 1.30
16, Electric Appliances and Motors 2 122 251355 | 3.343 84 71390 1.534
17. Home Dry Cleaning td 250 -003 1.
18. Other Use of Flammable Liquids 6 66 160943 2.140 64 LTRryo7 2.832
19. Lamps and Stoves 2
20. Gas and Appliances 3 5] TLULs - 146 28 47520 024
21. Grease on Stoves 16 167 207151 | 2,755 141 245019 5.264
22. Spontaneous Ignition 1 4 475 006 8 4580 094
23. Fireworks
24. Lightning—Rodded Buildings 1
25. Lightning—-Not Rodded = 17 46621 .620 9 22155 -454
26. Thawing Pipes 2 120 .008
27, Sparks from Machinery i 22 20925 278 16 21500 OL
28. Incendiary 6 165 571149 | 7.596 134 404631 8.699
29. Miscellaneous Known Causes 13 105 116600 {1.550 90 212349 4.565
30. Suspicious 2 2 2040 047
31, Unknown 23 212 4770880 _ 63.452 EST 2306231 | 49.583
Poeal Buliting Fives 186 || 2059 | 7501896 1796 | 4645061
GS INSPECTIONS, FIRES, AND LOSSES BY OCCUPANCIES
December 1968
PAGE 3
Occupancy This Year to Date Last Year to Date
of Building Inspections Fires Losses Inspections Fires Losses
I. PUBLIC BUILDINGS
a. Government Buildings 192 2 65200 156 2
b. Hospitals and Institutions 489 17 5714 451 13 12867
c. Schools 1290 12 246819 1078 [EG 166100
d. Churches 629 10 52258 658 15 489465
e. Amusement Buildings 1077 17 145650 815 6 64190
II. DWELLING OCCUPANCIES
a. Hotels 281 78 LITLS 225 85 43319
b. Lodging Houses S37 23 45495 393 25 16095
c. Apartments 5639 50% 504710 5122 419 492204
d. Dwellings 164 876 {1487918 97 805 1306526
e, Stores and Dwellings B4 6 2550 a _A 523200
III. MERCANTILES
a. Office Buildings 1192 45 2439975 1567 48 275950
b. Small Retail Stores 4317 116 424810 3818 52 137790
c. Restaurants 971 68 160275 941 57 244877
d. Large Single Occupancy
Mercantiles 496 4 2300 398 5 2500
e. Multiple Occupancy Mercantiles 159 6 14000 153 3
f, Wholesale Houses 1124 7 34075 770 5 73000
g. Storage Warehouses 1098 50 {1226918 1053 23 133100
IV. MANUFACTURING
a. Textile, Fabric Workers 298 24. 50190 234 16 23550
b. Metal Workers 552 Ee 116101 547 8 5800
c. Wood Workers 154 6 27700 166 2 25000
d, Food Products FA 3 137 5 150
e. Chemical Works 93 2 250 118 4 8087
f, Flammable Liquids and Gases 987 25 2656 943 23 7625
g-. Multiple Occupancy Manufac- :
turing 77 31 2
h, Miscellaneous Manufacturing 568 iy 254000 630 15 558599
V. MISCELLANEOUS BLDGS,
a. Lumber Yards L23 1 5000 67
b. Railroad, Wharf Property LL 2 29 1 7500
c. Bulk Oil Storage 2 8
d, Public Garages and Filling
Stations 1147 18 5595 899 26 141380
|e. Private Garages 1183 4a, 34712 1420 60 241241
| £. Miscellaneous Structures 703 60 129310 583 AS 37160
Total in Buildings 25659 2059 7501896 23579 1796 {4645061
PRGEY
December 1968
Hi FIRES AND LOSSES BY TYPE OF BUILDING
ers Fires to Date Losses to Dato
AIEEE This Year Last Year This Year Last Year
BUILDING IN WHICH FIRE STARTED
Fire-Resistive:
Reinforced Concrete Cal 103 242393 651283
Protected Steel Frame 33 2 2288576 2460
Not Fire-Resistive*: ‘
Brick or Stone Walls 928 850 3256174 | 2761897
Iron-Clad 31 27 52637 174230
Concrete Block or Tile Walls 58 39 260910 28381
Wood Frame 920 750 129241] 960577
Not Classified 12 1 ae
Totals in Buildings Where Started 2050 ane 7413146 | 4591826
Exposure Losses (Number of the above fires which spread to!
other buildings, and losses in these other buildings) : 29 22 88750 E235
Total Losses 7501896 | 4645061
= Int i w wi ct 1_ members.
Plans checked for new and alteration 5 188 167
Fire alarm systems new 2 id LO
Exit light systems new 1 6 14
Fire alarms and exit lights (Exist 39 65 771, 4230
[FOLLOW-UP ON INSPECTIONS AND OTHER FIRE PREVENTION W
mer af gens ER Be This Month | Last Month | TH Year | Last Yeu
Inspections by company personnel 582 180 1503 153.3
Inspections by Fire Prevention Bureau 2056 2180 25659 23577
Total re-inspections 363 237 3530 3144
Gas and fuel oil inspections WS 16 13 299 170
New buildings inspected 16 22 326 LS7
Boiter inspections of fires in buildings 142 133 1403 1132
Oil burners inspected 1
Bottle gas inspections i a 3
Zoning inspections
Complaints received = 7 ee A ow Nee ee EF. 647 625
Violations found - _ 571 574 6901 6609
Extensions of time granted 33 = 19 343 346
Notices of violations issued 338 297 3012 1297
Liability notices served as 252 oh 2 2B it 2396 2175
Violations corrected 457 406 5063 4986
Conditions referred to other departments L5 2 27 306 351
Court actions instituted 3 1 21 18
Arrests made = 4
Convictions L ie 24 10
Fire drills supervised a ‘li a oe 33 34
Radio talks 26 95
Other talks and lectures: Number cS 25 | 38 ____ 402 249 |
Total audience 3000 | 3720 46246 32808
Photographs taken: for Fire Prev. Bureau se Re ecarees 482 352
Other 2 23 197 188
School Exit Drills supervised 3 138 107
Dynamite Permits ae 2 18 22
Burning Permits issued 87 67 1216 1386
[ee per permits Issued 12 29 418 536
Remarks on Inspection and Other Fire Prevention Work May Be Found on Page No. 8.
December 1968
PAGE S&S
we This Last This Year Last Year
3 INVESTIGATION OF FIRES Month Month to Date to Date
Total Fires Investigated 25 38 317 319
Determined Accidental Ls 9 121 140
Determined Suspicious : 2 5
Undetermined Origin ‘6 3 48 55
Incendiary 6 16 144 119
Incendiary Fires:
Fires for which Arrests were Made 2 1 22 31
Number of Arrests 2 1 18 34
Cases in which Convictions were Secured 1 1 91 15
Number of Convictions L 1 21 15
False Alarms:
Alarms for which Arrests were Mzde 11 J5
Cases in which Convictions were Secured 6 2
Misdemeanors (in connection with fires): E 26
Convictions 1 2 TE]:
Not Classified 2
Remarks on Investigation Work:
December 1968
IK PRRSONNEL DATA
wesw | ake | alate [REESE] come | teh [Bote] MEE"
Total Personnel at End of Month 911 911 895 Appointments 9 173 247
Total Days Lost for Sickness 880 352% 439 Resignations 6 102 97
Total Days Lost for Injury 64 87 147 Retirements 2 20 5
Average Daily Absences Dismissals 3 50 82
Smallest Fighting Force on Duty Deaths 4! 4
Lergest Fighting Force on Duty Promotions 3 A9 240
Total Days Vacation 90% 490 53 Demotions A 7
Days off, Personal 14 17 24 Military Leaves 2 31 AO
Military Leave, Days off LO 22 20 Ret.Mil.Lv. 2 16 18
Suspensions, Days off 7 21 2 \|Reemployed 6 32 95
Duty outeof-City, Days off buspended 5 20 22
Holidays 240 AAL 178 Reclassified 42
Loaned from Ext. 21 AQ 21
Div.
PAGE 6
HOW ALL FIRES WERE CONTROLLED
Out before arrival of
By occupants (with e hose
Automatic
By Fire Department, using:
Water solution
cans
Foam e
‘held fire in check
Standpipe Systems
Cc or
off
line
line with and wet water
One i%-inch hose line with
1a ne
more 1
be At Fires At Drill
USE OF EQUIPMENT This Year Last Year This Year Last Year
to Date to Date to Date to Date
Fe2t of booster hose used 745634 588167
Fest of P4-inch hose used 283950 257585
Feet of 2%4-inch hose used 531475 459200
Feet of ladders used 37279 40631
Number of salvage covers spread 1011 867
Galicns of water used (estimate)
Gallons of Wet Water used (estimate)
CO, (ibs.). 2220 1878
Chemical foam (lbs.)
Gas masks / 7O7 525
Resc. by Ladder Co.'s 206 200
Smoke Ejectors 100 22
This This Year Last Year
N MISCELLANEOUS WORK Month to Date to Date
Fire alarm boxes tested 15 1007 924
Fire alarm boxes painted i 95 BL
Underground cable installed (feet) 14271 16156
‘Undergrovnd cable removed (feet) 1420 990
| Aerial wire installed ( feet) 900 42334 26878
Aérial wire removed (feet) > 10759 8209
_Byiants moved for verious reasons “(Referred to Water peneiaD. Al
Individual cut-off valves installed on existing hydrants¢ Referred WD)
New hydrants installed £ Referred WD}
pace /
December 1968 ;
This This Year
Ns MISCELLANEOUS WORK — CONT.
Month to Date
Firewells inspected & lubricated (Not applicable in Atlanta)
cost
_Apperatus tire expense
& work or Fire comPanize
inser Times WORKING TIME
a wn at
Sompany of Work Miles
Number | Runs at Run At Fires
PAGE &
No. of Runs
Bandages
First Aid ~
Inhalatas & Resc.
Splints
Blankets
Div Hoods
Masks
Mileage
EQUIPMENT USED BY SQUAD CAR
This Month
December 1968
This Year Last Year
Last Month
to Date to pate
ESTIMATED MILES SAVED BY CANCELLATION VIA RADIO
This Month
‘Last Month
This Year
to Date
Last Year
to Date
REMARKS (Use space below for comments or explanation of important or unusual items in any section, A to O, above.)
December 1968
WORK OF FIRE COMPANIES
THIS MONTH THIS YEAR LAST YEAR
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FIRE DEPARTMENT For the month of December 19_68
This Last This Month || This Year Last Year
A CLASSIFICATION OF ALARMS Month Month Last Year to Date to Date
How Alarms Were Received:
Box 136 198 117 2045 1268
Teleplione 1020 811 641 9776 8224
Auxiliary and Miscellaneous 157 122 114 1736 1459
Total Alarms L3L3 LI3l 872 355-7 LOO51
ny *
FIRES
In Buildings 186 168 154 2059 1796
Brush or Grass 371 197 102 2683 2113
Rubbish near Buildings 11 14 5 105 136
Rubbish in Vacant Lots iL 6 L 16 20
Dumps - Ho 25 24
Miscellaneous Fires Outdoors 48 323 18 485 39:9
Vehicles in Street 117 99 128 1545 1392
Total Fires 735 522 408 6918 5808
CALLS OTHER THAN FIRES
Rescue or Emergency 263 224 208 2501 1838
Needless Calls wie) 100 62 872 1095
Accidental Alarms cL 31 34 369 319
False Alarms 161 219 132 2382 1495
Total Calls Other Than Fires 527 574 436 6124 4747
Total Alarms in City 1262 1096 844 13042 10555
OUT-OF-CITY CALLS
Special Aid
Contract Aid 51 35 28 Sis 396
Mutual Aid
Total Out-of-City Calls 51 35 23 515 396
Total Alarms 1313" L132 872 M3557 LO951
' This 4 Same Month This Year Last Year
B sCODIRECcT FirRE Loss Month Last Year to Date to Date
Fire Loss (Best Figures to Date) 646548 335232 7702317 4715912
Persons Killed by Fire 17 3 39 18
Persons Injured 18 5 107 Lee
C _sINbEx FIGURES This Year to Date | Last Year to Date
Fires per 1000 population 4.10 3.50
Fires per $1,000,000 valuation 55 50
Fires per 1000 buildings 9.34 8.14
Fire loss per capita 15.00 9 05
Fire loss per $1,000,000 valuation 2034.68 1296.05
Average Fire loss per building fire 3643.46 2586.33
D LOSS BY SIZE This Year to Date Last Year
OF FIRE % of Fires | % of Loss | % of Fires| % of Loss Additional data used in C above:
Over $15,000 7.30.1 77.05 2.61 66.41 Population. 590,100 220
$5,000 to $15,000 5.7L 12.56 Be 16.40 Valuation of Real Estate, corrected
$1,000 to $5,000 10.91 7.75 13.28 13.04 to true value s..3687440561
$100 to $1,000 20.18 2.55 | 19.79 3.29 Buildings in city.220076 0.
Less than $100 5.18 09 9.06 -36 Note: Building fires and losses only are
No Loss 54.82 50.09 ah © 31 8,
PAGE 2
December 1968
E ANALYSIS OF LOSS FIGURES This Year Last Year
* to Date to Date
; FIRES IN BUILDINGS
Insurance Carried on Property Involved in Fires 478217089 264756634
Preliminary Estimates of Insurance Losses 7029388 4201190
Total Valuation of Property Involved in Fires 613913878 327921026
Insurance Losses Adjusted 4023251 3360820
Insurance Losses Pending (Preliminary Estimates) 35206983 1031732
Estimated Uninsured Losses ‘A72508 252509
Best Figures to Date 7501896 4645061
OUTDOOR FIRES (Automobiles, Grasa, Misc.)
Best Figures to Date
200421 70851
Totals 7702317 4715912
No. of This Year to Date Last Year to Date
CAUSES OF FIRES Fires ; eer % of ; % of
F IN BUILDINGS men Fiioe (Best Figure) eg Fire. (Best Figure) potat
1. Chimneys, Soot Burning 1
Z. Defective or Overheated
Chimneys, Flues 5 27 36767 489 22 20615 443
3. Sparks on Wooden Shingle Roofs 1
4. Sparks on Other Roofing 7
5. Defective Heaters 9 41 99201 | 1.319 29 65225 | 1.404
6. Rubbish Near Heaters Ly 7945 105 10 97835 .594
7. Combustibles Near Heaters 15 152 238547 | 3.172 114 173953 5 a73g
8. Open Lights, Flames 2 14 216100 | 2.874 9 2590 O55
9. Hot Ashes 4 1700 .03¢
10. Oil Burners L 275 003 5 8800 189
ll. Starting Fires, Kerosene, Gaso-
line iL 2 10805 snag
12, Careless Smoking A2 535 476846 16.342 A7T7 36473 Tied OF
13. Children with Matches 12 132 65173 ~866 172. 169190 | 3.633
14. Other Careless Use of Matches 6 58 47683 ~634 63 31765 689
15. Defective Electric Wiring 14 151 155995 | 2.074 149 293148 1.30
16, Electric Appliances and Motors 2 122 251355 | 3.343 84 71390 1.534
17. Home Dry Cleaning td 250 -003 1.
18. Other Use of Flammable Liquids 6 66 160943 2.140 64 LTRryo7 2.832
19. Lamps and Stoves 2
20. Gas and Appliances 3 5] TLULs - 146 28 47520 024
21. Grease on Stoves 16 167 207151 | 2,755 141 245019 5.264
22. Spontaneous Ignition 1 4 475 006 8 4580 094
23. Fireworks
24. Lightning—Rodded Buildings 1
25. Lightning—-Not Rodded = 17 46621 .620 9 22155 -454
26. Thawing Pipes 2 120 .008
27, Sparks from Machinery i 22 20925 278 16 21500 OL
28. Incendiary 6 165 571149 | 7.596 134 404631 8.699
29. Miscellaneous Known Causes 13 105 116600 {1.550 90 212349 4.565
30. Suspicious 2 2 2040 047
31, Unknown 23 212 4770880 _ 63.452 EST 2306231 | 49.583
Poeal Buliting Fives 186 || 2059 | 7501896 1796 | 4645061
GS INSPECTIONS, FIRES, AND LOSSES BY OCCUPANCIES
December 1968
PAGE 3
Occupancy This Year to Date Last Year to Date
of Building Inspections Fires Losses Inspections Fires Losses
I. PUBLIC BUILDINGS
a. Government Buildings 192 2 65200 156 2
b. Hospitals and Institutions 489 17 5714 451 13 12867
c. Schools 1290 12 246819 1078 [EG 166100
d. Churches 629 10 52258 658 15 489465
e. Amusement Buildings 1077 17 145650 815 6 64190
II. DWELLING OCCUPANCIES
a. Hotels 281 78 LITLS 225 85 43319
b. Lodging Houses S37 23 45495 393 25 16095
c. Apartments 5639 50% 504710 5122 419 492204
d. Dwellings 164 876 {1487918 97 805 1306526
e, Stores and Dwellings B4 6 2550 a _A 523200
III. MERCANTILES
a. Office Buildings 1192 45 2439975 1567 48 275950
b. Small Retail Stores 4317 116 424810 3818 52 137790
c. Restaurants 971 68 160275 941 57 244877
d. Large Single Occupancy
Mercantiles 496 4 2300 398 5 2500
e. Multiple Occupancy Mercantiles 159 6 14000 153 3
f, Wholesale Houses 1124 7 34075 770 5 73000
g. Storage Warehouses 1098 50 {1226918 1053 23 133100
IV. MANUFACTURING
a. Textile, Fabric Workers 298 24. 50190 234 16 23550
b. Metal Workers 552 Ee 116101 547 8 5800
c. Wood Workers 154 6 27700 166 2 25000
d, Food Products FA 3 137 5 150
e. Chemical Works 93 2 250 118 4 8087
f, Flammable Liquids and Gases 987 25 2656 943 23 7625
g-. Multiple Occupancy Manufac- :
turing 77 31 2
h, Miscellaneous Manufacturing 568 iy 254000 630 15 558599
V. MISCELLANEOUS BLDGS,
a. Lumber Yards L23 1 5000 67
b. Railroad, Wharf Property LL 2 29 1 7500
c. Bulk Oil Storage 2 8
d, Public Garages and Filling
Stations 1147 18 5595 899 26 141380
|e. Private Garages 1183 4a, 34712 1420 60 241241
| £. Miscellaneous Structures 703 60 129310 583 AS 37160
Total in Buildings 25659 2059 7501896 23579 1796 {4645061
PRGEY
December 1968
Hi FIRES AND LOSSES BY TYPE OF BUILDING
ers Fires to Date Losses to Dato
AIEEE This Year Last Year This Year Last Year
BUILDING IN WHICH FIRE STARTED
Fire-Resistive:
Reinforced Concrete Cal 103 242393 651283
Protected Steel Frame 33 2 2288576 2460
Not Fire-Resistive*: ‘
Brick or Stone Walls 928 850 3256174 | 2761897
Iron-Clad 31 27 52637 174230
Concrete Block or Tile Walls 58 39 260910 28381
Wood Frame 920 750 129241] 960577
Not Classified 12 1 ae
Totals in Buildings Where Started 2050 ane 7413146 | 4591826
Exposure Losses (Number of the above fires which spread to!
other buildings, and losses in these other buildings) : 29 22 88750 E235
Total Losses 7501896 | 4645061
= Int i w wi ct 1_ members.
Plans checked for new and alteration 5 188 167
Fire alarm systems new 2 id LO
Exit light systems new 1 6 14
Fire alarms and exit lights (Exist 39 65 771, 4230
[FOLLOW-UP ON INSPECTIONS AND OTHER FIRE PREVENTION W
mer af gens ER Be This Month | Last Month | TH Year | Last Yeu
Inspections by company personnel 582 180 1503 153.3
Inspections by Fire Prevention Bureau 2056 2180 25659 23577
Total re-inspections 363 237 3530 3144
Gas and fuel oil inspections WS 16 13 299 170
New buildings inspected 16 22 326 LS7
Boiter inspections of fires in buildings 142 133 1403 1132
Oil burners inspected 1
Bottle gas inspections i a 3
Zoning inspections
Complaints received = 7 ee A ow Nee ee EF. 647 625
Violations found - _ 571 574 6901 6609
Extensions of time granted 33 = 19 343 346
Notices of violations issued 338 297 3012 1297
Liability notices served as 252 oh 2 2B it 2396 2175
Violations corrected 457 406 5063 4986
Conditions referred to other departments L5 2 27 306 351
Court actions instituted 3 1 21 18
Arrests made = 4
Convictions L ie 24 10
Fire drills supervised a ‘li a oe 33 34
Radio talks 26 95
Other talks and lectures: Number cS 25 | 38 ____ 402 249 |
Total audience 3000 | 3720 46246 32808
Photographs taken: for Fire Prev. Bureau se Re ecarees 482 352
Other 2 23 197 188
School Exit Drills supervised 3 138 107
Dynamite Permits ae 2 18 22
Burning Permits issued 87 67 1216 1386
[ee per permits Issued 12 29 418 536
Remarks on Inspection and Other Fire Prevention Work May Be Found on Page No. 8.
December 1968
PAGE S&S
we This Last This Year Last Year
3 INVESTIGATION OF FIRES Month Month to Date to Date
Total Fires Investigated 25 38 317 319
Determined Accidental Ls 9 121 140
Determined Suspicious : 2 5
Undetermined Origin ‘6 3 48 55
Incendiary 6 16 144 119
Incendiary Fires:
Fires for which Arrests were Made 2 1 22 31
Number of Arrests 2 1 18 34
Cases in which Convictions were Secured 1 1 91 15
Number of Convictions L 1 21 15
False Alarms:
Alarms for which Arrests were Mzde 11 J5
Cases in which Convictions were Secured 6 2
Misdemeanors (in connection with fires): E 26
Convictions 1 2 TE]:
Not Classified 2
Remarks on Investigation Work:
December 1968
IK PRRSONNEL DATA
wesw | ake | alate [REESE] come | teh [Bote] MEE"
Total Personnel at End of Month 911 911 895 Appointments 9 173 247
Total Days Lost for Sickness 880 352% 439 Resignations 6 102 97
Total Days Lost for Injury 64 87 147 Retirements 2 20 5
Average Daily Absences Dismissals 3 50 82
Smallest Fighting Force on Duty Deaths 4! 4
Lergest Fighting Force on Duty Promotions 3 A9 240
Total Days Vacation 90% 490 53 Demotions A 7
Days off, Personal 14 17 24 Military Leaves 2 31 AO
Military Leave, Days off LO 22 20 Ret.Mil.Lv. 2 16 18
Suspensions, Days off 7 21 2 \|Reemployed 6 32 95
Duty outeof-City, Days off buspended 5 20 22
Holidays 240 AAL 178 Reclassified 42
Loaned from Ext. 21 AQ 21
Div.
PAGE 6
HOW ALL FIRES WERE CONTROLLED
Out before arrival of
By occupants (with e hose
Automatic
By Fire Department, using:
Water solution
cans
Foam e
‘held fire in check
Standpipe Systems
Cc or
off
line
line with and wet water
One i%-inch hose line with
1a ne
more 1
be At Fires At Drill
USE OF EQUIPMENT This Year Last Year This Year Last Year
to Date to Date to Date to Date
Fe2t of booster hose used 745634 588167
Fest of P4-inch hose used 283950 257585
Feet of 2%4-inch hose used 531475 459200
Feet of ladders used 37279 40631
Number of salvage covers spread 1011 867
Galicns of water used (estimate)
Gallons of Wet Water used (estimate)
CO, (ibs.). 2220 1878
Chemical foam (lbs.)
Gas masks / 7O7 525
Resc. by Ladder Co.'s 206 200
Smoke Ejectors 100 22
This This Year Last Year
N MISCELLANEOUS WORK Month to Date to Date
Fire alarm boxes tested 15 1007 924
Fire alarm boxes painted i 95 BL
Underground cable installed (feet) 14271 16156
‘Undergrovnd cable removed (feet) 1420 990
| Aerial wire installed ( feet) 900 42334 26878
Aérial wire removed (feet) > 10759 8209
_Byiants moved for verious reasons “(Referred to Water peneiaD. Al
Individual cut-off valves installed on existing hydrants¢ Referred WD)
New hydrants installed £ Referred WD}
pace /
December 1968 ;
This This Year
Ns MISCELLANEOUS WORK — CONT.
Month to Date
Firewells inspected & lubricated (Not applicable in Atlanta)
cost
_Apperatus tire expense
& work or Fire comPanize
inser Times WORKING TIME
a wn at
Sompany of Work Miles
Number | Runs at Run At Fires
PAGE &
No. of Runs
Bandages
First Aid ~
Inhalatas & Resc.
Splints
Blankets
Div Hoods
Masks
Mileage
EQUIPMENT USED BY SQUAD CAR
This Month
December 1968
This Year Last Year
Last Month
to Date to pate
ESTIMATED MILES SAVED BY CANCELLATION VIA RADIO
This Month
‘Last Month
This Year
to Date
Last Year
to Date
REMARKS (Use space below for comments or explanation of important or unusual items in any section, A to O, above.)
December 1968
WORK OF FIRE COMPANIES
THIS MONTH THIS YEAR LAST YEAR
R-432 R-341
T Cc Ss P 7 Cc
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