THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT STATISTICS, 1954 VICTORIA, B.C. Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1955 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 Thirty-third Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1954. ROBERT W. BONNER, A ttorney-General. Victoria, B.C., March 31st, 1954. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Report of 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 1 8 Table III.—Causes of Fires 9 Table IV.—Classification of Property Burned and Causes 10 Table V.—Summary 20 Table VI.—Ten-year Comparative Statement of Fire Losses 20 Table VII.—Loss of Life, 1945-54 21 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL Office of Fire Marshal, Vancouver, B.C., March 31st, 1955. The Honourable Robert W. Bonner, Q.C., A ttorney-General, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—I beg to submit herewith the Thirty-third Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1954. As in former years the work of the Office has been kept up during 1954. Two thousand four hundred and seventy persons registered for classes with our travelling instructional unit and classes were held in 160 communities throughout the Province. A third pumper placed in service permitted an increase in attendance and places covered, and this addition and the need of replacement in staff have necessitated engaging five new instructors. Our film library has proved to be an asset as a training aid and as fire-prevention instruction to the general public. We have forty-four films on file and there have been over 300 film showings throughout the Province during the year. During the period under review there were sixteen prosecutions for arson, thirteen convictions and three acquittals. Four of those concerned were found to be delinquents by the Judge of the Juvenile Court. There was one prosecution for mischief with one conviction, and eleven prosecutions under the " Fire Marshal Act " and regulations and eleven convictions. Our hose-thread programme is up to the schedule we planned and we are well within the estimated cost of the work. The fire loss for 1954, I am sorry to say, took a sharp increase from last year, the total loss being $10,177,702, as compared with $8,080,490 for 1953. There was an increase of 665 fires, due in part to the continued growth in building construction and population in the Province. The increase in loss was due to some large fires, one in particular in the Municipality of Richmond which was responsible for raising the municipal fire loss from $224,260 in 1953 to $1,392,221 in 1954. The loss of life through fire totalled seventy-two—twenty-nine men, thirteen women, and thirty children. A study of Table VII will show that many of the fires were the result of carelessness. By the time this Report is presented I expect to be retired from the Service, so I will take this opportunity of most sincerely thanking the members of the staff of the Fire Marshal's Office, some of whom have been with me through the years of my tenure, for their whole-hearted co-operation and support during my term of office. I would also like to thank the many others who have contributed in many ways to the administration. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. A. WALKER, Fire Marshal. G 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY LOCAL ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS City Municipalities (35) Inspections Orders Inspections Orders ._„. ~~2 ~~A~ 2 10 5 Nelson _ _ . . 510 5,814 1,605 663 259 5 385 138 52 North Vancouver Penticton Port Alberni 13 Courtenay- "Io 24 48 422 504 155 195 1 Fernie.. 244 103 60 418 71 1,256 574 101 50 1,185 Prince Rupert Revelstoke Rossland _ Greenwood Kamloops 1 1,351 25,662 280 16,458 1 Trail 9 Kimberley Ladysmith Vancouver Vernon _ 174 19 Nanaimo... 58,203 643 District Municipalities (29) Burnaby .. 5,848 10 5 ~1 ~3 North Cowichan 43 1,215 1,537 4 3 Chilliwhack 800 Oak Bay . Peachland _ 16 Delta 211 212 Richmond 162 1,457 2 114 26 469 50 78 Esquimalt 4 7 13 733 43 39 Spallumcheen Sumas Summerland Kent. 8 32 Maple Ridge- Matsqui... Tadanac 1 25 totals - 13,084 87 Village Municipalities (49) Abbotsford. 110 58 60 42 20 6 37 22 28 1 ~12 9 5 1 2 New Denver.. _ _ 60 140 4 Osoyoos _ 253 Castlegar - Princeton 458 44 89 71 3 1 69 42 31 Fort St. John Smithers Squamish ' Stewart Telkwa _ _ 355 24 6 156 5 15 104 106 3 177 319 134 55 1 Ucluelet- Vanderhoof Warfield- Westview- — 41 34 919 237 2 2 Marysville 4,306 67 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1954 G 7 TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY LOCAL ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS—Continued Fire Districts (20) Inspections Orders Inspections Orders Sooke __ District Lot 172 67 1,393 231 317 149 27 70 269 Westminster, County of 168 4 Totals 2,691 4 Grand totals Grand totals, Grand totals, Grand totals, Grand totals, Grand totals, Grand totals, Grand totals, Grand totals, Grand totals, 1953 1952 1951 1950 1949 1948 1947 1946 1945 Inspections -. 78,284 — 78,885 _- 80,573 _ 82,321 — 82,526 — 85,081 _ 83,918 .- 74,477 — 50,904 -. 60,638 Orders 801 562 345 644 1,206 1,649 1,976 1,596 1,096 1,350 TABLE II.—FIRES REPORTED City Municipalities (35) District Reporting Number Amount of Loss District Reporting Number Amount of Loss 18 5 26 30 14 5 13 6 8 6 1 62 4 67 23 14 16 87 $12,454 157 21,263 34,858 6,948 467 19,509 45,722 1,258 2,919 60 7,696 301 12,235 24,162 1,357 33,197 18,094 38 216 101 70 61 18 11 43 43 25 10 7 37 2,464 35 491 $8,319 1,125,916 22,741 Courtenay— Penticton - _ 14,192 42,283 Port Coquitlam 37,513 686 Enderby Prince George _ 24,534 47,547 Revelstoke Rossland _. - 5,270 Greenwood 6,573 527 Slocan Trail Vancouver.- Vernon Victoria Kelowna Kimberley , Ladysmith.— Merritt _ 4,432 1,132,291 6,309 480,926 Nanaimo.- 4,075 $3,202,716 G 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IL—FIRES REPORTED—Continued District Municipalities (29) District Reporting XT..-.U-- Amount Number ofLoss District Reporting Number Amount of Loss Burnaby Central Saanich- Chilliwhack Coldstream Coquitlam Delta Esquimalt Fraser Mills Glenmore Kent Kitimat Langley Maple Ridge Matsqui Mission 376 14 42 2 54 33 60 2 4 9 48 40 37 25 13 $125,869 6,008 105,866 4,597 19,771 55,603 13,242 524 298 10,767 76,925 56,730 67,668 23,518 18,175 North Cowichan North Vancouver- Oak Bay Peachland Pitt Meadows— Richmond Saanich Salmon Arm Spallumcheen Sumas — Summerland Surrey— — Tadanac West Vancouver- Totals 28 127 133 6 92 228 10 3 13 10 173 41 105 1,728 $45,215 147,549 21,223 20,934 1,392,221 31,716 14,068 18,515 15,170 11,717 157,203 77,329 33,412 $2,571,833 Village Municipalities (49) Abbotsford- Alert Bay._._ Ashcroft Burns Lake Campbell River... Castlegar Chapman Camp.. Comox— - Cranberry Lake_ Creston Dawson Creek Fort St. James Fort St. John Fruitvale Gibsons Landing _ Harrison Hot Springs- Hope - Invermere.- __ Kinnaird Lake Cowichan _ Lillooet - Lytton Marysville Mission City McBride 7 4 3 3 23 5 1 4 6 6 21 5 7 4 2 6 3 4 5 1 3 2 11 4 I $1,571 6,706 5,895 33,055 26,451 2,112 620 357 355 3,894 93,082 3,598 798 2,239 178 737 735 42 613 7,500 130 105 1,219 133,630 New Denver North Kamloops.. Oliver Osoyoos Parksville Pouce Coupe Princeton Qualicum Beach- Quesnel Salmo Sidney Silverton Smithers Squamish..-. Stewart Telkwa Terrace Tofino Ucluelet Vanderhoof Warfield Westview Williams Lake... Zeballos Totals 1 20 8 6 5 1 11 10 13 2 9 21 6 2 2 25 14 $65 2,163 2,496 578 193 4,848 13,912 8,005 22,189 4,888 1,389 58,007 259 6,461 10,403 1,225 1,200 36,369 2,889 $503,161 Fire Districts (20) Cariboo, County of- Colwood District Lot 172 loco „ Kelowna Kootenay, County of_ Langford- Nanaimo, County of- Ocean Falls Powell River Prince George Prince Rupert, County of.. 161 14 11 1 5 106 22 180 25 67 I $845,372 4,630 465 22 2,264 285,846 9,482 892,466 13,060 1,014 456,008 Sooke University Area Vancouver, County of .. Vernon _ Victoria, County of_ View Royal- Westminster, County of . Yale, County of Totals _ Grand totals.. 4 20 62 59 13 35 191 984 7,094 $205 118,926 269,552 124,473 4,847 146,033 725,327 $3,899,992 $10,177,702 Construction of buildings burned- Fire-resistive _ Brick, concrete, or heavy timber . Wood frame — — Metal or corrugated iron Totals 7,094 Amount of Loss $96,744 1,342,013 8,423,223 315,722 $10,177,702 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1954 G 9 TABLE III.—CAUSES OF FIRES Causes of Fires Number of Loss Causes of Fires Number Amount of Loss Acetylene-torch carelessness.. Alcohol-vapour explosion Ashes against wood Broken gasoline-line Broken oil-line Bunsen burner, carelessness with_ Candle carelessness Car upset- Children playing with fire Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe- Coal-gas explosion Coal-stoker back-firing Collision— Curtains from stove— Defective acetylene equipment- Defective brooder Defective chimney _ Defective fireplace- Defective furnace or furnace-pipe.. Defective muffler Defective oil-burner.. _ Defective oil-burning equipment- Defective stove or stove-pipe Defective wiring _ Diesel exhaust insufficiently protected Dust explosion Electrical appliances Engine back-firing Exposure Firecrackers Friction in pulley Friction on brake-drum Friction on conveyer-belt Fuel-oil, carelessness in use of Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected Gas explosion (liquefied petroleum). Gas explosion (manufactured or natural) Gasoline carelessness Gasoline on exhaust-pipe. Gasoline-pump damaged by car_. Gasoline-torch carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion — 14 1 59 7 5 1 55 12 3 92 7 2 7 1 2 6 291 42 13 1 32 42 41 33 1 4 461 42 108 19 1 6 1 3 42 5 60 16 1 10 36 $465,659 18 10,633 5,828 1,720 61 8,761 34,024 158 28,355 23,830 801 4,510 26 11,143 5,738 172,647 11,521 4,839 100 232,623 15,354 67,531 100,148 1,000 325 130,622 41,317 425,671 652 1,453 246 387 1,863 71,022 89,686 846 65,390 7,817 1,879 2,188 101,941 Grease on stove Hay load ignited from exhaust- Heat radiation i Hot stove-lid falling on floor- Ignition of oil 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.. Propane-torch carelessness.. Sawdust-burner back-firing Sawdust-burner insufficiently protected. — Short circuit Smokers' carelessness. Sparks from acetylene torch- Sparks from boiler- Sparks from bonfire Sparks from bush fire Sparks from chimney Sparks from fireplace Sparks from furnace or furnace-pipe Sparks from mill burner Sparks from oven Sparks from stove or stove-pipe Spontaneous ignition Stove explosion — Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected. Tar boiling over Tarpaulin ignited from exhaust-pipe Thawing pipes... Tractor upset— — Unknown Wood too near stove 176 1 10 1 1 47 10 2 5 11 1 64 133 15 36 4 5 1 16 2 405 2,898 29 4 76 1 130 330 42 12 1 89 14 14 240 12 1 20 2 635 5 $43,665 141 249 10 2,253 68,485 9,706 5,173 3,087 7,653 27 3,612 63,696 10,994 35,267 81,262 3,938 83 28,115 1,594 799,618 538,844 388,536 10,756 63,567 150 79,328 22,763 30,288 69,452 2,972 37,912 51,165 8,386 158,686 32,659 100 17,858 1,330 5,337,780 6,209 Totals- 7,094 | $10,177,702 G 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES Property Causes Amount of Loss Aircraft hangars Apartments 2 303 Asphalt plants . Automobile courts 34 Automobiles 692 Unknown Ashes against wood Candle carelessness Clothes too near stove _ Coal-stoker back-firing Defective chimney Defective fireplace — — Defective furnace Defective oil-burning equipment Defective stove Defective wiring Electrical appliances Exposure Gas explosion (manufactured or natural) Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion Grease on stove Heat radiation — Incendiary Match carelessness Matches, children with Oil-burner explosion Paint vapours igniting Sawdust-burner back-firing Short circuit - Smokers' carelessness Sparks from bonfire Sparks from chimney Sparks from fireplace . Sparks from stove or stove-pipe Stove explosion Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected . Tar boiling over _. Unknown Kerosene carelessness Sparks from boiler . Unknown Clothes too near stove Electrical appliances Gas explosion (liquefied petroleum) Matches, children with Oil-burner explosion Smokers' carelessness Sparks from stove — 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 on brake-drum Fuel oil, carelessness in use of Gasoline carelessness Gasoline on exhaust-pipe Gasoline-vapour explosion _. Hay load ignited from exhaust Heat radiation — Incendiary Match carelessness Matches, children with Propane-torch carelessness .„ Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch . 2 3 1 5 2 11 3 1 1 1 1 23 2 1 2 2 6 1 2 4 3 2 1 1 12 178 2 7 1 1 1 6 1 15 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 23 2 1 1 6 1 3 6 12 5 1 5 10 16 4 3 6 1 15 16 7 1 2 6 4 8 1 181 280 3 $846 572 359 801 19,607 400 45 634 22 42 1,178 1,230 142 1,393 95 714 9 20,065 94 874 327 158 904 11,658 58,122 130 4,579 21 48 600 491 10,630 20,010 $1,263,161 $175 145 1,346 $36 292 258 67 3,550 7,764 50 49 50 $1,648 18 133 5,128 34,024 3,060 100 95 383 6,191 501 115 246 100 4,971 7,817 4,096 141 60 11,024 209 456 83 53,742 32,881 1,568 156,800 1,666 12,116 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1954 G 11 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss 6 2 3 . 39 2 4 3 5 $419 100 62,551 Tarpaulin ignited from exhaust-pipe Unknown 1 _ 83 1 $231,860 Bakeries $873 50 2,410 190 2,972 388 Electrical appliances . Exposure — 1 1 1 Sparks from oven — _ Unknown 1 1 1 6,883 $12 100 Smokers' carelessness 1 2 112 Barges $1,297 5,029 1 1 6,326 Barns $20 1,000 850 18 1,027 4,170 192 1,225 1,585 15,517 11,646 53,914 1 1 Heat radiation - 1 3 4 1 Smokers' carelessness Sparks from bonfire 2 2 5 1 17 Smokers' carelessness Short circuit Smokers' carelessness _ Sparks from furnace 2 2 2 91,164 130 Barracks Boarding-houses $65 62 127 $474 6,226 210,710 1 Unknown _ 1 217,410 550 Bowling-alleys 5 Electrical appliances _ _ 1 Smokers' carelessness 2 Sparks from furnace _ __ 1 $18 6,170 651 25 6,864 $8,978 2,629 8,611 4 17 Sparks from boiler - 1 20,218 Bridges $600 10,000 400 6,000 Smokers' carelessness 1 Sparks from bonfire 1 17,000 $673 2,300 200 756 13,509 440 4,032 1 2 14 Defective oil-burning equipment - 1 Unknown _ - Smokers' carelessness Acetylene-torch carelessness „ Unknown Candle carelessness — - 21,910 40 Buses Canneries (fish) $463,054 635 463,689 Churches $206 879 935 160 1,074 20,778 1,030 3,893 4,378 3 2 33,333 G 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss Clubs Cold-storage plants Cranes Creosoting plants — Dairies Distilleries _ Dry-cleaning plants Dwellings 13 . 4,566 • Defective chimney Defective stove-pipe Exposure Matches, children with Smokers' carelessness _ Unknown Short circuit Short circuit _ Tar boiling over Electrical appliances Gasoline carelessness Unknown _ Defective chimney Electrical appliances - Gasoline-torch carelessness Match carelessness Short circuit Unknown _ Acetylene-torch carelessness 2 Ashes against wood 39 Candle carelessness 49 Children playing with fire 3 Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe 77 Coal-gas explosion 4 Curtains from stove 1 Defective brooder 1 Defective chimney 253 Defective fireplace _ 37 Defective furnace or furnace-pipe 12 Defective oil-burner 13 Defective oil-burning equipment 28 Defective stove or stove-pipe 30 Defective wiring 18 Electrical appliances - 340 Exposure 36 Firecrackers 9 Fuel oil, carelessness in use of 1 Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected 27 Gas explosion (manufactured or natural) 5 Gasoline carelessness 28 Gasoline-torch carelessness 5 Gasoline-vapour explosion 9 Grease on stove 154 Heat radiation 6 Hot stove-lid falling on floor 1 Incendiary 19 Kerosene carelessness — 7 Lamp explosion 2 Lamp upset 2 Lightning — 9 Live coals — 1 Match carelessness 48 Matches, children with 98 Molten metal 2 Oil-burner explosion 21 Paint vapours igniting 3 Sawdust-burner back-firing 15 Short circuit - 108 Smokers' carelessness 2,023 Sparks from bonfire 31 Sparks from bush fire 1 Sparks from chimney 111 Sparks from fireplace 323 Sparks from furnace 27 Sparks from mill burner ; — 1 Sparks from stove 75 Spontaneous ignition 4 Stove explosion 13 Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected 185 Tar boiling over 4 Thawing pipes 14 $987 563 310 112 3,993 472 $425 150 $217 303 58 60 3,415 6,066 $115 8,189 5,724 158 26,870 2,038 26 916 138,346 9,031 4,794 48,549 5,397 42,033 71,904 72,448 25,232 394 63 19,098 507 47,664 1,132 22,911 28,963 162 10 22,592 9,511 5,173 883 2,068 27 2,446 52,528 111 15,716 3,443 27,211 81,340 198,274 10,851 • 150 72,718 22,426 12,016 1,757 28.083 5,756 7,786 117,688 11,438 16,419 $6,437 54 18 189 575 144 10,119 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1954 G 13 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss Electrical substations Electric-light plants Elevators (grain) Engines Factories (animal-food products) Factories (brick) Factories (electroplating) Factories (furniture) Factories (glass) Factories (ink) ... Factories (paint) Factories (sausage) Factories (soap) Factories (wooden box) Fences _ Fire halls Fishing-boats Fog-alarm stations Foundries Freight-cars Funeral-parlours Gaols Garages (private) Unknown Wood too near stove . Short circuit Engine back-firing Gasoline carelessness Unknown Short circuit Engine back-firing Unknown Sparks from boiler Unknown Electrical appliances Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Sawdust-burner insufficiently protected Unknown _ Unknown Smokers' carelessness _- Sparks from bonfire Sparks from chimney . Broken gasoline-line _ Engine back-firing Exposure Gasoline-torch carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion . Oil-burner explosion Short circuit Sparks from acetylene torch Unknown .... Engine back-firing Defective oil-burning equipment Exposure Molten metal Sparks from furnace Unknown Smokers' carelessness Spontaneous ignition Unknown _. Electrical appliances Unknown Incendiary Acetylene-torch carelessness Ashes against wood Defective oil-burner __.. Defective stove Defective wiring _ Electrical appliances Exposure Gasoline carelessness „ Gasob'ne-torch carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion ~ Incendiary Matches, children with Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch Sparks from bonfire Sparks from chimney Sparks from mill burner Sparks from stove Stove insufficiently protected Tar boiling over Unknown 227 4 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 1 1 6 1 2 1 9 1 1 i i 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 8 1 1 1 1 4 8 7 2 5 2 1 1 5 1 $567,619 4,341 $1,883,045 150 $100 1,243 23,517 $237 3,154 $15 70 $700 6,850 200 20 28,432 2,500 11,867 75 128,623 $37 1,550 50 1,293 10,695 $1,295 4,800 200 $318 12,171 $250 319 34,470 120 421 323 1,066 1,069 93 319 50 1,124 14,808 6,055 4,045 -2,723 125 742 4,800 1,313 420 40,516 24,860 690 5,000 592 1,800 2,119 3,391 18,865 9,102 1,739 1,519 6,126 8,355 85 89 179,267 17,200 13,625 6,295 12,489 10,700 115,171 G 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Garages (public) Gasoline-shovels Gasoline-stations Graders Gravel-loaders Gravel-pits Greenhouses ... Halls Hop-kilns Hospitals . 26 16 Hotels .._ 134 House-boats Causes Clothes too near stove . Coal-gas explosion Defective oil-burner Defective stove-pipe .— Electrical appliances Gas explosion (liquefied petroleum) Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from acetylene torch . Spontaneous ignition Stove insufficiently protected Thawing pipes Unknown _ Gasoline carelessness „ Clothes too near stove . Defective stove Electrical appliances _ Exposure Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-pump damaged by car . Incendiary _ Short circuit Smokers' carelessness . Sparks from bonfire — Short circuit Matches, children with Matches, children with Sawdust-burner insufficiently protected Short circuit - Sparks from furnace Stove-pipe insufficiently protected Unknown . Clothes too near stove Defective oil-burner Electrical appliances ... Exposure Furnace insufficiently protected Grease on stove Smokers' carelessness Sparks from fireplace Tar boiling over Unknown Unknown Defective chimney Electrical appliances Furnace insufficiently protected Grease on stove _ Match carelessness Smokers' carelessness Acetylene-torch carelessness Electrical appliances Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected Grease on stove Oil-burner explosion Short circuit _ Smokers' carelessness _ — Sparks from chimney - Sparks from furnace _ _ Sparks from stove .._ Tar boiling over — Unknown Wood too near stove Smokers' carelessness _ Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Unknown _ 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 5 2 1 1 4 110 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 Amount of Loss $140 11,238 915 190 1,641 4,700 141 11,992 3,900 11,039 150 15,000 193 1,200 103,728 $55 15,599 159 267 665 1,879 41 695 678 18 $75 681 10,500 115 335 $30 23,421 90 595 26,639 97 190 23 50 30,690 $523 314 15,350 81 25 124 $415 513 3,136 562 3,931 21,382 14,141 75 805 43 7,512 157,425 1,868 $2,665 20 1,800 $166,167 125 20,056 500 52 307 11,706 81,825 67,091 16,417 211,1 4,485 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1954 G 15 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES*—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss 13 7 9 3 3 1 10 2 6 18 1 35 4 1 1 1 $612 2,250 6,029 9,300 7,500 400 200 26,950 Exposure - 2 1 Gasoline-vapour explosion Smokers' carelessness _ 3 1 1 1 Unknown 3 1 $53,241 $337 15 25 1,293 1 Thawing pipes Unknown 1 4 _ 1 1,670 $30,000 1,596 3,283 62,849 216 39,967 1 Gasoline carelessness 1 1 1 4 2 137,911 $10,825 4,148 1 2 14,973 $752 172 1 Friction in pulley — 1 1 924 1,453 Machinery manufacturing plants $9,671 10,314 212 883 39,749 200 102,144 Defective acetylene equipment Electrical appliances 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 163,173 $77 220 Smokers' carelessness — 1 1 297 $13,617 1,085 234 3,494 45,503 Lightning 1 1 1 Unknown . . 2 2 63,933 $1,450 1,638 86 40 15 13 Gasoline carelessness Gasoline-vapour explosion Short circuit .. 1 1 1 1 3,229 2,251 2 $258 61 7 220 2,249 93 200 1,650 1,700 35 35 223,036 273 50 9,155 1 Candle carelessness 1 1 1 Defective wiring Electrical appliances 2 5 1 1 Gasoline-torch carelessness 1 1 4 Smokers' carelessness Thawing pipes - 8 1 5 .... 3 239,022 $5,000 6,688 1 1 11,688 25 Photographic studios Lamp UDset 1 200 G 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss Poultry-houses Power-houses Power-saws Printing plants Pulp-mills Pump-houses Radio-stations Railway-stations Refineries (oil) _ Refineries (salt) Restaurants Rinks (roller-skating) Rooming-houses _ 35 1 139 Ashes against wood . Defective brooder Defective wiring Electrical appliances Incendiary Lamp upset Matches, children with Short circuit Smokers' carelessness __ Sparks from bonfire — Sparks from stove . Stove or stove-pipe insufficiently protected Unknown Exposure Short circuit Unknown Engine back-firing Unknown Defective chimney — Defective oil-burning equipment Electrical appliances Furnace insufficiently protected Incendiary Smokers' carelessness Short circuit Unknown Short circuit Sparks from bonfire Unknown Defective oil-burning equipment Exposure Smokers' carelessness Ignition of oil Exposure Acetylene-torch carelessness Defective fireplace Defective stove-pipe Electrical appliances Exposure Furnace insufficiently protected Gas explosion (manufactured or natural) Grease on stove Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney Sparks from fireplace Sparks from stove Stove insufficiently protected Unknown Unknown Ashes against wood - Candle carelessness — Defective chimney Defective fireplace — Defective oil-burner . Defective stove-pipe . Electrical appliances Exposure Grease on stove Incendiary Match carelessness — Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from bonfire ... Sparks from chimney . Sparks from fireplace Sparks from stove — 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 3 12 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 8 1 5 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 9 1 1 1 7 1 2 1 3 1 91 1 2 3 2 $225 3,822 700 350 300 2,004 170 1,102 4 80 55 205 23,054 $250 75,986 129,714 $100 225 $391 296 633 170 25 10 $4,879 731 $104 11 50,340 $103 56,821 $30 2,071 8,479 10,075 7,036 50 180 5,288 655 17,910 1,210 62 111 300 44,236 $17 107 4,409 19 5,500 100 411 19 105 38 206 26 8,641 25 325 171 72 $32,071 205,950 325 1,525 5,610 50,455 56,924 200 2,253 2,042 97,693 28,901 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1954 G 17 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss 2 65 19 . 106 2 4 1 3 60 4 7 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 6 1 7 1 3 8 1 29 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 7 5 1 1 1 1 6 4 1 1 1 2 6 1 1 1 5 12 10 2 1 1 4 38 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 5 1 4 3 3 10 1 16 $141 9,517 Unknown — $29,849 $600 150 Unknown - 750 $25 1,630 24,559 3,000 2 4,500 12,920 102,162 831 210,760 200 15,810 56,128 1,645 476,466 Gasoline carelessness Overheating of machinery bearings Short circuit _ S-arks from boiler _ 910,638 $64 35,117 479 1,189 15 659 113,649 1,100 60 71,258 Incendiary - — - Sparks from bonfire — Unknown 223,590 Sheds $626 700 118 350 280 463 329 10 150 52 105 3,117 700 1,238 337 38,389 6,687 2,613 57 4,000 899 3,796 29,752 Defective oil-burner - Gasoline-vapour explosion Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney Unknown - - ' 94,768 $7,476 57,509 Overheating of machinery bearings Unknown Smokers' carelessness 64,985 93 $829 1,834 819 3,482 $1,720 180 325 160 240 9,250 60,000 7,225 Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected Overheating of machinery bearings G 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss 1 5 5 7 1 1 4 1 5 3 3 1 2 17 26 6 1 1 2 2 3 8 63 2 1 1 8 1 1 15 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 16 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 5 1 1 1 1 10 1 6 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 1 1 $714 894 4,675 Unknown — $85,383 75 $127 883 2,560 416 1,606 75 22,501 27,742 141,926 133 150 6,196 7,803 238 3,788 9,338 22,434 150 60 20 5,325 2,320 100 600,373 1 177 - 177 35 ... 30 12 .. 26 Coal-gas explosion Defective chimney _ Defective stove-pipe „. _ Electrical appliances - Oil-burner explosion Smokers' carelessness — — - Sparks from chimney Tar boiling over _ Thawing pipes — Unknown — 856,264 Stores and apartments - $2,145 1,109 34 67 7,595 36 30 7,086 159 364 100 15 53,276 Defective chimney Exposure Tar boiline over Thawing pipes 72,016 Stores and dwellings $2,500 886 1,856 513 120 367 17 74 332 1,800 65,147 Defective oil-burning equipment Defective wiring - Gas explosion (manufactured or natural) 73,612 Stores and offices _ $40 249 30 1,010 232 120 50,386 Smokers' carelessness Unknown — — 52,067 Stores and rooms $559 31,280 246 20 74 252 1,462 471 6,693 Kerosene carelessness —. Smokers' carelessness - REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1954 G 19 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued Property Causes Amount of Loss 1 1 $415 55,513 Unknown 5 1 $96,985 600 $30 8,774 Theatres _ 3 . 29 Smokers' carelessness 1 . 2 1 8,804 $2,256 400 153 200 453 14,020 81 1,265 8,296 1,330 9,658 11 2 9 39 1 1 5 1 7,094 1 Gasoline carelessness — Gasoline-vapour explosion 2 1 . . 1 7 Smokers' carelessness — 1 2 3 2 ... _..._. Unknown 8 1 38,112 $1,500 116 500 72 193 375 1,750 2,833 Electrical appliances „ 1 _ . . 1 Oil-burner explosion Smokers' carelessness Snarks from bonfire 1 1 1 1 4 2 7,339 120 $142 1,000 4,593 14,610 100 201,001 1 1 Gasoline-vapour explosion Short circuit 1 2 1 3 ■ Acetylene-torch carelessness 1 1 221,446 Warehouses $5 19,984 494 2,632 135,664 387 84,361 600 866 986 2,271 125,000 8 3,655 2,500 295,148 , 1 Electrical appliances Exposure , - Friction on conveyer-belt 6 4 1 1 Incendiary _ - 1 1 V 2 Smokers' carelessness 3 1 Soarks from bonfire 1 2 _ 1 Unknown , 12 1 674,561 975 Welding-machines Welding-shops Woodworking plants $65 2,747 1,756 3,453 1 991 1 Electrical appliances _ _ - _ 2 1 Unknown Unknown 1 1 7,094 8,021 1,450 Workshops . 510,177,702 G 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA Pi < i P W PQ < ! 3 cnost~-csr-TtO'-imasc--oo r- o oc r- r-v-)OmOOsOsincscncc H —icnr-r-soTtr^Ttu-icosor- i-1 te V. cs OS ^omTtmoscsoscsr-'nTtm Os y ui Os ft 3 oo©cs©r-socnmsoTt'—Tt OS 0 » m" w &e O hJ Tj-socssoasomoor-soasos ffiO « c"-ooi-"sor-©oocsoo©mr- SO 0 gag Pit © 3 » in § < 00 ■b C w -S3 3*3 52S inr-©r.mm^_-moom'-H t- •- tn cn rt ■■«*< h <&r ooinmrHcssoTj-o — coTtcs SO HinmHa\oo\r.H^a\c. >• ° 2 Xr- Op.it-lOssocnsccnOsd-Tt cs u|£ «■ V5- cn ©SOOsOs—iOsOOr~C—©SO Tt rt OS oomsoso«nTtmTtTtsomt> © H .-Is Tt >-ir-oosoo"nt-sDsoosmos 00 P4«w Q •a i. 0 Villa Mun palit (49 Tt.-'cncscn.-'cs.-icsr.cscs o m tu S*3 O-^s f-'-ioscsooosoocssocnasT}- 00 Distr Mun palit (29 t> City Municipalities (35) TtfNooincsin^Hsor-ooosm r- Tt cn cn t*- cn cn cs cs c- cs C Tt «n Os (- 1- 7 c r- C. £ a >-> r -C ci < > rt 1 _ 3 — > 3 < t a 0 V 1 C I 0 Z E o V Q 00 W oo o _. o H Z a S w H < H W > H < Pi < ft. o u < I > w H-l PQ < CO '—©sosoOm'-HmTtcN l-l cn ©ooosoor-r—r-oocnm m t- 60- &<_■ O H I-I ©Tt©oor-™c-~soTt© tJ Ph r-sor-sososoininm"n cs so CAtneDoommoc>rssoT-i w & osT-csmcnTtr-.inosm m asm-«cscscnTtsor-Os r-l cn rA oocsinsooooosooscsso m m-ncncncscscS'-i'-''— t- w cs » 0 PC. 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Tt tr Tj T* Tt *3 tr tr Cf cn Os cn 1 > . t K B O H c CT m in m Tt Tt Tt T Tt Os o< ^ (7> o _p O 0^ 9 Os 1 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1954 TABLE VII.—LOSS OF LIFE, 1945-54 G 21 Cause of Fire Loss of Life Men Women Children Apartment 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 _ 6 1 1 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 Smokers' carelessness . — 1 1 1 1 __ 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 6 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 .... - 5 1 2 3 2 1 1 7 Dwelling _ — Incendiary ~ .... 4 Dwelling Smokers' carelessness 4 3 1 5 Freight-car Smokers' carelessness _ — Launch Unknown Unknown 1 3 Yard 2 Totals. 1954 29 24 27 19 28 24 29 21 21 25 13 13 6 12 13 6 5 2 7 12 30 Totals, 1953 19 Totals. 1952 17 Totals, 1951 18 Totals. 1950 19 Totals, 1949 15 Totals, 1948 — . 24 Totals, 1947 16 Totals, 1946 8 Totals, 1945 21 247 89 187 VICTORIA, B.C. Printed by Don McDiarmid, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty 1955 610-755-6337 * I
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THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA THIRTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT STATISTICS, 1954 British Columbia. Legislative Assembly [1956]
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