THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT STATISTICS, 1951 VICTORIA, B.C. Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1952 To His Honour Clarence A. Wallace, C.B.E., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned has the honour to present the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1951. GORDON S. WISMER, A ttor ney-General. Victoria, B.C., March 31st, 1952. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Report of the Fire Marshal 5 Table I.—Inspections Made and Orders Issued by Local Assistant Fire Marshals 6 Table II.—Fires Reported 7 Construction of Buildings Burned 8 Table III.—Causes of Fires '. 9 Table IV.—Classification of Property Burned and Causes 10 Table V.—Summary 21 Table VI.—Ten-year Comparative Statement of Fire Losses 21 Table VII.—Loss of Life, 1942-51 22 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL Office of the Fire Marshal, Vancouver, B.C., March 31st, 1952. The Honourable Gordon S. Wismer, Q.C., A ttorney-General, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—I beg to enclose herewith the Thirtieth Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1951. I regret to report that the fire loss for the year 1951 shows an increase of $1,500,000 over the previous year. Some of the largest contributing causes to the total of $8,604,426 were incendiary fires, which accounted for almost $600,000, and the cause that is always With us, smokers' carelessness, accounted for approximately $500,000. We find that commercial fires, or those set for the purpose of obtaining insurance money, seem to be more numerous than they have been for the last eight or ten years. There were twenty-seven fires with a loss of over $50,000 each. These accounted for an aggregate of $3,298,685. Of these fires, eleven were over $100,000. Of these eleven, four were over $200,000, and of these four, one was over $400,000. Lives lost through fire during the year amounted to forty-nine, of which nineteen were men, twelve women, and eighteen children. During the year there were sixteen arson prosecutions in which members of the Investigation Branch of the Office took part. These resulted in eleven convictions, one acquittal, two committed to mental hospital, and in two a stay of proceedings was entered. Three were prosecuted for conspiracy to commit arson, two of which were convicted and one acquitted. There was one prosecution for negligently causing fire, with one conviction. There were eighteen prosecutions for offences under the " Fire Marshal Act "and Regulations made pursuant thereto, with eighteen convictions. The Travelling Instructional Unit has been very active throughout the year, which can be seen by the following statistics: 3,175 attended classes held throughout the Province, 546 of whom obtained certificates; 224 showings of fire-prevention films were given at these classes. During their travelling our instructors have made 1,050 inspections with the local authorities. I would like to thank everyone whose co-operation and help has assisted in the work of this Office. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. A. WALKER, Fire Marshal. K 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY LOCAL ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS District Municipalities (28) Village Municipalities (41) City Municipalities (35) Inspections Orders Inspections Orders 3 1 ~4 3 ~2 Nelson. . . _ 643 5,943 672 7 151 111 85 191 280 351 409 182 24 47 68 Enderby . Prince George 3 544 24 3 408 5 Revelstoke _ 1,173 37,915 340 24,458 Slocan Trail Vancouver __ Vernon Victoria Totals — Kelowna ; _ Kimberley _ Ladysmith- . .. 1,018 28 6 44 1 14 1,180 75,882 459 308 10 17 1 395 1,922 71 Oak Bay .. 14 Pearhlanr. Coquitlam _ _._ Delta _ 238 Rir.hmnnd Saanich _ 277 319 8 2 Spallumcheen.... _. Sumas - Summerland . . .. Surrey Tadanac Glenmore. , Kent 15 25 Langley 252 58 1 28 Matsqui Totals _ _ 3,820 141 7 McBride Alert Bay . _ 18 Oliver _ Osoyoos Parksville „ Princeton . 45 23 Quesnel _ _ Salmo Silverton Smithers Squamish 19 Fort St. John 4 Harrison Hot Springs - Hope 235 9 Terrace Tofino , Vanderhoof ._ _ _ _ Westview Will iams Lak e Totals 55 Lytton 193 68 641 35 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1951 K 7 TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY LOCAL ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS—Continued Fire Districts (20) Inspections Orders Inspections Orders _ 7 Sooke — - 1,257 314 8 Vernon .. • 223 Langford _ Yale, County of. Totals.. - — . 64 105 1,978 9 Grand totals. Grand totals, Grand totals, Grand totals, 1950 _ 1949 _ 1948. Grand totals, 1947 _ Grand totals, 1946. Grand totals, 1945 _ Grand totals, 1944. Grand totals, 1943.. Grand totals, 1942- Inspections _ 82,321 — 82,526 _ 85,081 _ 83,918 — 74,477 .... 50,904 .... 60,638 .... 58,496 ... 56,344 _ 70,181 Orders 644 1,206 1,649 1,976 1,596 1,096 1,350 1,598 1,702 1,536 TABLE II.—FIRES REPORTED City Municipalities (35) Districts Reporting Number Amount of Loss Districts Reporting Number Amount of Loss 24 5 23 19 16 5 17 4 13 10 5 53 6 58 13 14 11 89 1 $16,074 2,540 22,614 3,439 2,814 235 783 884 5,423 7,259 48,315 14,201 1,679 13,795 9,106 1,813 16,810 17,947 Nelson 29 | $10,542 208 [ 338 3fi9 100 55 63 15 11 41 31 21 8 8 40,670 125,146 19,849 11,338 20,161 130,519 30,676 2,913 341 Courtenay Penticton Port Moody . Enderby. - - Prince George Greenwood Rossland . Kaslo Kelowna ~ — Kimberley. Ladysmith . — Merritt Slocan :_ _ Trail _ Vancouver Vernon Victoria .. Totals 2 | 3,050 45 j 21,227 2,712 | 1,694,356 27 | 38,726 406 | 80,027 4,167 | $2,755,943 K 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE II.—FIRES REPORTED—Continued District Municipalities (28) Districts Reporting Number Amount of Loss Districts Reporting Number Amount of Loss 341 9 37 2 45 35 66 3 3 8 44 43 22 10 29 $84,463 20,128 16,716 230 37,189 172,524 10,204 5,145 129 15,237 155,059 94,868 73,237 15,817 14,996 97 112 2 7 88 177 2 3 14 9 153 64 110 $35,200 Dak Ray 11,063 Peachland. ._ . 141 3,293 Richmond 74,055 Delta 34,418 27,884 Spallumcheen Sumas Summerland Surrey- . Tadanac __ _ _._ 7,482 Glenmore Kent Langley.- Maple Ridge 11,503 11,089 200,915 14,820 39,079 Totals 1,540 $1,186,884 Village Municipalities (41) Abbotsford Alert Bay Burns Lake Campbell River __ Castlegar__ Chapman Camp.. Comox Cranberry Lake _ Creston . _. Dawson Creek. Fort St. John.... Gibsons Landing _ Harrison Hot Springs.. Hope Invermere — Kinnaird Lake Cowichan. Lillooet Lytton Marysville Mission City 22 3 3 15 3 1 10 9 6 12 4 1 1 7 $63,624 4,950 164 3,463 11,744 12,577 291 1,305 856 15.617 1,662 45 23 22,586 11,448 1,560 25 33 151,026 McBride New Denver North Kamloops.. Oliver Osoyoos Parksville Pouce Coupe Princeton Qualicum Beach. Quesnel Salmo Silverton Smithers Squamish Stewart Terrace Tofino Vanderhoof Westview Williams Lake _ Totals. 1 2 7 5 2 9 2 5 14 6 1 15 3 2 7 3 4 20 $125 954 3,838 9,429 366 1,795 45 3,864 226 11,487 438 15 75,001 982 1,811 9,589 137 277 466,841 88,862 256 [ $979,081 Fire Districts (20) Annable-Warfield Cariboo, County of. Colwood District Lot 172 _ loco —__ Kelowna Kootenay, County of _ Langford Nanaimo, County of __ Pacific Mills Limited . Powell River Prince Rupert, County of. 2 118 5 7 1 9 119 6 193 12 9 52 $262 588,185 5,419 177 35 3,722 234.063 5,873 652,110 15,738 409 222,705 Sooke University Area Vancouver, County of _ Vernon Victoria, County of _ View Royal Westminster, County of _ Yale, County of Totals _ Grand total. 6 22 62 1 70 8 43 181 $1,016 1,055 1,352,982 8,376 119,931 1,362 103,202 365,896 926 $3,682,518 6,889 I $8,604,426 I Construction of buildings burned- Fire-resistive Brick, concrete, or heavy timber- Wood frame Metal or corrugated iron- Totals 6,889 Amount of Loss $4,445- 643,431 7,668,652 287,898 $8,604,426 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1951 K 9 TABLE III.—CAUSES OF FIRES Causes of Fires Number Amount of Loss Causes of Fires Number Amount of Loss Acetylene-torch carelessness.. Alcohol-vapour explosion Ashes against wood _ Asphalt boiling over Broken gasoline-line . Bunsen burner, carelessness with. Candle carelessness Car upset- Children playing with fire ___. Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe Coal-gas explosion Collision Core oven, being overstocked, set fire to wiring Curtains from stove Defective acetylene equipment. Defective battery connection Defective brick-kiln key Defective brooder Defective chimney Defective fireplace. Defective furnace or furnace-pipe _ Defective gas oven Defective muffler Defective oil-burner Defective oil-burning equipment. Defective stove or stove-pipe Defective wiring Dust explosion __ Electrical appliances Engine back-firing . Exposure. Firecrackers _- Friction in drive-shaft Friction of logging-cable ~ Friction on brake-drum Friction on conveyor-belt _ Friction on tires Friction sparks. Fuel-oil, carelessness in use of Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected _ Gas explosion . Gasoline carelessness _. Gasoline on exhaust-pipe Gasoline-torch carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion Gas-plate insufficiently protected.. 6 2 54 2 12 1 51 21 16 141 1 4 2 1 1 9 263 29 12 1 1 58 33 27 31 9 372 48 133 76 1 1 9 1 1 7 2 52 10 37 21 24 28 1 $796 38 8,928 560 6,170 180 4,935 39,989 6,045 17,938 1,929 16,363 50 371 2,312 166 44,550 2,762 339,380 22,233 4,659 80 200 36,555 8,716 33,585 51,703 1,084 191,843 32,347 747,085 13,490 10 1,780 2,095 2,000 75 36,3P1 8,754 177,845 2,407 45,994 5,113 12,159 24,696 1,404 Grease on stove.. Heat radiation Hot poker, carelessness with Hot slag from retort igniting cartons Hot stove-lid falling on floor Ignition of metallic powder Incendiary __. _ Kerosene carelessness Lamp explosion Lamp upset Lightning _ Live coals — — Match carelessness Matches, children with Molten metal '. Oil-burner explosion _ Overheating of machinery bearings __ Paint vapours igniting Sawdust-burner back-firing Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch Sparks from boiler Sparks from bonfire Sparks from bush fire - Sparks from chimney Sparks from electric welder Sparks from engine Sparks from fireplace Cparks from forge Sparks from furnace or furnace-pipe Sparks from mill burner—.. Sparks from stove or stove-pipe Sparks from welding machine Spontaneous ignition Steam-pipe insufficiently protected — Stock piled against chimney Stove explosion ._ Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Thawing pipes Turpentine, carelessness in use of Unknown Varnish boiling over Wood too near furnace Wood too near stove Totals 129 9 1 1 1 1 65 7 2 10 13 12 73 107 3 21 3 7 10 447 2,473 24 6 84 17 210 3 1 385 1 28 14 118 1 22 3 1 14 247 25 2 646 1 7 6 6,889 $25,395 2,935 1,500 1,300 15 41 535,891 6,132 2,776 9,343 328,736 411 14,647 33,222 1,350 24,440 28,160 31,478 11,077 299,525 439,658 35,550 46,300 91,350 84,321 123,997 16,250 100 14,167 1,674 15,964 96,283 59,470 98 15,802 4,553 443 2,603 238,851 43,917 87 3,940,019 350 8,093 8,397 5,604,426 K 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES Property Causes Amount of Loss Aircraft Apartments Asphalt-mixing machines Asphalt plants Automobile courts Automobiles 387 764 Acetylene-torch carelessness ._ Unknown Ashes against wood Candle carelessness Clothes too near stove _ Curtains from stove Defective chimney Defective furnace Defective oil-burner Defective oil-burning equipment .. Electrical appliances Exposure Firecrackers Furnace-pipe insufficiently protected- Gas explosion Gasoline-torch carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion . Grease on stove Incendiary Match carelessness Matches, children with.. Oil-burner explosion Paint vapours igniting Short circuit Smokers' carelessness ... Sparks from bonfire Sparks from chimney Sparks from fire-place Sparks from stove or stove-pipe- Spontaneous ignition Stove explosion Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected. Thawing pipes Turpentine, carelessness in use of__ Unknown _ Wood too near furnace. Sparks from acetylene torch- Asphalt boiling over_ Candle carelessness Clothes too near stove Defective chimney Defective oil-burning equipment- Defective stove Electrical appliances Grease on stove.. Sawdust-burner back-firing Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Thawing pipes Unknown Acetylene-torch carelessness Alcohol-vapour explosion .._ Ashes against wood Broken gasoline-line Car upset _ Collision Defective muffler Defective wiring Electrical appliances Engine back-firing — Exposure Firecrackers Friction in drive-shaft Friction on brake-drum. Friction on tires Gasoline carelessness Gasoline on exhaust-pipe Gasoline-torch carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion _ Heat radiation Incendiary Match carelessness Matches, children with.. 1 1 1 2 7 1 22 2 1 1 22 8 5 1 2 2 1 8 2 6 3 2 1 7 212 4 16 7 6 2 3 10 3 2 14 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 $500 55,226 $343 162 350 41 5,823 126 1,285 148 6,762 6,616 199 35 159 125 681 557 9,811 3,291 396 132 994 2,135 102,355 4,791 3,626 94 707 266 385 4,542 1,018 87 29,922 778 $12 49 142 30 500 80 1 140 2 207 22 969 1 75 3 2,566 3 $171 2 38 2 156 12 6,170 21 39,989 8 16,363 1 200 9 1,387 9 1,748 29 6,822 10 2,746 4 686 1 10 6 266 1 75 9 8,369 19 4,505 1 32 9 976 1 15 8 3,945 8 607 4 370 $55,726 188,742 8,000 410 4,858 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1951 K 11 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss Bakeries Banks Barber-shops Barges Barns _. 2 Barracks Blacksmith-shops Boarding-houses . Boat-houses Bowling-alleys Breweries Bridges Bulldozers Bunk-houses Buses Canneries (fish) Canneries (fruit and vegetable) Cellulose plants Short circuit Smokers' carelessness ~. Sparks from acetylene torch- Sparks from bonfire Spontaneous ignition Unknown Acetylene-torch carelessness Defective oil-burner Defective oil-burning equipment- Exposure Furnace insufficiently protected.. Sparks from stove. Stock piled against chimney- Unknown Exposure Smokers' carelessness . Defective oil-burner ... Exposure Unknown __. Ashes against wood. Exposure Firecrackers Incendiary Lightning Matches, children with- Short circuit Sparks from bonfire Sparks from bush fire- Spontaneous ignition _ Unknown Smokers' carelessness Sparks from forge Unknown Defective fireplace — Electrical appliances Lamp upset . Smokers' carelessness Firecrackers Defective oil-burner Exposure Sparks from bonfire. Unknown Sparks from boiler Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch- Short circuit Clothes too near stove Furnace-pipe insufficiently protected .. Gasoline carelessness Match carelessness Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected.. Unknown 266 221 6 4 1 89 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 1 2 1 3 2 3 16 Friction on brake-drum Gasoline on exhaust-pipe.. Unknown Unknown Sparks from boiler Spontaneous ignition . Unknown Kerosene carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch.. $37,132 17,615 1,711 1,030 25 36,576 $25 53 293 146 1,420 3,686 443 319 $10 15 $2,856 214 $52 730 1,400 31,109 2,466 812 121 780 2,050 3,431 50,950 $1,674 1,459 $132 20 150 122 $909 1,766 278 9,979 $25 7,000 $22 2,666 1,217 573 6,783 500 6,597 47,515 $1,829 74 200 $240 726 3,404 $412 1,231 $189,735 6,385 25 3,070 3,000 93,901 3,162 3,133 424 5,091 12,932 2,081 7,025 500 65,873 2,103 10,080 4,370 1,643 K 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Commit Property Causes Amount of Loss Cement-mixers _ Chemical laboratories Chlorination plants Churches City halls Clubs Cold-storage plants Cook-houses —- Cranes Crematories Dairies Dry-cleaning plants Dwellings .4,120 Gasoline-vapour explosion Bunsen burner, carelessness with.. Unknown Clothes too near stove . Defective chimney Electrical appliances ... Exposure Gasoline-vapour explosion Incendiary Match carelessness Matches, children with Sparks from chimney Unknown Unknown Defective chimney —. Electrical appliances Firecrackers _ Furnace-pipe insufficiently protected Grease on stove _ Match carelessness Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney . Stove-pipe insufficiently protected . Unknown _ Short circuit _ Grease on stove Sparks from acetylene torch Unknown Unknown __ Defective oil-burning equipment Electrical appliances Short circuit . Sparks from boiler — Sparks from chimney Exposure Incendiary Match carelessness — Sparks from chimney . Unknown Ashes against wood Candle carelessness _. Children playing with fire _. Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe. Coal-gas explosion Curtains from stove Defective chimney — Defective fireplace Defective furnace or furnace-pipe Defective oil-burner Defective oil-burning equipment Defective stove or stove-pipe Defective wiring Dust explosion Electrical appliances Exposure Hot stove-lid falling on floor . Incendiary Kerosene carelessness Lamp explosion Lamp upset Lightning 12 Firecrackers — Fuel-oil, carelessness in use of Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected . Gas explosion Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-torch carelessness — Gasoline-vapour explosion Grease on stove Heat radiation — _ 38 45 13 112 8 3 199 27 9 33 23 21 13 1 285 39 22 1 36 5 13 13 3 106 5 1 16 5 2 9 5 $60 3,512 77 25 175 2,000 45 30 115 1,825 $10 132 300 1,972 24 70 952 35 75 5,355 $85 600 $49 44 2,660 900 50 $8,975 233 1,715 65 3,250 $6,838 2,593 5,809 16,509 1,929 330 148,073 18,601 4,513 21,153 4,267 28,724 21,735 259 26,625 35,198 1,604 8,500 36,551 1,155 15,966 3,813 4,997 15,852 505 15 38,278 5,675 2,776 9,193 3,311 $160 180 4,756 7,864 12,515 8,925 259 3,188 685 5,360 3,703 14,238 TABLE IV. REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1951 -CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued K 13 Property Causes Amount of Loss 2 6 11 2 3 2- 5 1 2 1 2 1 1 18 30 Live coals Match carelessness — Matches, children with Oil-burner explosion Paint vapours igniting 12 46 76 14 2 9 $411 7,197 24,395 2,447 2,440 10,937 72,379 171,651 32,472 5,822 98,735 13,999 10,658 29,765 7,333 2,093 161,530 20,133 663,708 7,413 6,869 Short circuit Smokers' carelessness 78 1,615 37 Sparks from bush fire Sparks from chimney Sparks from fireplace — Sparks from furnace or furnace-pipe Sparks from stove or stove-pipe - Spontaneous ignition — 5 162 374 19 96 9 10 183 Thawing pipes _ Unknown Wood too near furnace Wood too near stove Short circuit Short circuit Unknown Firecrackers 14 236 7 5 2 1 5 1 7 $1,843,734 490 Electrical sub-stations $8,704 19,693 28,397 Electric-light and telephone poles $218 1,550 200 500 2 Unknown _ Friction sparks 1 2 1 2,468 5,894 Factories (bed and mattress) — Factories (brick and tile) $44,550 150 1,757 1 Heat radiation . . 1 . ... 1 46,457 $336 5,009 Exposure _ ... Smokers' carelessness __ Unknown 1 1 4 1 5,345 84,819 1,867 Factories (furniture) $4,956 79,863 Factories (plastic products) Exposure 1 1 $65 17,397 1 17,462 3,080 Factories (rock-wool insulation) Factories (roof products) $50 483 1 1 1 533 41 Factories (rubber goods)- „ Factories (wooden box) Fences _ $25 69 10 139 102 75 80 210 1 3,400 Ashes against wood : Exposure _ Matches, children with Smokers' carelessness 1 3 1 5 3 1 Spontaneous ignition Unknown Defective oil-burner 1 3 2 710 $1,644 500 11,003 1,400 2,500 250 6,500 9,108 35 17,927 11,474 Defective wiring __ 1 6 . Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-torch carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion _ Oil-burner explosion . Short circuit . 1 1 1 1 2 1 7 Unknown — .. 7 62,341 L K 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss Foundries Freight cars Frozen-food lockers Fruit packing and processing plants Gaols Garages (private) Garages (public) Gasoline-shovels Gasoline-stations Grandstands Greenhouses Halls 36 22 Core oven, being overstocked, set fire to wiring Defective chimney Defective gas-oven Sparks from chimney Unknown Hot slag from retort igniting cartons Short circuit Unknown Incendiary ._ Unknown Incendiary Ashes against wood Clothes too near stove Defective oil-burner Defective stove-pipe Electrical appliances Exposure Firecrackers Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-torch carelessness Incendiary Matches, children with Paint vapours igniting Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch Sparks from bonfire Sparks from chimney Sparks from stove Spontaneous ignition Steam-pipe insufficiently protected Stove-pipe insufficiently protected _ Unknown Clothes too near stove Defective acetylene equipment Defective chimney Defective oil-burner Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-torch carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion Heat radiation Oil-burner explosion Short circuit . Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch Sparks from electric welder _ Sparks from stove . Stove insufficiently protected Unknown _ Smokers' carelessness Defective acetylene equipment _ Electrical appliances Exposure — Friction sparks Gasoline-vapour explosion . Incendiary Short circuit Unknown _ Unknown Defective oil-burner Sparks from chimney. Stove insufficiently protected. Exposure Firecrackers Grease on stove. $50 25 80 73 61,032 $1,300 15 $50,000 17,867 $259 45 224 1,478 20 675 1,178 78 2,788 1,126 550 1,496 2,947 54 3,000 2,600 81 170 382 1,553 2,266 119,220 $58 684 204 82 99,500 207 2,713 12,808 620 15,000 15,459 2,717 30 16,216 1,275 200 143,492 $1,628 75 1,500 5,300 1,975 6,600 462 367 $472 75 125 12 492 $61,260 1,315 137 67,867 28,500 142,190 311,265 210 17,907 4,149 672 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1951 K 15 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss _... 17 155 1 2 $3,500 1,462 52 3,691 21,314 Smokers' carelessness 8 Unknown 7 $30,603 Hospitals . $13 18 100 18 1,021 1,706 60 272 Incendiary _ 1 Match carelessness _ 1 Smokers' carelessness 7 Unknown ... 1 3,208 Hotels $187 66 71,932 191 1,202 207 147 643 732 25 17,583 12,041 60 531 37 2,750 1,430 90,412 Defective wiring . Exposure - Grease on stove Incendiary Oil-burner explosion — Short circuit Smokers' carelessness 121 Sparks from chimney 3 Unknown _ .. _ 8 200,176 2,500 7 Exposure 3 Gasoline-vapour explosion _ 1 Unknown _ .. 3 Match carelessness 1 Smokers' carelessness _ 2 $1,896 1,129 454 7 3,479 $459 2,608 250 583 1 .. . 37 Unknown — 3 3,900 50 $614,979 1,780 5,186 311,709 68,420 40,593 75,424 3,276 2,115 1,347 460,674 5 Friction sparks — Lightning — 2 3 3 i 2 5 1 1 1 Unknown —- , — Incendiary . — Smokers' carelessness Unknown Unknown __ _ 15 1 1 3 2 1 1,585,503 $5 15 230 2 250 10,945 $350 300 2 9 Smokers' carelessness . — 1 1 650 $264 8,414 42,745 9 1 7 7 51,423 Motorcycles _ $642 275 2 917 K 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss Offices Oil-tanks Paper-mills Piggeries Portable pumps — — Portable welding-machines . Poultry-houses — Power-houses Power-saws Printing plants Pulp-mills Pump-houses — Pumping stations Rabbitries Railway-cars Railway-stations Restaurants Rinks (ice) Rock-crushers Rooming-houses 36 1 1 133 Clothes too near stove _ Defective chinmey Defective oil-burner ____ Electrical appliances .... Exposure - _ Incendiary Match carelessness Oil-burner explosion ... Short circuit Smokers' carelessness . Sparks from bonfire Stove insufficiently protected. Unknown Acetylene-torch carelessness Electrical appliances Short circuit _ Sparks from boiler Unknown Unknown — Engine back-firing Unknown _ Defective brooder Defective oil-burning equipment . Defective stove or stove-pipe Defective wiring Incendiary Match carelessness Matches, children with. Short circuit — Sparks from bonfire _.__ Sparks from bush fire._ Sparks from stove. Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected . Unknown Engine back-firing Short circuit Thawing pipes Unknown _ _— Exposure — Fuel-oil, carelessness in use of _ Gasoline-torch carelessness Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch Thawing pipes Unknown Electrical appliances Unknown Hot poker, carelessness with. Unknown Sparks from stove- Unknown Smokers' carelessness Defective chimney Electrical appliances ~ Exposure —- Firecrackers Grease on stove Incendiary Match carelessness Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected- Unknown Incendiary Unknown Candle carelessness Clothes too near stove.. $167 7,847 979 20 9,056 133 13 300 229 4,032 1,273 50 14,366 $800 350 100 474 $2,762 169 1,350 1,181 95 18 25 10 1,000 250 8,725 1,393 9,558 $400 41,039 313 $150 254 74 901 128 20 78,629 $5,344 1,700 $8,825 55 5,236 63 3,233 33,406 5 81 432 3,311 15,517 $78 66 $38,465 100 1,724 63,450 170 728 26,536 41,752 3,143 £0,156 1,416 300 1,500 4,423 7,044 35 70,164 500 5,000 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1951 K 17 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss Sailboats . Sawmills Schools Sheds 26 90 Defective chimney Electrical appliances .. Exposure Firecrackers Gasoline carelessness Grease on stove Match carelessness Matches, children with.. Short circuit Smokers' carelessness . Sparks from bonfire. Sparks from chimney- Sparks from fireplace- Spontaneous ignition . Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected „ Thawing pipes . Unknown Unknown Electrical appliances Engine back-firing Friction on conveyor belt- Friction sparks Gasoline carelessness Inc endiary Lightning Overheating of machinery bearings - Short circuit Sparks from acetylene torch- Sparks from boiler Sparks from bonfire.— Sparks from engine Sparks from mill burner Sparks from stove- Spontaneous ignition . Stove-pipe insufficiently protected.. Unknown Candle carelessness Defective oil-burner Electrical appliances Furnace insufficiently protected . Gas explosion . Gasoline-vapour explosion Incendiary Short circuit — Smokers' carelessness . Sparks from bonfire Sparks from chimney- Sparks from furnace- Sparks from stove. Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected. Unknown Ashes against wood Children playing with fire- Clothes too near stove Defective chimney ... Defective oil-burner Defective stove Defective wiring Electrical appliances Exposure Firec r ackers Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion Incendiary Matches, children with. Short circuit _ Smokers' carelessness _ Sparks from bonfire Sparks from bush fire.— Sparks from chimney Sparks from stove-pipe.. Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected. $3,092 417 190 177 3,575 25 93 4,319 88 2,784 10 2,826 25 100 245 35 46 1 4 $6,340 2 13,000 1 2,000 1 14,001 1 5,407 2 122,103 2 10,292 2 28,120 4 30,845 2 4,050 2 42,979 1 1,300 1 100 12 96,083 1 8,000 1 339 1 2,033 26 436,052 1 $1,903 1 261 1 404 1 1,620 1 694 1 5 1 5,000 2 349 3 137 1 92 1 788 1 245 1 150 2 213 8 223,215 215 293 710 15 400 586 1,342 749 173 75 626 1,498 1,965 647 10,158 3,258 500 100 25 2,971 $18,191 640 823,044 235,076 K 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Sheet-metal works . Shingle-mills Ships Shipyards —_ Smelting plants Slables Steel-fabricating plants- Stores 1 173 Stores and apartments 46 Causes Unknown Varnish boiling over- Paint vapours igniting Sparks from acetylene torch- Electrical appliances „ Friction sparks Sparks from chimney Sparks from mill burner- Unknown Short circuit Sparks from acetylene torch Sparks from welding machine- Ashes against wood Asphalt boiling over Defective furnace Defective oil-burner Defective oil-burning equipment- Dust explosion Electrical appliances Furnace insufficiently protected.. Gasoline-torch carelessness Molten metal Overheating of machinery bearings _ Short circuit Sparks from acetylene torch- Sparks from chimney Sparks from furnace. Stove insufficiently protected.. Unknown Sparks from bonfire... Spontaneous ignition Wood too near stove . Molten metal Ashes against wood Clothes too near stove.. Defective chimney Defective fireplace Defective oil-burner Defective oil-burning equipment- Defective stove Defective wiring Electrical appliances Exposure Firecrackers . Furnace-pipe insufficiently protected _ Gas explosion Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-torch carelessness Gas-plate insufficiently protected . Grease on stove Heat radiation _ Incendiary Match carelessness Paint vapours igniting _ Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from bonfire . Sparks from chimney Sparks from furnace . Sparks from stove Stove explosion Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Unknown Ashes against wood .. Defective chimney Defective oil-burner .. Defective wiring Electrical appliances 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 8 3 3 2 1 1 20 3 2 4 1 6 1 1 I 1 1 4 4 1 3 2 1 3 9 15 20 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 6 1 1 8 48 3 3 1 2 1 6 22 1 7 2 2 4 Amount of Loss $57,566 350 $19,190 20 $94,313 6,000 1,124 200 29,763 $3,448 8,739 $25 150 20 1,857 20 825 550 85 55 250 40 8,076 90 823 790 50 7,821 $250 2,700 1,528 $30 174 77,274 3,500 114 2,538 1,133 9,757 3,417 12,310 1,356 120 49 203 34 1,404 364 38 88,867 48 5,491 2,040 7,727 1,049 373 119 135 125 7,826 111,134 $212 4,003 1,217 16,415 391 $85,210 19,210 131,400 12,187 98 21,527 4,478 50 338,749 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1951 K 19 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss — 59 5 Exposure — __. Firecrackers . . 3 3 1 $10,114 240 28,344 806 137 558 4,838 3,841 139 12,472 15,788 Grease on stove Matches, children with 1 1 1 Smokers' carelessness .. Sparks from chimney Sparks from stove . Thawing pipes __ Unknown Defective chimney 10 1 1 1 7 2 $99,515 $42 13,177 4,595 185 364 88 191 80 6,455 5,750 1,019 682 48,399 Electrical appliances _. ~ Exposure Firecrackers _. Furnace-pipe insufficiently protected 4 3 5 1 Grease on stove Matches, children with „_ . . Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney — Sparks from stove 2 2 1 22 2 3 Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected „ Unknown 4 8 81,027 Stores and offices $21 22 28,982 269 363 35 . . 4 Defective chimney 1 Electrical appliances Smokers' carelessness Sparks from furnace Clothes too near stove Defective chimney Defective oil-burner 1 1 1 1 2 1 29,657 Stores and rooms $79 7,443 150 80 14,293 58 25 35 108,350 45 31,190 3,814 20,223 8,687 Electrical appliances ... Exposure 2 3 1 Firecrackers - Gasoline-torch carelessness 1 Grease on stove Incendiary Kerosene carelessness Short circuit 1 2 1 3 Smokers' carelessness - - Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected 10 3 Unknown ___ __ Short circuit 4 A 194,472 641 5,000 1 $506 415 16 554 6 .... 23 3 Exposure i Smokers' carelessness 3 Sparks from chimney 1 Unknown i Defective batttery connection —_ 1 Engine back-firing 2 Tractors $166 310 997 534 392 1,150 1,263 34 3,891 Gasoline carelessness s Gasoline on exhaust-pipe Gasoline-vapour explosion Short circuit Sparks from acetylene torch 1 Sparks from electric welder l Unknown 5 Gasoline carelessness 1 $8,500 6,000 118 8,737 —. 31 Smokers' carelessness 1 Sparks from acetylene torch 1 Electrical appliances 4 Exposure d 14,618 Warehouses $4,556 1,040 550 247 958 495 Firecrackers Gasoline-vapour explosion Lightning 2 Match carelessness 1 K 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss 3 6 1 6,889 1 $125 330 420 487 214,600 1 Spontaneous ignition 1 1 Unknown Smokers' carelessness Unknown .. 14 1 2 1 $223,808 490,813 Wharves $334 490,479 $8,000 22 1,050 90 38,618 Matches, children with Molten metal Thawing pipes Unknown 1 1 1 . 2 1 47,780 185 6,889 Totals . $8,604,426 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1951 K 21 < W PQ I >SS Ssa V) U 3 S P. 0 00 Ll «,- fi -=3 '-3 oo Fas* OvooovvoOtNTtr— o^ o N fOOHMOOVOMrlVOTtr-O i^M»r-i/.vonNrHCT,oo'j vocor-oocnTt-vor— ra-Hcjm movrot-vomr-TtTtmOTt a\vor-vocnvc(Nt--«>Ttinvo coavvomosTtor-Tl-fNmm in<Nr-o\t— [><NTfcnvOTtav NooTfoVvd r~" rJo*Hvo m* <T-(NvcooTt*nrHmc".c*".r-oo •-irqr-<mrHrJ'-Hcnm(N'--1^H vc m vj'rt'O^i/icJcSoir^t'-'xr CO m" rH* CO ^f Tt m Tt l> VO* t-* rn" mo>HHHin cn <—t m cn Tt rH rH 6*3- ooor-rHvcorHTj-comor- omoor-Qow-ifn(NrNvoTtm OTtOeNinTtr-comvomON rH0000r-(N"*0\r0O0SrHrH TtOrHvooomovocococom r-TtOrH(NO\(NvC(NCO(NO Tj-socnCOSOOsrr; cnCDCDin-*t CAcAtnCAmcoOs*tCiSDOOC~ (NmCOrHrHrH CNTt MM rNfNoommTtrHTtcj\(NinTt r-rorHooinmovr^rH-^-^j-r^ vomvcvoTtm-ctmininmo OvtNmTtmvotNTtr-covcTt 0v(N00O00(NOO(NrHft-i\c cncncn,rtcAcncncnmmm-rt it a * as!*' Oi , . §___ " i u ,2 ft ,3 § -g 3 & u o ; S, % < S S, « < & o 2; i CO w V_> 00 O i-H Ph P^ Ph Ph O H PJ § H < H oo W > I—| H < rt < Ph o u rt < i iz; pq H > pq < VO VO C\ O r- CA Ttr- cAC~Os-*tmosOsm Ov St TttNvor-^r~-r~-rHinm 00 o voOinrnrnTtcNvoOvm in tJ &e- o H OOr-VOTtOSVOOSVOVCrH E oor-rHt--voTtor^or- ON Ph vovDvcininminTj-Tj-r^j Cl oommoomvcrHooom r- rn Cfl mcn-*tc~inOs*ntnQOOs Tt So CAcAcn-rtsoC-OsCDOCCD r- _o O vocooovoOscNvorHOrN m ►J O «■ (N Q to \m voininvocoovomr~-oo V© o\o\or-vovominTtTt >n PL, vo rHVOVOt3\TtvO-HfNr-Os ■Si W OrHcnCOC-OOenOOrHTt 00 eg & Os fi » &6- cl 3 s OJ m(NcovorH^oooooin CM tN rH rH rH > ft. TtVOOWrHTtrHVOOOV _ to OOCNVflvOOOVCr-TtinTt jS <u rt & oo^mTtminvovooos o fi rHTj-TtcNr-OCT^CiOVOCN '"I L» •a &e- O ffir 0 s w inTtrHOOO-_oot--voin © a Ph en Os^ooTtr-oor^OTtm <D u mmciaoovomrNTtm t^ rt D. h-1 CACACiCA'^T-lcnr-'CA m (N O OT- G 9 socnT-.r^socnso^incA 00 U ft TtTtTj-rnrnmmfnr4<N in 3 J M 0 0 H 1- C & Of r- ~ f Tt Tt Tt T Tl 0* 0* 0. CN o- Or Os K 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE VII.—LOSS OF LIFE, 1942-51 Occupancy Cause of Fire Loss of Life Men Women Children . 2 1 _ 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 - 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 Apartment Apartment Match carelessness Smokers' carelessness Bunk-house ,.. Dwelling _ Smokers' carelessness - — Clothes too near stove __ 1 Dwelling Dwelling Defective fireplace Defective stove-pipe Electrical appliances 1 1 1 2 .... 2 1 2 1 Dwelling Kerosene carelessness __ __ 2 4 Dwelling __ — 1 .... 1 6 1 1 1 .... 1 ___ 1 1 Smokers' carelessness _ 1 5 Hospital Hotel Smokers' carelessness Office Clothes too near stove __ Store ■ 1 1 1 Totals. 1951..... 19 28 24 29 21 21 25 8 3 5 12 13 6 5 2 7 12 6 21 11 18 Totals, 1950 19 Totals, 1949 15 Totals, 1948 24 Totals, 1947 16 Totals, 1946 8 Totals, 1945 21 Totals, 1944 5 Totals, 1943 5 Totals. 1942 16 183 95 147 VICTORIA, B.C. Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1952 720-752-6481
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THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT STATISTICS, 1951 British Columbia. Legislative Assembly [1953]
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