ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL FOR 1974 BRITISH COLUMBIA Hon. Garde B. Gardom, Q.C. Henry K. Jenns Attorney-General of British Columbia Fire Marshal of British Columbia DEPARTMENT OF THE ATTORNEY-GENERAL To Colonel the Honourable Walter S. Owen, Q.C, LL.D., Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of British Columbia. May it please Your Honour: The undersigned has the honour to present the Fifty-second Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31, 1974. GARDE B. GARDOM, Q.C. A ttorney-General Victoria, B.C. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page City Municipalities 8 District Municipalities 11 Fire Districts 14 Town Municipalities 16 Village Municipalities 17 AC Action Taken 20 AD Automatic Fire Detection System 21 AL Transmission of Alarm to Fire Department - 22 AO Act or Omission 23 BC Building Capacity 29 BH Building Height 30 DW Day of the Week 33 EX Method of Fire Control and Extinguishment 34 FC Fire Casualties 40 FH Form of Heat 45 FS Fire Service 46 FU Fuel or Energy 47 GC General Construction 48 GF Ground Floor Area 49 LN Incident 51 LI Date of Last Inspection 52 LV Level of Origin 53 MF Manual Fire Protection Facilities 54 MI Material First Ignited 55 OA Area of Origin of Fire 63 OC Occupant of Area of Origin 71 OF Outside Fire Protection. 72 PC Property Complex 73 PM Property Management 76 PR Property Classification List 77 PT Property Type. 96 PV Property Value 97 SI Source of Ignition 98 SP Sprinkler Protection 105 TT Time 106 WM Size of Water Main 107 WS Water Supply—Flow 108 XD Extent of Damage 109 XF Extent of Fire 110 YC Year of Construction 112 Fire Crime Statistics Appendix A 113 Inspections Made and Orders Issued by Local Assistants to the Fire Marshal Appendix B 122 Ten-year Comparative Statement of Fire Losses —Appendix C 124 Loss of Life, 1965-74 Appendix D 125 Ten-year Fire Summary Appendix E 126 $250,000 Fires and Over Appendix F 127 Note—The textual summary of fire losses and office activities previously included in this Annual Report has been incorporated in the Annual Report of the Attorney-General. This, then, is a statistical report of the fire losses in British Columbia for 1974. D 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA City Municipalities 1974 ..._ 1973 January . February March April May June July Armstrong Incidents Loss $ Injured Dead 263,174 Burnaby August September October November December 1974 1973 38 38 36 18 62 43 32 44 40 43 26 30 450 470 77,782 4,496,944 35,841 10,774 132,212 55,781 117,604 349,647 138,099 90,088 65,864 143,824 5,714,460 1,414,395 Chilliwack January _ February March April _ May .._.. June July August September October November December 2,625 5,500 50,277 1 12 1 4 4 300 524,850 350 101,120 14,585 150 16,350 1974 1973 January . February ... March April May June July August September. October November December 1974 1973 33 716,107 38 465,433 Courtenay 3 9,080 1 650 1 2,700 3 10,640 7 79,511 3 76,884 2 405 2 8,155 2 450 4 57,265 1 60 29 245,800 16 36,843 Cranbrook January 5 4,970 February .._ 2 4,919 March 1 600 April 1 4,919 May 1 450 July 1 250 August 1 5,000 September 5 87,917 October 1 7,000 November 3 9,765 December 3 6,675 1974 24 134,546 1973 _. 30 88,068 2 1 ~2 1 2 3 2 1 1 15 9 Dawson Creek Incidents Loss Injured Dead January 1 February 1 March 2 April 3 May 4 June _. 2 September 1 October 2 November 4 December 3 1974 23 1973 28 Duncan January 4 February 2 June 1 August 1 1974 8 1973 _. 11 5,387 3,000 12,328 30,538 451,175 5,400 5,050 6,035 308,873 10,650 838,436 1,810,410 6,791 11,236 2,600 5,000 25,627 6,409 October .. 1974 .... 1973 __ February June Enderby 1 14,000 14,000 15,489 August. 1974 . 1973 . Fernie 1 1 1 500 150 18,000 18,650 11,409 Grand Forks July August September . October 1974 . 1973 1974 1973 270,000 8,000 3,200 4,500 285,700 41,346 Greenwood 1 33 Kamloops January 9 February — 5 March 11 April 12 May 19 June 16 July 11 August _. 9 September 21 October 12 November 15 December 15 1974 1973 155 134 101,957 30,162 368,355 17,977 94,961 42,291 42,020 13,120 273,761 37,750 435,268 476,250 1,933,872 559,257 1 1 4 2 13 13 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 9 Kelowna Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 5 33,226 February 2 - 3,500 March 3 70,235 April 5 71,300 May 4 41,600 June 1 225 July 2 178 August 1 4,090 September 5 77,015 October 4 12,687 November 4 18,602 December 3 58,550 1974 39 1973 _ 65 391,208 1,117,432 Kimberley January . March April May June July August September . December . 1974 1973 2 2 5 1 2 1 1 1 3 18 20 2,744 2,600 11,650 600 1,200 2,000 200 14,000 18,160 53,154 35,772 Langley January .. February . March .... April May June July August . September October November December 1974 1973 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 2 2 3 1 1 28 38 Nanaimo January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 9 7 6 8 6 7 8 5 4 7 5 6 78 77 12,850 28,814 22,927 20,675 1,910 7,432 7,376 4,630 1,218 63,581 1,771 6,122 179,306 128,688 February March April May June July August _ Nelson l 6 2 2 1 1 2 200 15,854 59,052 2,500 4,551 250 2,200 878 16,546 4,705 899 6,559 36,000 10,655 700 2,050 1,000 150 150 80,292 395,340 3 _ __ 1 5 5 1 Incidents Loss $ September 1 80 October 1 42,000 December 1 8,500 1974 18 135,187 1973 _. 23 217,048 New Westminster January 15 340,879 February..._ 10 7,295 March 15 195,226 April _ 14 68,721 May _. 16 209,750 June _. 22 18,823 August 13 20,362 September 15 9,150 October _.... 17 54,683 November 13 93,956 December 13 71,490 1974 163 1,090,335 1973 _. 173 513,267 North Vancouver January .... 12 27,123 February 12 5,421 March 7 12,363 April 8 31,206 May 7 88,418 June 8 10,155 July 6 7,063 August 8 35,494 September 9 87,731 October 7 49,655 November 16 10,295 December 5 22,629 1974 105 387,553 1973 108 1,133,498 Penticton January 7 33,900 February 2 2,700 March - 6 4,800 April 6 159,651 May 6 23,008 June - 6 17,100 July - 7 4,500 August 4 3,600 September 3 2,050 October 5 21,300 November 5 27,550 December 5 2,212 1974 62 302,371 1973 - 50 92,118 Port Alberni January 6 27,389 February 4 35,800 March 8 4,745 April May June _ July August September October November December 1974 1973 Injured Dead 5 20,856 2 2 6 1,524 1 5 5,537 1 6 21,430 10 49,750 6 2,655 6 25,622 1 12 2,080 12 21,925 1 86 219,313 6 2 07 99,838 9 3 D 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA Port Coquitlam January February _ March April May June July October — December 1974 1973 Incidents 3 7 2 3 6 1 2 1 3 28 44 January March April June July August September . October November . December . January ~ February March — April May June July August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 February. March April May June July September November December 1974 1973 Loss $ 28,227 317,651 6,945 23,252 16,825 120 63,000 8,810 137,302 602,132 4 107,471 Port Moody 1974 1973 3 1 4 2 4 1 2 1 4 3 25 28 Prince George 25 9 16 15 12 17 21 26 17 13 17 16 204 232 131,577 275,459 104,120 10,475 57,980 4,850 27,990 505,095 186,005 59,935 6,710 271,063 1,641,259 522,870 Prince Rupert 1 2 6 3 1 1 3 4 2 23 14 109 1,613 18,732 16,500 2,655 2,000 45,460 43,500 10,780 141,349 230,007 Revelstoke January — February — March June August September . 13,146 200 1,200 1,000 4,377 600 Injured Dead 4,313 300 1,907 649 8,929 58 2,085 70 25,882 1,278 45,471 72,960 2 October November . December Incidents 1 1 1 Loss Injured Dead $ 2,500 1 50 __. 595 1974 1973 January .. February March May July . . August 12 19 23,668 59,955 September — October 1974 1973 Rossland 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 240 2,455 1,200 4,050 150 50 2,300 500 11 11 10,945 117,000 Trail January .. February March April May June August October November . December 6 59,708 2 1,100 1 100 4 73,350 3 40,088 4 204,350 4 4,100 1 14,691 1 500 5 1,500 1974 1973 31 45 399,487 333,707 Vancouver January 146 February 110 March 152 April 140 May 202 June 202 July 166 August 145 September 173 October 183 November 147 December 140 1974 1973 1,906 1,976 1,065,390 292,561 1,341,481 511,867 1,217,132 707,274 793,992 748,111 791,893 1,394,150 343,131 303,433 9,510,415 7,498,974 January — February ._ March April May June July August September October November . December . 1974 1973 Vernon 3 3 2 11 6 6 2 1 61 82 667 146 724 1,541 38,701 17,235 2,124 3,248 1,290 100 49,393 364 115,533 291,516 16 10 7 11 6 5 15 4 3 4 3 5 89 115 25 41 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 11 Victoria Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 24 16 17 22 21 14 21 23 20 14 16 17 225 255 $ 24,160 57,655 22,975 123,857 16,366 55,210 118,970 37,640 12,648 62,575 9,143 50,284 591,483 638,206 7 4 2 2 ~~2 4 2 __ 5 29 16 White Rock Incidents January 3 February 1 April 2 June 2 July 4 August 1 September 1 October 2 1974 16 1973 14 Loss $ 4,863 27,800 1,400 3,695 24,651 460 17,000 320 80,189 _ 66,943 1 Injured Dead District Municipalities Abbotsford-Sumas January 2 400 March _. 4 5,850 April 3 63,084 May 2 541 June _. 3 91,600 July - _ - 5 184,000 August 2 100,200 September 3 4,550 November 4 1,715 December 2 2,441 1974 _. 30 454,381 1973 48 120,087 January February ... March April May June July August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 Campbell River 201,644 1,050 7,555 5,200 5,050 25,223 552,205 85,025 204,454 69,225 14,700 1,025 6 3 4 2 4 7 3 6 5 6 4 2 52 35 1,172,356 152,114 January March April June July August September October November December Central Saanich 100 20,000 8,500 4,100 300 150 100 6,000 8,000 3,500 1974 19 1973 17 50,750 124,980 Chilliwhack January .. February March April May June 7 4 3 6 6 10 33,870 3,348 10,300 17,573 44,921 531,155 July 4 August 5 September — 10 October 5 November 6 December 1 14,312 14,239 65,625 8,000 44,174 250 1974 1973 67 50 787,767 1,928,018 Coldstream January 1 March 2 66,000 April 2 10,400 May 3 10,200 August _. 1 500 September 2 31,170 October 1 6,691 December 2 25,108 1974 14 150,069 1973 13 2,600 Coquitlam January 7 3,025 February 3 14,260 April _ 8 7,970 May 3 23,090 June 7 63,602 July 5 12,910 August 6 41,057 September 3 4,855 October 5 28,769 November 5 92,803 December 5 89,000 1974 1973 57 71 381,341 259,962 Delta January 16 5,606 February 13 32,917 March 9 12,345 April _ 14 86,270 May _. 13 8,256 June _ 16 12,459 July 16 18,963 August 15 40,535 September 11 22,192 October 14 114,550 November 8 3,372 December 20 132,380 1974 165 489,845 1973 178 466,705 D 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA Esquimalt March April ... May _. June _ July Incidents 3 2 3 3 September. October November . 1974 1973 2 2 5 22 15 Loss Injured Dead $ 2,522 3,500 1,135 6,200 - —. 250 9,022 15,000 16,598 54,227 101,118 February ... April May _. June - November . December . 1974 1973 Houston 1 2 1 2 1 1 Hudson's Hope April .... 1 5.140 1974 1 5,140 1973 _ Kent May 2 800 June 1 400 October 1 1,500 December 1 2,000 1974 _. 5 4,700 1973 - 7 262,671 Kitimat January March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 January February March April May June July August September.. October November _ December .. 1974 1973 2,200 2,700 200 10,500 3,000 3,500 22,100 67,450 7 10,799 2 1,600 3 685 3 10,425 5 2,330 4 4,525 8 8,715 5 6,100 5 525 3 2,315 5 1,258 50 49,277 33 138,992 Langley 8 20,114 7 33,044 8 47,745 3 563 11 89,629 15 64,201 2 10 56,588 „ 12 13,827 3 8 45,165 12 83,250 1 5 2,260 ... 11 1,010,475 3 110 1,466,861 9 80 466,789 4 Mackenzie Incidents Loss Injured Dead January 2 40,500 June _. 1 2,000 July 2 650 August 1 800 September 1 1,000 October 1 300 November 1 2,000 1974 _ 9 47,250 1973 _ 26 55,927 Maple Ridge January 6 54,374 February 5 26,272 March 7 33,072 April 5 4,771 May _. 7 11,775 June _. 10 55,037 July 9 115,200 August _ 5 20,400 September 6 10,200 October 12 37,591 November 10 21,931 December 16 36,272 1974 _. 98 1973 .„_ _. 55 Matsqui March _. 3 April _. _ 4 May _ 10 June 6 July _. 10 August _ 9 September 9 October 3 November 5 December 6 1974 _ 65 361,807 1973 7 40,626 426,895 479,893 8,160 23,300 44,845 13,250 14,150 32,650 78,103 76,069 35,700 35,580 Mission January March April June July September. October. November . December . 1974 1973 4 1 1 4,706 4,835 200 1 2 2 1 1,101 3,432 23,000 20,000 1 1 70,000 35,000 14 14 162,274 51,081 North Cowichan January 1 25,000 March 1 700 April 2 15,400 May 3 16,650 June .. - 2 9,500 July 1 600 August 1 1,500 September 4 4,005 December 3 18 3,400 1974 76,755 1973 24 123,351 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 13 North Saanich January ._ February March April May 1974 .... 1973 Incidents 3 1 2 1 Loss $ 39,000 2,704 2,200 2,000 500,000 545,904 29,538 Injured Dead North Vancouver Oak Bay January 2 105 March _ 3 450 April „ 6 6,760 May 3 4,100 June 2 150 July 1 1,000 September 2 450 October 1 500 December 6 2,088 1974 _. 26 15,603 1973 _! 20 16,974 Peachland April August October 1974 _ 1973 July 3,500 1,226 50,000 54,726 6,950 Port Hardy 1 1974 1973 Pitt Meadows January February ... April May June August . October — November 1974 1973 -- 12,035 2,030 8,200 40,000 100 45,000 18,000 8,300 1 133,665 10 27,618 January 20 26,071 3 February 9 50,275 2 2 March 15 5,510 April 14 28,735 3 May 17 11,946 1 June 19 30,660 2 July 16 94,027 August 20 28,012 2 1 September 18 16,555 2 October 21 45,840 November 15 23,175 2 December 13 37,962 1974 197 398,768 17 3 1973 181 264,206 24 2 1 3,981 Powell River Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February . March April May June July August . September October ... November December 1974 1973 $ 50 1,125 200 142,300 31,794 19,900 1,000 237,588 2,400 3,000 975 15,200 January February _ March April May June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 January . February March April May June July August . September October November December 1974 1973 January February April , May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 224 217 1,383,482 1,508,483 Saanich 15 5 9 13 9 8 14 10 12 10 12 7 53,513 14,890 13,172 8,922 34,430 11,550 35,530 84,425 3,072 7,290 13,968 83,067 124 139 363,829 317,185 Salmon Arm 3 l 1 2 1 3 1 3 1 5 7 28 91 1,250 5,530 100 8,100 400 650 3,205 300,250 50 1,600 8,660 329,795 787,240 36 455,532 52 103,101 1 Richmond 16 23,170 11 56,025 __ 18 109,624 16 33,710 14 45,872 12 59,386 26 556,723 25 71,092 21 28,655 25 278,574 1 18 42,558 22 78,093 1 2 D 14 BRITISH COLUMBIA Spallumcheen April ... 1974 1973 1974 1973 Incidents 1 Loss $ 500 500 10,305 January April _. June August September October November 1974 1973 May June November December 1974 1973 January ... February March April November December 1974 1973 Sparwood 17 156,050 Summerland 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 10 Squamish 1 1 1 3,075 2,885 500 1 150 4 20 6,610 76,516 Stewart Injured Dead 9,800 15,000 100 1,800 3,400 7,500 7,000 44,600 138,393 28,560 30,000 1,200 1,000 40,000 1,000 101,760 413,476 Surrey Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 38 113,700 February _.... 24 67,571 March _ 37 172,118 April 42 47,454 May 25 592,619 June 43 384,130 July 35 74,523 August 40 288,328 September 31 43,870 October 28 277,723 November 30 284,567 December 20 30,964 1974 _. 393 2,377,567 1973 420 1,211,689 January . February March April May June July August September October November — December Terrace 2 3 3 4 2 7 5 5 2 3 2 5 47,000 480 4,150 61,870 7,342 42,733 4,500 6,250 46,500 8,650 2,000 21,030 1974 43 252,505 1973 31 340,034 West Vancouver January 6 4,203 February 6 53,370 March 6 11,650 April _ 7 12,605 May 7 18,474 June 5 5,400 July 1 250 August 8 154,991 September 5 6,868 October 3 99,218 November 7 15,780 December 4 90,513 1974 1973 65 84 473,322 492,931 11 14 1 Fire Districts Cariboo County January ~ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 30 25 16 26 21 41 34 41 44 41 35 22 376 327 574,216 367,629 165,443 314,192 83,172 695,950 278,701 400,478 287,411 1,061,370 1,091,573 492,400 5,812,535 2,941,603 10 4 12 14 January . February ... March April May June October ... November . December . 1974 . 1973 October Colwood 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 13 15 8,300 30 50 4,000 75 18,953 12,084 650 8,653 52,795 59,583 loco 1 2,260 1974 1973 2,260 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 15 Kootenay County Incidents Loss Injured Dead January ... February . March April May June July. August September. October November . December . 1974 1973 $ 12 429,791 8 22,033 _ . 12 46,700 3 13 57,150 1 11 18,473 15 85,803 1 18 157,025 1 18 83,129 2 12 84,550 17 123,174 2 12 160,350 12 109,025 — 160 1,377,203 4 6 152 1,887,594 8 3 Langford January _ February May June July October .. November December 1974 1973 _... 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 13 10 250 24,000 2,000 202,000 10,050 12,000 1,000 12,000 263,300 30,150 Nanaimo County January ... February March April May June July August September ~ October November . December _ 1974 1973 July August 1974 1973 16 312,650 23 1,353,608 10 54,805 12 72,790 14 75,986 21 90,502 18 922,900 11 106,114 14 97,205 16 84,699 7 32,050 18 170,363 180 3,373,672 128 1,409,240 Ocean Falls l 59 2 13,495 1 13,545 1 10,500 Prince Rupert County January 8 73,944 February 10 92,227 March 9 135,200 April 11 41,250 May 8 17,350 June 5 158,255 July 10 136,311 August _ 12 181,033 September 5 128,500 October 8 287,694 November 1 3,000 December 5 249,000 1974 1973 92 96 1,503,764 949,663 Sooke February October ~ December 1974 1973 Incidents 1 2 1 Loss $ 10,814 21,354 25,000 57,168 10,049 University Area January 3 March 3 April 3 May 4 June 1 July 4 August 1 October 7 November 3 December 3 1974 32 1973 17 Vancouver County January .. February March April May June July August September — October November December 1974 1973 —- 5 90,118 4 14,850 3 32,700 3 13,000 5 36,676 6 85,711 3 19,246 3 19,300 4 12,020 7 130,334 3 12,725 7 118,000 53 584,680 44 374,143 Victoria County Injured Dead 1 500 500 720 6,600 100 1,670 500 1,335 300 1,100 13,325 157,125 January March April May June July August September October _ November December 1974 1973 January July September October 1974 1973 9 150,075 __ 4 7,780 3 10,300 . 4 18,000 2 3,000 1 1 1,000 6 62,104 2 43,116 4 45,620 __ 1 1 36,000 . 1 36,000 37 412,995 1 1 29 277,019 2 View Royal 1 1,500 1 1,500 1 27,448 . 1 800 4 31,248 2 2,050 D 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA January _ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 Westminster County Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ _. 5 12,473 4 19,843 7 45,660 __ 9 126,988 1 _ 5 42,576 _ 8 125,890 ._ 6 7,700 4 13,850 _- - 9 311,840 5 46,943 - 5 33,097 7 77,800 1 74 864,660 1 1 47 292,614 _ — Yale County Incidents Loss Injured Dead January 23 February 71 March _ 20 April 21 May _. 21 June 18 July 21 August 18 September 28 October ._. 23 November 16 December 21 1974 247 1973 214 $ 138,587 64,899 114,481 131,107 199,264 54,653 107,632 105,777 448,943 99,965 235,047 952,103 2,652,458 1 2,994,924 2 Town Municipalities Castlegar January March April May 1974 1973 7,000 1,051 24,813 6,907 39,771 61,914 Comox March April May August October 2 1 1 1 1 22,710 500 1,000 5,000 300 1974 1973 6 5 29,510 145,285 October November 1974 1973 Creston 10,375 Golden March June August 1 1 1 3 6 1,000 100 1,500 1974 1973 - 2,600 28,468 Hope January _ February _ August September November December . 1974 1973 1 1 3 1 2 2 10 9 500 7,000 5,000 31,500 8,000 1,150 53,150 47,070 Fort St. John January February March April May June _ 2 3 3 4 4 3 2 4 3 1 370 1,644 5,200 371,200 1,550 37,050 1,200 September October December 34,600 3,700 20,000 1974 1973 29 24 476,514 131,231 Kinnaird February __. Mav July Ontoher November 1 l l l 2 6 2 200 2,000 2,000 125,000 1,150 1974 1973 130,350 4,500 Ladysmith January 2 625 February 1 28,000 April 1 467 August 6 9,461 October 1 118 November .... _ 1 10 200 1974 17,129 1973 7 124,579 January February _ July August September October November December 1974 1973 Merritt 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2,567 28,000 5,000 8,000 511,000 5,537 15,000 12,785 12 16 587,889 164,295 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 17 Quesnel January .. February March April May June July September October December Incidents 2 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 5 1974 1973 25 31 Loss $ 14,000 12,300 1,000 65,781 48,600 500 6,000 300 28,800 36,450 213,731 216,424 Injured Dead Sidney January .. . 1 1 2 1 September 1,375 1974 1973 1,375 228 Smithers January June July August November 1974 1973 Incidents 1 3 2 2 11 17 Loss $ 7,000 2,400 2,750 1,850 279,000 293,000 608,095 Williams Lake January Febraury April May June July August September .. October November _ December ... 1974 1973 32 31 24,000 9,241 63,647 7,399 1,163 2,653 300 11,871 6,540 250,000 7,350 384,164 355,965 Injured Dead Village Municipalities 1974 . .. Abbot 1 Alert 1 1 2 8 Asht 2 1 1 1 3 2 11 8 Burns 2 1 1 1 5 9 Cache 1 l 4 Chet 2 2 8 sford 1 1 1 2 2 1 January February .. . September .. November 1974 1973 February May . September 1974 1973 1974 1973 June 1974 1973 _ January February March April _ May June July September 1974 _ 1973 _ Chase 1 1 3 1 1973 . .. 391 Bay 15,000 8,000 3,498 10,800 January May 6 7 Clinto 1 1 1 14,298 2,812 1974 1973 .. January February . 23,000 30,915 roft 150 2,500 250 750 5,000 3 7,500 1 3,102 5,000 500 May June November December 3 6 Cumberl 8,602 464,400 1974 1973 16,150 3 24,188 Lake 16,150 2,510 3,000 2,600 and February June .. ._ August 1 15,000 Elkford 1 20,000 1 1 1 Fort Nel 3 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 15 15 20,000 1 2,300 son 56,500 2,000 24,028 7,000 1 823,650 600 8,000 2,900 1974 1973 — November 24,260 50,517 Creek 900 1974 1973 May 900 34,548 wynd 1,001,223 1974 . . . 1973 1,001,223 26,500 924,678 1 273,908 D 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA Fort St. James January April May _. June July August September October __. November . Incidents 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 Loss $ 10,000 5,000 300 1,000 1,000 1,000 Injured Dead 1974 1973 12 2 17,300 10,336 February 1974 1973 Fruitvale 1 29,656 1 Gibsons Landing February May August September November 4 210,455 3 80,912 1 57,545 1 18,074 1 260 1974 1973 10 367,246 2 1,389 Gold River February 1 5,000 1974 1973 1 5,000 3 9,200 Granisle Village l June September 1 5,000 1 7,763 1974 1973 3 12,763 1 2,000 Hazelton January 1 200 1974 1973 _ 1 200 100 Mile House January August — September November 1974 1973 June September 1974 1973 1974 1973 29,656 1 1 1 19,000 3,500 800 1 62,174 4 5 85,474 24,095 Invermere 1 2 49,000 8,700 3 6 57,700 249,500 Kaslo 3,868 Keremeos March October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 1 1 1 1 Loss Injured Dead $ 1,000 600 7,000 900 9,500 Lake Cowichan January 1 300 June 2 18,500 September 4 101,000 October 2 37,000 December 1 3,000 1973 _. 10 159,800 1973 _ 6 186,188 Lillooet September 3 46,458 1974 3 46,458 1973 3 24,285 Lumby Masset January 1 675 February 2 1,300 June 2 2,100 August 1 20,000 October 2 November 1 100 December 1 7,500 1974 10 31,675 1973 7 15,050 1974 1973 Lions Bay 1 292 Logan Lake 1 January April May July August September October November 1974 1973 - 2 270 1 T 1 1 2 3 3 i 14 270 12 120 June July 1 40,000 .. . 1 35,780 1974 1973 2 75,780 1 325 Lytton June 1 500 1974 1973 _ 1 500 2 15,250 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 19 1973 Nakusp April September 2 1 5,399 2,555 1974 — 1973 .. 3 17 7,954 743,568 Denver New L 1974 2 1973 206,000 Oliver McBride January February Incidents 1 1 1 Loss $ 100 3,500 29,000 500 Injured Dead October 1 1974 1973 4 1 33,100 725 Midway October 2 31,800 - 1974 1973 2 1 31,800 4,479 - Montrose October 1 550 1974 1 550 April June October 1 1 1 9,000 1,100 19,000 1974 3 1 29,100 i7.nnn 1973 Osoyoos August l 500 —- 1974 1973 i 2 500 8.280 _.... Parksville January February March April June i 4,500 1,551 300 1,000 7,000 1 September 200 November 100 1974 — 1973 ..... 10 4 14,651 10,210 1 Pemberton 1974 3 1973 135,597 Port Alice February _ 1 _ March ._ 2 90,000 April 1 30,000 June _ 2 200 July _ 4 3,500 August _ 2 500 October 1 2,500 November 1 500 December 1 500 1974 _ 15 127,700 1973 9 4,300 Princeton February 3 25,150 May _ 2 23,623 June _ 1 45,000 October 1 10,000 December 1 9,000 1974 ._ 8 112,773 1973 ._ 10 89,917 Qualicum Beach August _ 1 25,000 November 2 53,000 1974 3 78,000 1973 _ 4 1,174 Salmo January 1 8,832 February _ 1 750 1974 2 9,582 1973 1 30 Sechelt 1974 1973 _ 8 52,559 Pouce Coupe October Incidents 1 1 4 Loss $ 4,150 Injured Dead 1974 1973 4,150 3,530 — -.... Port Edward March July 1 l 2 6 3,000 1,000 1974 1973 4,000 71,200 — Port McNeill February August November . 1 l l 3 50,000 100,000 800 — —. 1974 1973 150,800 — — D 20 BRITISH COLUMBIA January July South Fort G Incidents 1 1 eorge Loss $ 119 1,000 Injured Dead 1 May September December 1974 1973 January May June . September November 1974 . . .. 1973 Valem Incidents 1 3 1 5 1 Vandet 1 l 2 2 2 8 5 Warfi 2 1 5 6 3 1 4 3 ount Loss $ 5,700 24,200 10,000 Injured Dead 2 3 Tahsis 1 1,119 6,005 1,000 — 1973 March 39,900 3,000 hoof 13,000 268,000 650,735 24,000 12,600 — 1974 1973 1 2 Taylor l 1,000 95,000 50,000 — November .. 968,335 26,550 eld 250 100 50 200 — 1974 ..... 1 50,000 1973 . . April May __ June „ „. July August . . . September November 1974 1973 October 1974 1973 Tofino 1 500 — May . . 241 50 — 1974 1 500 67,500 r 3,000 — 1973 February 5 Ucluele 1 25 23 Zebal 1 1 l 891 1,975 los — 1974 1 3 3,000 2,522 1973 2,500 — AC Action Taken AC000 Unknown or Not Applicable January 144 563,904 February 107 1,260,621 1 March _ 101 196,285 April 126 197,447 May _ _ 142 382,431 June 158 471,614 2 July 127 236,478 2 August 183 511,780 2 September 165 825,921 2 October 135 425,890 November 121 221,094 3 December 93 253,031 1 1974 _ 1,602 5,546,496 13 1973 ._ 1,829 3,845,211 17 AC001 Extinguished by Occupant January 70 47,195 1 February 45 77,027 3 March 90 64,684 1 April 84 303,669 5 1 May 80 81,858 5 June 86 78,620 5 1 July 68 97,108 80 134,455 4 September 74 77,363 3 3 October 74 610,049 3 November .— 72 649,827 1 1 December 72 142,001 1 1974 895 2,363,856 31 7 1973 ._ 1,077 753,879 26 3 AC002 January .. February March April May June July Burned Out—No Extinguishment Attempted August September October November December 1974 1973 January .. February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 58 39 29 48 37 65 49 29 41 50 39 40 524 573 368 263 311 320 408 398 358 341 378 387 331 348 659,176 353,241 195,341 173,717 98,274 610,933 361,421 614,977 253,485 553,617 336,881 405,866 4,211 3,858 4,616,929 19 14 5,656,336 22 18 by Fire Department 2,964,378 24 6 6,446,841 23 10 3,045,670 14 2 2,303,217 25 5 5,349,669 13 6 4,292,143 10 7 3,946,083 17 3 3,002,093 13 12 3,590,017 6 5 3,701,675 10 8 3,260,311 16 5 4,735,705 25 10 46,637,802 32,724,761 196 222 79 81 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 21 AC004 Investigation Only Incidents Loss $ 1,495 Injured Dead January .... 6 February . 1 125 March . . 4 1,850 April 2 10,03$ May 3 75,040 1 June July 1 4 700 1,226 — — 3 4 — December 3,560 1 1974 28 94,031 1 1 1973 33 25,868 1 AC005 Removal of Hazard January ... 2 1,500 _. February - 1 200 _. March 2 1,400 April 1 May 1 500 _. June 5 48,600 _. July 4 298,870 _. August 2 56,000 _. September 3 26,300 _. October 5 55,575 _ November 1 7,500 _. December 3 2,400 1974 _ 30 498,845 1973 32 61,449 1 1 1 AC006 Shut-off Gas, Oil, Electricity January February „ March April May June July August — September 245,527 3,862 7,700 22,000 100 317 18,050 4,100 897 Incidents Loss $ 2,153 34,652 15,430 Injured Dead October November December 3 5 4 1 — 1974 1973 41 50 354,788 46,552 5 4 — AC007 Salvage January April August September l 2 3 1 300 57,000 22,558 130 i i 1974 1973 7 1 79,988 1,000 l i AC008 Ambulance Service 1 1 3 — i July l October 3 1974 1973 5 3 6,700 ~i 5 AC009 Action Taken—Unclassified January 13 271,834 February 12 241,427 1 March 12 66,100 April _ _ 15 203,821 May 18 904,353 June 23 159,917 July 12 24,407 August 17 124,895 September 12 246,610 October 18 153,450 1 November 13 52,985 December 18 199,648 1974 183 2,649,447 2 1973 161 2,588,410 4 AD Automatic Fire Detection System AD000 Unknown or Not Applicable January _ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 6,946 1973 624 4,577,206 27 11 439 7,760,374 27 14 497 3,357,754 14 1 539 2,818,503 19 6 641 6,255,482 19 8 687 4,863,920 17 10 581 4,286,592 14 5 610 3,717,986 18 12 633 4,915,768 8 9 622 4,724,874 11 13 542 4,430,603 17 10 531 5,344,003 26 217 12 ,946 57,053,065 111 ,045 40,561,492 257 109 August ..... September October _.. November AD001 Complete—Heat—Alarm to Fire Department or Central Station January March ... April May June July 3 1,400 1 300 4 32,000 2 450 2 12,187 2 135 3 101,208 4 2,030 1 60 1 760 December . 1974 _.. 1973 .... 30 27 19,675 170,205 121,552 AD002 January February „ March April June July August . September . October November December . 1974 1973 Complete—Heat—Local Alarm Only 2 60 6 22,125 1 8 33,935 1 7 157,792 5 1 600 4 6,450 7 8,400 1 1 368 2 261,450 1 250 _ 1 450 40 45 491,880 521,080 1 9 1 2 AD003 Complete—C or S Products— Alarm to Fire Department or Central Station February 1 30 —. March 1 — November December . 1974 1973 60 1,000 1,090 4,566 D 22 BRITISH COLUMBIA AD004 Complete—C or S Products Local Alarm Only Incidents January 2 February 1 March 2 June - 1 July 1 October 3 November 1 1974 11 1973 12 Loss Injured Dead $ 350 50 2,200 32,850 2,020 _.. 27,000 800 . 65,270 10,693 3 AD005 Partial—Heat—Alarm to Fire Department or Central Station January 2 March 5 April 3 May 3 June 1 July 1 August 3 September 1 October 1 November 3 December 3 1974 26 1973 16 1,600 13,225 620 27,015 1 40,000 200 1,700 700 25 2,175 120 87,380 1 187,500 3 AD006 Partial—Heat—Local Alarm Only January .. February March April May June July August September . October November . December _ 1974 . 1973 — 19 56,638 13 56,188 1 29 119,274 3 39 235,431 4 33 67,054 2 1 36 691,997 23 665,660 10 16 114,670 2 18 5,632 2 24 374.255 2 27 120,382 3 1 25 33,363 1 30 1 302 2,540,544 3 156 937,701 20 1 AD007 Partial—C or S Products—Alarm to Fire Department or Central Station Incidents Loss Injured Dead January March April May June July August September October _.. November December . 1974 1973 5 7 3 3 2 4 1 9 5 2 4 45 57 525 2,257 90 30 15 25 5 42,055 2,120 10 215 47,347 38,812 AD008 Partial—C or S Products- Local Alarm Only January February .. March April May June — July August — September October November . December _ 1974 1973 2 4 1 4 2 4 8 7 6 9 1 2 47 67 21,330 36,227 10 725 3,700 725 13,561 13,565 34,250 84,950 60 343,750 572,128 1,875,146 AD009 Unclassified January February _ March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 8 96.200 2 5 6 508,350 2 50,075 1 1 3 6,470 1 6 538,494 6 20,550 2 9,000 12 513,324 8 19,920 2 8 27,675 6 8,150 8 15,065 6 75 1,813,273 6 183 1,451,624 9 4 AL Transmission of Alarm to Fire Department AL000 Unknown or Not Applicable January 144 526,196 February 124 1,511,783 3 March 95 278,116 April 130 318,473 May - 149 426,440 June _ 168 605,762 1 July 145 488,578 August 190 732,926 2 September 184 969,445 2 October 150 823,452 November 141 1,005,491 3 December 109 427,092 1 1974 _ 1,729 8,113,754 12 1973 2,031 6,364,080 18 AL001 January 437 February 300 March 381 April 387 May 466 June 478 July 410 August _ 398 September 420 October 456 November 383 December 407 1974 4,923 1973 4,613 Telephone 4,003,575 6,717,594 2,676,096 2,520,532 6,130,917 4,312,486 3,301,381 3,349,562 3,542,158 3,689,852 3,361,399 4,243,436 47,848,988 33,434,264 23 27 19 24 19 13 21 18 10 13 16 27 230 254 12 8 2 5 4 6 3 9 7 10 5 11 82 90 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 23 AL002 Municipal Fire Alarm System January „ February March .... April May June July August September October .... November December . 1974 ...... 1973 Incidents 11 7 7 11 21 16 20 18 18 7 12 10 158 87 Loss $ 84,315 38,762 129,560 200,956 48,490 100,500 46,500 83,334 95,953 93.926 43,900 60,139 1,026,335 335,086 Injured Dead 1 1 AL003 Automatic Fire Alarm System January March - April June 6,250 September December 1974 1973 7 12 500 200 150 7,100 24,100 AL004 Manual Fire Alarm System January April .... May July August September October November December 1974 1973 1 3 3 5 2 2 7 3 6 32 39 100 31,050 14,500 535,810 1,200 150 53,060 235 9,400 645,505 790,203 2 1 AL005 Automatic Sprinkler System March _ 2 57,297 July _ 1 268,370 December 1 3,000 — 1974 4 328,667 1973 2 12,298 AL006 Direct Verbal Report to Fire Hall January 12 53,285 February _ 8 7,075 1 March _ 9 246,950 _.„ April 6 18,526 May _ 8 7,820 June 5 14,250 July _ 9 78,710 _ August _ September October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 10 9 3 3 90 82 AL007 January 48 February 20 March _ 45 April 51 May _ 28 June _ 53 July _ 21 August 29 September 25 October — 33 November 29 December 30 1974 412 1973 572 Loss $ 8,390 22,831 1,500 1,150 6,630 467,117 1,720,291 No Alarm 56,640 29,786 100,296 89,895 140,122 191,588 68,033 126,629 204,928 713,870 35,806 167,231 1,924,824 1,508,889 Injured Dead AL008 Siren January — 9 February 9 March 8 April — 6 May 11 June 12 July 11 August 9 September - 20 October 13 November 10 December 7 1974 1973 125 112 9,648 72,814 61,500 81,474 121,011 416,308 191,455 162,426 185,258 115,765 111,639 31,410 1,560,708 1,033,262 AL009 Unclassified January 3 15,300 February 2 5,530 March _ 5 29,215 April — 4 9,500 May 4 2,925 June 7 21,750 July 4 4,806 August 3 6,391 September 1 October 6 10,984 November 4 3,630 December 3 809,153 1974 46 919,184 1973 _ 67 487,693 3 2 3 1 ~1 ~"l 16 11 11 10 AO Act or Omission AO000 Unknown January 78 February 46 March 36 April 52 May 50 June 46 July 35 August 35 September „ 44 October 37 259,067 1,069,406 63,732 115,095 240,054 223,854 72,442 225,041 553,976 146,789 November December 32 27 518 854 62,184 87,844 3 3 3 2 1974 1973 3,119,484 1,744,085 2 AO010 Incendiary or "Set" Fires October 2 1,250 7974 1973 1,250 1,434 D 24 AOO11 Criminal Offence Incidents January _.. 9 February 7 March 6 April 18 May 17 June 30 July 27 August 24 September 17 October 22 November 12 December 14 1974 1973 203 121 Loss $ 101,384 250,514 28,725 92,561 202,205 256,614 31,091 495,394 970,818 83,250 331,350 389,762 3,233,668 4,025,531 Injured Dead AOO 12 Incendiarism, Suspected Incendiarism—No Charges Laid January _ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 47 30 56 41 79 67 49 65 75 80 61 51 701 511 289,674 289,201 546,876 631,762 1,874,809 644,850 626,554 865,117 961,529 460,641 1,094,694 868,710 9,154,417 2,720,788 9 11 AOO 15 Mischief, Vandalism- Charges Laid January 3 2,450 February . 30 289,201 May .. 3 70,045 June 2 1,500 October 1 50 November 2 1,300 December 2 5,175 1974 . 15 118,598 1973 27 44,081 AO016 Mischief, Vandalism- No Charges Laid January 32 43,793 February 14 11,400 March ... 32 73,435 April 42 162,535 May 44 37,841 45 47,658 July 36 43,366 August . 21 128,725 September 50 34,136 October 64 127,492 November 25 26,125 December 15 420 21,840 1974 .. .. . .. 758,346 1973 365 1,209,368 1 1 AOO 19 Arson or Other Fires— Unclassified or Unknown January February March April May 3 4 3 5 14 110,100 2,601 231,165 3,070 94,736 AJMBIA Incident! Loss I $ 87,603 ljured Dead June 9 July 11 15,185 34,777 — August 8 September _ 12 153,213 . October 8 144,819 November . 12 209,350 1 „ December 6 60,725 1974 95 1,147,344 2 1 1973 . 67 1,134,795 — AO020 Misuse of Source of Ignition March 2 34,972 September . 1 1,000 1974 ..... 3 35,972 1973 . 4 48,300 — AO021 Disposal of Smokers' Material January . . . 35 71,887 4 2 February ._ 46 188,714 5 4 March 39 79,831 1 1 April 40 63,449 1 1 May 46 121,827 4 3 June 66 277,525 5 July .. . 49 761,134 August 68 335,858 2 September . 57 148,064 2 2 October ... 47 201,328 2 7 November . 47 791,514 4 2 December _ 42 235,338 6 2 1974 582 3,276,469 36 24 1973 746 AO022 2,647,585 Thawing 71 23 January . .. 9 92,520 March 2 9,458 June . . 2 1,055 December _ 1 10,000 1974 14 113,033 1973 — 8 24,813 AO023 Inadequate Control of "Open" Fire January .. . 3 825 February .. 3 10,363 March 6 10,100 1 April 2 420 May 2 800 June 5 4,400 July 4 4,500 August — . 1 300 September 3 7,500 October 3 5,200 November 4 12,825 December . 1 20,000 1974 37 77,233 1 1973 83 709,572 2 • AO024 Child Playing With January 13 107,248 1 . February .. 8 16,449 2 1 March 14 44,713 April .. .. 12 47,226 1 1 May 18 49,049 1 June 16 34,608 July 13 60,925 August 18 177,812 September 21 22,649 October 15 37,400 2 November 16 40,933 1 December . 20 184 112,059 7 3 1974 751,071 1973 282 589,719 20 6 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 25 AO025 Welding or Cutting Too Close Incidents Loss Injured Dead 6 8,300 February 1 2,200 March 5 23,500 April 2 255,752 .— May 8 277,312 June .. . ... . 7 202,710 1 July 4 87,000 August 5 57,500 September 2 2,200 October . 5 2,975 . November 2 22,700 December 1 25 1974 48 942,174 1 1973 57 248,584 3 AO026 Torch Too Close January 6 2,896 February 2 6,050 March 5 6,310 2 April 3 774 1 May 4 1,450 2 June 6 201,442 July ... 6 28,565 September 2 750 October 1 1,000 November 1 636 December 3 10,550 1974 39 260,423 5 1973 .. .. 38 111,303 AO029 Unclassified or Unknown January February March April May June July August September .. October November December 1974 18 68,361 1 12 41,437 9 35,973 16 46,097 3 1 9 58,850 1 11 12,555 9 69,900 11 11 35,221 3 1 7 28,253 1 10 52,341 6 8,000 13 102,352 1 131 559,340 19 4 144 798,172 9 3 1973 AO030 Misuse of Material Ignited ZZ 1 2,000 1 1974 1973 AO031 Fuel Spilled Accidentally January 6 379,630 February 4 4,439,275 March 2 3,097 April 5 24,900 May 10 4,941 1 June . 8 56,975 July . 7 41,525 August 9 155,923 September 9 114,180 October . .. 5 6,250 1 1 November 5 2,003 December 3 73 90,500 2 1974 5,319,199 1 1973 56 242,926 12 2 AO032 Improper Fuelling Technique Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 1 384 — February 1 50 1 March 3 6,246 April 3 6,400 May 3 220 June 4 4,400 July 5 3,725 3 1 August 4 7,240 1 September 1 100 October 1 1,000 November 3 40,500 December 2 1,100 1974 31 71,365 5 1 1973 27 66,360 1 AO033 Flammable Liquid to Kindle Fire January J 3 8,900 3 February 1 5,000 April 1 3,000 May 2 30,000 3 3 June 1 950 1 . July 4 539,500 _ _ August 1 100,000 September 2 3,000 1 1974 15 690,350 7 1973 14 87,617 2 AO034 Cleaning, Washing Parts March 1 600 April 1 4,000 1 May 5 90,377 1 June 2 1,800 1 July 3 1,200 1 August 1 9,500 September 2 5,575 November 2 19,000 5 December 1 35,550 1974 18 167,602 5 1973 15 79,115 9 AO035 Improper Container, Metal April 3 66,862 May 3 1,076 June 2 2,625 July 1 700 October 2 3,300 November 2 4,500 1974 13 79,063 1973 9 26,370 _ AO036 Improper Container, Plastic May _ 1 400 _. July 1 4,000 _. August 1 150 _. 1974 3 4,550 _. 1973 2 345 AO037 Combustible Placed Too Close to Heat January 9 19,263 2 February 8 13,868 — _ March 12 29,326 1 _ April 11 64,158 1 _ May 13 52,961 — _ June 12 125,200 2 July 6 8,995 _ August 8 49,031 2 _ September 3 1,525 — _ October 7 111,710 — _ November 8 42,850 — _ December 12 80,505 — _ 1974 109 599,392 8 1973 _ 102 298,654 5 _ D 26 BRITISH COLUMBIA AO038 Improper Storage Incidents Loss Injured Dead January 12 33,196 2 February 4 25,430 April 5 20,975 May 1 150 June 4 50,250 July 2 1,550 August 7 25,888 — September 3 16,833 1 8,862 November i 17,000 December 8 49 28,250 - 1974 228,384 2 1973 39 154.796 6 AO039 Unclassified or Unknown January 7 19,561 5 February 7 17,259 March 8 91.764 April 14 57,210 1 1 May 9 12,233 June — 5 46,717 1 July 12 38,035 3 August 7 3.120 1 September 8 13,850 1 October 12 55.750 1 November 10 21,385 1 December 11 110 70,456 1 1974 447.340 8 8 1973 _ 94 409,732 6 AO040 Mechanical and Electrical Failure February 1 172 March 1 90 April 1 3,500 .Tune 1 2,500 September 1 22,000 October 1 10,000 ... November 1 15.000 December 3 10 60,000 —■ 1974 113,262 1973 6 6.840 AO041 Part Failure, Leak. Break January 39 109,439 2 February 29 98,407 3 March ._ 36 94.978 1 April 30 20,596 May 41 43,036 50 29,061 July 57 74,260 August — 51 86,075 1 September 49 101,038 1 40 72,515 November 47 89,989 December 46 92,495 1974 515 911,889 8 1973 . 469 999 0R7 8 2 AO042 Automatic Control Failure January 11 68,296 February 4 875 March 11 35,630 April 4 9,906 8 55,350 July 2 4,200 August 3 675 September 5 7,804 October _ 6 30,456 November 11 40,740 December 6 71 15,650 1974 269.582 1973 74 403,819 AO043 Manual Control Failure Incidents Loss Ii $ 150 ljured Dead January 1 February ~ 1 650 March 1 450 May 2 21,500 November 1 100 1974 6 22,850 1973 9 49,548 1 ■VO044 Electrical Short Circuit January 67 570,662 2 February .. 31 437,089 2 — March . .. 42 189,281 — April 41 136,230 1 May 52 156,182 1 49 299,749 July 45 163,551 August 55 431,992 September 60 176,538 October 50 180,707 1 November 51 124,711 December 54 597 248,014 1 7 — 1974 3,114,706 1 1973 521 AO045 Lack o 2,775,212 f Maintenance 8 2 January 11 16,773 February „ 5 7,588 March 8 23,075 3 April 5 1,880 May 9 4,660 June 8 32,525 July 6 8,900 August 8 1,900 September 4 14,300 October 5 625 November 6 309,326 December 6 73,575 1974 81 495,127 3 1973 ... 88 AO046 Part 157,392 Worn Out 2 January .... 3 950 _— March 1 150 April 1 60 May 5 9,241 June 2 165 July 4 8,660 October . . 1 300 November 1 18 15 __ 1974 19,541 1973 22 20,630 i AO049 Unknowi or Unclassified January .... 37 180,637 _— February .. 28 166,904 3 4 March 39 144,222 April 43 145,601 May 36 136,440 June 39 755,713 1 July 45 138,662 August 51 121,467 1 September 35 127,495 October .... 43 440,894 November 32 244,363 December 45 766,444 i 1974 473 3,368,842 6 4 1973 391 3,012,724 9 1974 1973 AO050 Construction, Design, or Installation Deficiency 1 18,000 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 27 AO051 Design Deficiency January . February ... March April June July August November . December Incidents 3 3 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1974 1973 15 19 Loss S 15,400 25,100 9,750 1,500 100 200 650 150 13,500 66,350 32,238 Injured Dead 1 AO052 Construction Deficiency January February ... March April June July September . October November . December . 1974 1973 4 2 3 2 1 3 2 2 4 2 25 35 15,100 13,100 4,600 950 6,000 7,400 8,000 686 52,350 3,800 111,986 141,148 AO053 Installed Too Close to Combustible January February _. March April May June August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 12 4 7 6 5 3 4 4 4 66 83 83,100 9.900 6,500 82,021 84,777 6,100 13,750 2,100 3,925 30,550 13,600 336,323 234,622 1 AO054 Other Installation Deficiency January 4 50,550 February 1 6,000 March 1 300 April 1 25 1 May 1 15 June 2 2,263 September 3 5,300 October 4 5,300 1 November 1 500 December 1 200 1974 19 70,453 2 1973 13 42,122 AO055 Overfusing May 1 999 1974 1 999 . 1973 2 AO059 Unclassified or Unknown January February March April May June July August 24,130 15,500 8,600 100 17,826 204,500 20,000 2,500 October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 4 4 9 33 33 Loss Injured Dead $ 501,830 3,100 1,820 799,906 1 234,226 1 1 AO060 Misuse of Equipment March _ April October 1 1 1 3 4 150 900 3,000 1974 1973 4,050 4,377 AO069 Unclassified or Unknown January 4 55,672 _ February 8 15,929 March 3 2,800 _ April 6 77,700 May 6 46,100 June 8 12,222 July 2 20,200 _ August 7 40,223 September 7 22,815 October 6 36,960 November 4 41,550 December 11 8,374 1974 72 380,545 1973 91 379,767 AO070 Human Failing February 1 200 _ June 3 1,750 August 1 100 December 1 3,000 1974 1973 January February . March April May June July August September October ... November December 1974 1973 5,050 31,436 AOD71 Asleep 9 11 6 4 10 4 9 13 13 8 10 105 106 40,516 46,710 425 8,105 66,050 26,260 76,579 61,365 3,605 19,105 18,105 41,610 408,435 278,261 11 10 AO072 Temporary Loss of Judgment January February . March April May June July August September October _ November December 1974 1973 3 4 1 1 1 3 5 2 2 3 5 5 35 45 18,200 12,250 100 2,000 1,500 2,950 11,055 3,200 373 6,650 2,340 3,835 64,453 145,257 9 12 D 28 BRITISH COLUMBIA AO073 Physical Disability Incidents Loss Injured Dead November December 1974 1973 . Loss $ 1,050 4,150 5,200 13,705 AO074 Accident (Personal) January _ February March April May June July August September October November December 34,350 20,700 2,300 60,740 1,924 34,672 2,237 19,275 11,625 37,000 500 5,060 1 3 1 1 1 1974 42 230,383 1973 37 323,660 AO075 Influence of Alcohol January 2 1,909 February 4 1,675 March 4 555 April 9 97,738 May 5 35,625 June 6 15,650 July 3 800 August 12 28,564 September 6 4,300 October 1 700 November 6 8,590 December 4 33,095 1974 1973 62 67 229,201 432,987 10 12 AO076 Influence of Drugs January . March April May July August . September October ... December 1974 1973 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 13 21 510 10 38 1 9,500 5 200 1 30 5 25 10,323 2 5,708 4 AO079 Unclassified or Unknown January February March April May _ June - July August —. September October November December 21 17 30 41 34 45 20 29 33 32 36 35 36,427 49,255 102,524 140,758 858,928 123,470 102,725 88,068 82,994 123,230 66,580 176,353 1974 373 1973 311 AO080 Vehicle Accident May 1 2,500 1974 1 1973 0 1,951,312 2,984,335 2,500 3 2 3 6 32 15 5 12 AO081 Automobile Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February March April May June July August September October November December 1 3 2 9 8 11 10 9 5 7 2,950 2,100 5,000 23,200 7,600 27,850 6,300 13,600 5,100 6,950 7,510 9,430 1 1974 77 117,590 '. 1973 77 99,419 AO082 Industrial Truck January 1 4,400 February 1 8,000 March 1 5,000 April 1 100 June _. 2 50,020 July 3 30,000 August 1 1,500 September 1 50,000 1974 11 149,020 1973 _. 14 114,135 AO083 Other Road Vehicle April 1 4,000 June 2 2,450 August 4 3,400 November 2 600 December 1 300 1974 10 10,750 1973 _. 4 2,350 1 AO084 Rail Vehicle March — 1 May 3 June 1 _.- July 1 300 1974 _. 6 300 1973 _. 2 209,000 AO085 Watercraft August _. 1 6,000 December 1 15,000 1974 _. 2 21,000 1973 - 2 21,000 AO086 Aircraft 1974 1973 _ 2 40,500 AO089 Unclassified or Unknown January 1 476 February 3 19,400 March 1 7,000 April 3 2,375 May 2 33,000 June _. 2 26,200 July 3 10,700 August _ 5 9,515 September 10 59,850 October 2 65,100 November 1 200 — December 5 3,350 1974 38 237,166 1973 _ 31 125,219 ■ REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 29 AO090 Miscellaneous Act or Omission January February ... March April May June July August October November . December . 1974 1973 Incidents 5 3 2 2 1 3 2 1 2 1 1 23 31 Loss $ 287,981 31,650 890 32,038 17,000 13,100 15,600 800 21,300 350 2,000 422,709 512,709 Injured Dead AO099 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 122 1,517,292 8 5 February _. 100 966,895 8 1 March 103 1,614,827 5 1 April 103 752,599 May 119 2,116,486 June 129 1,646,933 4 1 July 116 1,841,417 4 August 99 829,442 3 September 113 1,276,305 1 October 123 2,483,764 November 89 756,132 3 December 86 1,932,220 6 1974 _. 1,302 17,734,312 42 1973 _. 1,328 14,432,688 43 1 3 4 1 4 21 16 BC Building Capacity BC000 Unknown or Not Applicable January 280 1,267,344 February _. 205 1,657,893 4 March 225 585,400 2 April _.... 284 934,261 6 May 362 1,489,352 2 June 386 1,738,766 5 July 343 1,397,099 6 August _. 360 813,567 5 September 403 1,477,122 2 October 334 2,020,126 2 November 280 744,938 4 December 248 895,419 1 1974 3,710 15,021,287 39 1973 3,767 12,381,391 47 BC001 0-10 January 265 1,996,746 February 175 1,245,621 March 194 1,436,937 April 199 1,001,358 May 217 1,850,982 June — 217 1,447,898 July 180 1,380,170 August 202 1,643,641 September 166 1,683,578 October 231 1,350,963 November 210 1,944,233 December 223 2,185,053 1974 _ 2,479 19,167,180 1973 _. 2,594 15,187,215 BC002 11-60 January February March April May June July August _. September October November December 1974 _. 1973 _. 52 44 63 41 43 56 35 42 47 47 40 38 548 534 838,930 5,259,989 1,276,624 638,012 360,670 690,704 674,149 954,848 713,522 303,412 1,030,739 1,368,229 14,109,828 9,021,261 19 14 11 12 15 9 5 9 7 9 12 11 133 152 47 36 1 1 3 2 3 1 5 1 22 9 11 10 4 7 5 1 10 4 9 3 9 73 78 4 1 2 17 21 BC003 61-100 January 26 395,917 February 13 22,437 March _ 16 148,347 April 24 163,044 May _. 16 1,045,866 June 21 214,920 July 19 351,940 August 11 279,425 September 17 8,963 October 19 170,205 November 16 193,347 December 22 92,264 1974 _. 220 3,086,675 1973 _. 178 1,058,190 BC004 101-300 January 30 211,923 February _. 17 66,165 March 28 35,009 April 21 277,076 May _. 29 520,805 June 34 1,083,173 July 22 615,965 August 30 502,477 September 21 408,160 October 24 1,218,563 November 23 363,383 December 31 108,496 1974 310 5,411,195 1973 296 3,491,625 BC005 301-500 January 3 1,861 February _. 5 12,900 March 10 23,930 April _ 8 21,062 May _. 6 1,013,325 June 10 22,185 July 12 41,411 August 7 21,650 September 12 577,730 October 10 373,175 November 2 290 December 6 9,620 1974 _. 91 2,119,139 1973 _. 62 1,996,386 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 4 3 22 13 1 1 1 1 2 10 3 1 ___ 22 28 1 D 30 BRITISH COLUMBIA BC006 501-1,000 Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 3 2,238 February 4 55,150 March 7 55,539 April 9 128,698 May _. 7 503,760 June 6 230,565 July 3 87,521 August 3 250,150 October 2 115 — November 4 28,460 December 4 1,000,075 3 1974 - 52 2,342,271 3 1973 _- 55 1,369,487 BC007 1,001-2,500 January 1 100 February _. 1 148 April _ 1 370 1 June 1 500 September 3 3,200 October 2 9,350 November 1 600 December 2 3,500 1974 _. 12 17,768 1 1973 _. 20 85,564 11 BC008 Over 2,500 Incidents January ... February March May July October _ 1974 1973 Loss $ 300 100 500 2,000 15,000 2,000 19,900 1 19,805 1 Injured Dead BC009 Unclassified January _. 6 39,950 February 5 62,941 March 9 16,744 April ._ 12 107,025 May 9 105,465 June _ 9 234,133 July _ 11 420,388 August 4 5,100 September _ 11 148,448 October 5 54,500 November 9 257,260 December 8 94,985 1974 98 1,546,939 1973 106 1,099,242 BH Building Height BH000 Not Applicable June 96 1,756,567 4 2 July .. .. 77 1,035,934 2 — January _ 260 820,705 6 August 91 1,089,406 5 1 February 193 1,319,498 3 September 71 1,013,486 4 2 March 210 486,086 2 October 85 664,693 1 2 April . — 264 454,168 1 November . 77 12,545,642 61 25 May 329 670,949 771,532 1,369,017 4 1 December . 75 1,434,469 7 July 325 6 3 1974 952 12,545,642 61 25 August — 347 937,486 4 3 1973 .. . 907 10,995,445 62 16 September 383 1,394,036 3 5 306 1,476,154 717.328 2 4 1 5 BH003 3-Storey November 255 December 228 681,420 1 1 January February .. March 42 271,924 261,751 38,290 1 5 1974 3,454 11,098,379 34 26 27 4 . 1973 .. - 3,515 8,431,664 41 10 April 43 385,593 7 May 32 471,558 2 41 150,250 3 3 BH001 1-Storey July 30 646,927 1 August 23 392,285 5 1 January _ 180 1,401,447 14 2 September 19 211,788 February 117 5,183,787 11 8 October ... 29 399,520 1 3 141 1,008,930 8 November . 32 239,672 2 1 April 152 730,302 7 1 December 35 507,421 9 3 May 172 3,197,490 7 _ _ June — 162 1,668,136 5 1 1974 382 3,976,979 40 11 July 126 907,350 3 2 1973 314 2,051,579 51 19 August — 132 1,451,388 6 7 September 127 1,558,433 2 1 BH004 4-Storey October November December 166 154 158 1,787 1,949,934 1,339,113 1,499,906 5 6 5 79 7 1 8 38 January February March April May 7 6 5 6 70,371 258,160 900 5,772 31,090 1,507 47,410 1974 21,896,216 T 1973 _. . 1,833 13,405,503 90 48 7 11 July 6 August 5 11,328 BH002 2-Storey September 6 3,975 3 October ... 4 1,000 . January .... 83 1,050,820 10 1 November . 5 80,810 1 February 65 734,339 10 6 December . 9 62,207 March April 90 . .. 65 1,656,193 988,670 5 4 1974 72 574,530 14 2 May 77 372,235 7 3 1973 .. 64 2,046,102 5 5 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 31 BH005 5-Storey Incidents January 8 February __ 1 March _ 8 April 3 May 7 June 4 July 8 August _— 1 September 7 October 3 November — 4 December 7 1974 61 1973 86 January 2 February 3 March 7 April 1 May 1 June 1 July 1 August 3 September 3 October 2 November 3 December 4 1974 31 1973 21 January 3 February 3 June 3 July 2 August 1 September 3 November 1 December 1 1974 _ 17 1973 10 January ._ February March April May - June July September November December 1974 1973 May . June 17 26 September .. October November — 1974 1973 Loss Injured Dead $ 109,575 1 100 1 2,130 ..— 70 2,145 65 11,365 5 55 20 1,010 265 126,805 2 112,123 2 BH006 6-Storey 310 20,100 1 72,995 120 1,143 200 150 325 4,600 560 307,698 560 424.926 358,003 BH007 7-Storey 113,983 378,201 BH009 9-Storey 1 40 1 200 1 2 1 5,000 3,575 15,000 6 6 23,815 5,035 2,131 13,300 270 286,370 1,600 1 1,050 305,321 1 200 305,321 1 39,533 BH008 8-Storey 40,100 12.000 29,318 3,000 500 40 4,000 25,000 2 25 BH010 10-Storey Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February . March April May June July August . September October ... November December 1974 1973 33 20 27 24 22 29 19 21 23 38 25 32 313 270 BH011 April _ 1 May 1 December _. 1 1974 _ 3 1973 9 BH012 January 2 March 3 April 1 June _ 1. August 2 November 2 December 2 1974 1973 15 28 BH013 April 1 May - 1 June _. 1 August 2 October 1 1974 _. 6 1973 _. 1 BH014 January 2 February 1 April 2 May 3 June I August I November 1 1974 _. 11 1973 _. 18 453,681 45,619 129,110 58,368 81,025 366,170 104,060 371,715 215,005 312,832 243,429 287,475 2,668,489 2,839,744 11-Storey 6,000 45 2,000 8,045 15,995 402,937 1,200 14-Storey 18,582 800 174,500 75,811 50 1,200 18.000 288,943 101,259 BH015 15-Storey February 1 4,000 March 1 500 May -* 7,075 August 2 15,300 October 2 39,200 November 1 9 30,000 1974 96,075 1973 20 176,405 3 1 4 16 7 12 4 12-Storey 8,501 1 10,450 2.000 900 660 36,000 209,000 273,511 1 179,289 13-Storey 7,500 500 150 50,787 344,000 5 D 32 BRITISH COLUMBIA BH016 16-Storey January September Incidents 1 2 3 6 Loss $ 450 1974 _ 1973 . 450 270,508 Injured Dead BH017 17-Storey 1974 1973 January February June August 7 BH018 2 1 1 2 1974 1973 April May . 9,667 18-Storey 30,400 3,000 100 4,800 38,400 93,575 BH019 19-Storey 200 17,300 1974 1973 17,500 January .. February March . April May June July August September. October _ November . December . BH020 20-Storey 110,652 278,956 75,937 191,038 1,871,989 178,053 58,250 64,655 79,568 45,475 54,400 117,283 1974 1973 11 9 9 7 14 11 4 8 6 11 7 13 110 103 3,126,256 863,003 21-Storey 300 13,000 22,124 36,730 1 1 BH024 24-Storey February . April July August October _ Incidents 1 2 1 1 1 1974 1973 February July October November 1 3 4 1 1974 1973 9 4 November BH026 l 1974 1973 1 1974 1973 January September . 1974 1973 BH030 February _. 1 March 4 April 3 May 2 June 1 July _ 1 August _. 2 September 3 November 3 December 1 1974 _. 21 1973 29 1974 ... 1973 ... Loss Injured Dead $ 150 62,812 225 700 46,255 6 110,142 5 130,000 BH025 25-Storey 10,000 57,010 30,300 600,000 697,310 38,290 60 60 BH027 27-Storey Z 3~ 4,584 BH028 28-Storey 5,000 200 5,200 550 30-Storey 2,750 1,700 2,265 100 50 150 7,895 300 800,000 815,210 552,124 BH031 31-Storey 1 1,900 BH032 32-Storey January 1 1,500 April 1 100 October 1 150 1974 _. 3 1,750 1973 _. 1 100 BH033 3 3-Storey 1974 1973 _. 1 500 11 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 33 January March April August 1 1 1 1 1974 1973 4 3 BH040 March May June ... July November December 3 1 1 l 2 1 1974 1973 9 7 BH035 35-Storey Incidents Loss $ 1,527 30,000 45,000 3,000 79,527 1,890 40-Storey 3,285 200 6,000 110 50,000 500 60,195 293,900 Injured Dead BH061 Unknown Incidents January 20 February 14 March 13 April 17 May 15 June 21 July 17 August 13 September 23 October 15 November 9 December 12 1974 1973 189 292 Loss $ 357,783 224,110 32,156 143,153 86,565 762,004 432,090 61,068 525,082 171,231 56,100 138,660 2,990,002 2,267,665 Injured Dead DW Day of the Week DW000 Unknown DW003 Tuesday January 78 258,726 January 95 598,114 4 February 48 1,069,494 February . 58 538,150 10 1 March _ 41 64,761 March __ ._ 59 436,338 2 1 April 51 113,511 April 83 819,905 1 1 May June 54 260,179 59 286,102 1,266,947 1 1 46 223,854 June 89 2 July 34 72,442 July 104 897,414 10 1 August 34 225,041 August 77 372,145 2 1 September ... 44 553,976 , September. 78 942,232 3 October ._ 38 153,739 October . 106 1,615,552 November ... 31 62,014 3 2 November . 84 363,092 2 4 December 26 525 87,594 3 2 December 1974 108 1,000 1,474,378 6 40 4 1974 3,145,331 9,610,369 17 1973 _ 959 DW00I 1,874,352 Sunday 4 2 1973 987 DW004 7,400,045 Wednesday 35 7 January 78 1,088,913 1 January . 104 396,164 5 2 February ... 65 373,608 1 3 February ... 52 170,464 2 4 March 88 379,485 March . — 72 1,273,497 2 April 93 468,175 7 April . 73 276,576 3 1 May 89 306,360 5 3 May 104 993,074 3 4 June 124 982,674 4 June 70 244,123 1 July 94 353,791 6 2 July 83 1,299,146 1 1 August 72 498,639 2 August ... 76 675,120 1 1 September ... 122 584,794 3 September. 66 500,892 1 1 October 80 901,541 4 3 October 102 406,092 1 4 November ... 86 570,315 3 1 November . 69 850,479 December 100 1,091 2,050,376 10 43 1 16 December . 1974 . 63 934 400,067 7,485,694 1 21 3 1974 8,558,671 21 1973 936 DW002 7,453,133 Monday 46 18 1973 972 DW005 6,504,297 Thursday 34 17 January 63 278,776 4 4 January — 92 430,778 7 2 February ..... 54 526,707 3 1 February 51 4,670,129 4 1 March 56 214,740 4 March . 65 523,099 4 — April 73 421,484 4 1 April 71 310,133 5 May 61 609,968 2 1 May 102 2,174,659 4 June 87 214,420 2 1 June 88 515,402 3 1 July 71 346,933 3 July 76 1,033,342 August 72 479,796 4 1 August 125 906,896 4 1 September _ 107 485,261 5 September 85 467,834 3 2 October — 70 195,996 3 October 112 965,610 — 4 November .. 46 124,613 1 1 November 74 635,412 2 1 December .. 90 850 486,596 1 36 2 12 December 1974 . 51 992 318,754 2 38 2 1974 4,385,290 12,952,048 14 1973 - ... . 875 3,367,323 34 14 1973 ... . 886 5,373,531 45 13 D 34 BRITISH COLUMBIA DW006 Friday DW007 Saturday Incidents Loss $ 975,383 Injured Dead Incidents Loss $ 728,455 Injured Dead January 78 4 6 January 79 4 2 February 73 630,102 5 2 February 69 404,690 6 2 March 86 303,672 March 86 383,438 7 1 April 79 564,711 5 2 April 76 296,411 6 2 May 104 266,174 2 May 117 1,995,709 5 107 752,790 2 129 1,462,634 5 6 July 80 752,012 2 1 July 84 228,563 2 August 104 828,887 5 4 August 99 484,334 3 4 September... 86 260,724 3 September ~ 92 1,225,010 — October ... 70 440,258 2 2 October 97 823,621 4 1 November ... 92 572,312 1 2 November 103 1,385,013 8 December 79 1,038 334,359 8 37 1 22 December 1974 65 .. 1,096 605,517 1 51 1974 6,681,384 10,023,395 18 1973 .. . 949 7,825,872 51 23 1973 . 1,053 5,911,613 49 22 EX Method of Fire Control and Extinguishment Method of Extinguishment EX000 Unknown January February ... March April May — — June July August — September . October November . December . 1974 . 1973 131 591,354 85 1,102,340 56 81,672 61 123,115 52 240,404 46 223,854 37 73,492 37 227,891 46 559,476 36 146,239 33 98,611 30 88,819 650 986 3,557,267 2,186,464 14 27 EX010 Unknown Extinguisher January _ February March April May June July August. September . October November . December . 1974 1973 10 4 7 8 2 8 7 6 5 3 2 4 66 124 251,899 3,006 2,773 11,176 1,060 10,464 4,884 2,787 2,150 7,503 476 3,400 301,578 106,982 EX011 Water Pump Tank January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 8 12 28 44 48 35 24 33 32 27 24 323 179 5,179 214,800 3,165 25,602 58,260 26,440 16,813 16,465 47,353 12,582 16,411 71,407 514,477 432,935 EX012 Water Pressurized January February March April May June July August September October November December 12 9 10 10 3 12 14 7 6 8 13 9 7,583 12,494 2,400 258,222 11,075 15,378 15,245 1,450 2,198 1,795 6,304 12,252 1974 113 346,396 1973 76 115,702 EX013 Water Soda-acid June 2 900 July 1 1,500 1974 1973 January June . July December 1974 1973 3 5 EX014 1 1 1 1 2,400 14,087 Foam 2,116 1,200 400 60 4 3,776 4 30,685 1974 1973 1,050 1,330 EX016 C02 January February March April May June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 21 9 16 17 11 11 13 11 7 11 18 16 161 199 36,991 5,168 24,553 7,574 39,661 16,400 22,415 14,430 2,524 4,863 6,440 7,777 188,796 169,166 EX015 Vapourized Liquid April 1 200 May 1 200 August 1 150 October 1 500 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 35 EX017 Dry Chemical Incidents Loss Injured Dead January 21 February 20 March 27 April 21 May 35 June 32 July 31 August 36 September 28 October 32 November 34 December 32 $ 7,685 21,651 18,224 21,603 28,308 51,800 48,962 35,961 27,865 94,232 26,178 40,488 1974 1973 349 314 422,957 381,864 EX018 Multi-purpose Dry Chemical January February . March April May — _ June _ July August September October _ November December 1974 1973 1 1 3 3 3 6 5 6 4 4 4 2 42 21 250 650 3,850 9,350 808 2,950 47,460 5,600 5,800 1,800 8,077 4,700 91,295 19,142 EX019 Unclassified Extinguisher January February March April May June July August September ~ November ... December ... 1974 1973 4 2 1 2 4 5 1 2 5 2 3 31 22 83,873 340 121 1,000 527 3,650 350 1,250 42,280 100 1,225 134,716 17,584 EX022 Smalt Hose—Hi-inch Nominal Size, Combination Nozzle Incidents January 10 February 44 March 10 April 12 May 3 June 8 July 4 August 4 September 3 October _ __ 3 November ._ 2 December 4 1974 67 1973 46 Loss $ 64,174 8,142 38,900 67,825 2,935 3,070 5,150 16,377 11,500 13,567 4,000 4,375 240,015 151,844 Injured Dead EX023 January March April July Large Hose—216-inch Nominal Size, Straight Stream Nozzle September December . 1974 . 1973 1 1 1 1 1 1 3,000 17,500 750 100,000 8,022 800,000 6 6 929,272 46,218 EX024 Large Hose—2t/i-inch Nominal Size, Combination Nozzle January 2 28,000 March 3 35,100 April 1 4,800 May . ... . 2 271,000 June 3 103,500 July 2 305,000 October 1 14 11,500 1974 758,900 1973 12 1,284,945 EX025 Continuous Flow Hose, Less Than IV2 Straight Stream Nozzle EX020 Unknown Hose February April June September .... 23,000 400 2,885 50 1974 1973 5 26,335 5 53,454 EX021 Small Hose—V/2-inch Nominal Size, Straight Stream Nozzle January . February ~ March April May June July August September October . November . 1974 1973 2 351,000 2 23,500 3 7,200 1 2 22,200 4 6,495 4 33,000 4 2,735 _. 3 56,160 2 915 3 30,300 1 60 30 533,565 1 32 218,805 1 April July December 1974 1973 12,000 500 15,000 27,500 1,000 EX026 Continuous Flow Hose, Less Than IV2 Combination Nozzle February March November 2 1 1 4 3 2,605 1,200 203 1974 1973 4,008 18,100 EX029 Unclassified Hose April May June — September — 1 1 2 1 5 6 500 16,494 15,856 2,200 1974 1973 35,050 24,161 D 36 BRITISH COLUMBIA Makeshift EX030 Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead January ... February . March April May June July August . September . November . December . 1974 . 1973 . 6 4 4 1 5 3 3 6 4 1 1 38 75 15,978 1,548 1,120 14,900 539 1,375 1,071 2,470 200 572 39,773 47,430 EX031 Garden Hose January ... 8 35,389 1 February 6 27,798 8 16,425 17,742 ~2 April 15 1 May 18 16,380 June 28 87,925 2 July 12 21,984 August 25 109,940 September _ 16 31,577 October 19 34,315 1 November _ 11 9,695 ..,, , December .. 14 42,395 1974 _. . 180 451,565 6 1 1973 156 EX032 183,447 Voter Bucket 3 January ... . 12 3,682 1 February . . 12 60,354 March 11 5,105 . April 17 11,222 May 14 10,611 1 June 8 3,375 July . . 12 4,873 August - . . 19 15,350 — September ~ 6 1,634 October 11 40,288 1 November _ 6 35,200 1 December — 22 24,098 — — 1974 150 215,792 3 i 1973 . 120 125,681 4 i EX033 Small Water-container January _ February . March April May June July August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 March April .. July __. 15 5 12 8 10 11 12 7 10 8 18 10 126 154 4,887 28,338 2,565 3,124 3,450 1,912 9,449 4,673 1,530 8,920 6,759 901 76,508 35,931 EX034 Sand Bucket 150 794 750 2 Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ August _. 1 150 — — September 1 300 October 1 6,550 November 1 100 1974 10 8,794 1973 9 22,108 EX035 Dry Chemical and Scoop May 1 50 _... — August 1 200 — 1974 2 250 1973 _ 3 5,100 1 EX036 Baking-soda February _, 3 2,100 1 March 2 2,550 April 2 450 May 4 2,525 1 June 2 400 — July _ 1 700 — August 3 185 September 5 920 October 1 300 December 2 2,098 1974 25 12,228 1973 _. 23 14,655 EX037 Smothering by Covering January 4 405 _ February 4 2,030 March 3 1,105 April _ _ 7 2,190 May 8 3,835 June 12 7,335 July 4 3,270 August 9 2,815 September 9 7,618 _ October 5 1,005 _ November 11 1,930 December 4 327 _ 1974 _. 80 33,865 1973 89 31,703 EX038 Snow January 3 5,353 _ February 4 15,929 March 4 9,800 December 2 3,150 _ 1 1974 1973 13 22 34,232 97,532 EX039 Unclassified Makeshift January .. February March April May _ June July August . September . October November . December . 1974 1973 7 3 7 4 6 4 4 4 3 4 6 5 57 65 2,800 1,987 2,807 2,615 2,336 25,875 19,351 34,350 422 40,800 20,535 1,055 154,933 555,493 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 37 EX040 Unknown Water Incidents Loss Injured Dead January ... February March April May June July August . September October November December ..... 1974 1973 3 3 2 3 5 4 3 1 6 3 5 1 39 48 $ 40,600 37,400 23,500 1,300 7,550 8,000 5,700 400 58,514 26,887 290,000 3,000 502,851 4 133,018 2 EX041 Booster Hose, 1 Inch or Less January February ... March April May — June July August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 95 61 91 106 143 150 117 132 160 163 99 103 1,420 1,101 282,974 103,045 151,119 165,485 142,279 134,718 161,274 177,538 136,369 269,354 144,411 177,779 2,046,345 1,313,079 32 29 EX042 lVs-inch Hose—One Hoseline January February March April May June July August _ September October November December 1974 1973 27 17 30 34 51 34 47 46 43 32 39 36 436 323 62,962 72,668 103,496 117,618 132,916 86,402 113,985 141,174 107,470 133,777 151,221 125,238 1,348,927 997,955 11 15 EX043 IVi-inch Hose—Two or More Hoselines January February _ March April May _ June July August September October _ November December 1974 1973 68 46 43 52 44 60 58 87 63 62 45 66 694 554 779,879 661,098 494,394 501,249 553,384 1,389,548 571,709 1,210,437 910,155 786,720 854,239 877,244 9,590,056 5,496,716 5 7 2 3 2 5 3 5 6 52 48 26 22 EX044 216-tnch Hose—One Hoseline January _ February March May June July August _. 25,000 50,000 43,000 16,700 500 61,311 2,500 September October _ November December 1974 1973 Incidents 3 4 1 3 30 37 Loss $ 4,100 29,894 500 132,000 365,505 458,010 Injured Dead EX045 2tA-tnch Hose—Two or More Hoselines January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 7 6 4 17 18 18 11 20 28 17 19 25 190 111 290,050 28,614 120,000 475,533 1,270,146 979,750 919,080 600,821 641,300 422,255 811,750 630,769 8,190,068 6,081,016 11 9 EX046 3-inch or Larger Hose—One or More Hoselines February March May July August _ 1974 1973 25,100 10,000 10,000 10,500 10,000 65,600 17,669 EX047 Combinations of IU, 2'A, 3-inch or Larger Hoselines January February „ March April May June July August September October November December _ 1974 1973 35 33 46 27 43 44 26 22 29 37 20 26 388 568 1,136,193 5,297,940 1,869,475 722,687 1,594,504 1,469,736 1,665,266 774,940 727,936 1,928,090 260,660 1,977,200 19,424,627 15,476,244 4 2 3 6 3 1 11 i 2 2 7 42 71 EX048 Portable Water Deluge Set February . March April June July September . November . 3,102 2,000 8,200 100 5,000 357,573 1974 12 375,975 1973 10 151,944 EX049 Unclassified Water January 2 1,900 February 1 24,000 March 4 14,050 April 2 30,000 May 2 890 July 1 8,000 August 1 20,000 December 2 5,000 1974 1973 15 16 103,840 3 229,378 2 12 4 8 24 D 38 BRITISH COLUMBIA Unknown EX050 Vehicle Incidents Loss Injured Dead February . December 1974 1973 10,000 1,900 11,900 2,862 EX051 Crash-fire Foam Vehicle—Using Deluge Monitor May September 1974 1973 32,000 27,800 59,800 EX052 Crash-fire Foam Vehicle—Using Handlines September 1 1,500 __ 1974 1973 1 1,500 EX053 Pumper, Foam Handlines Only, Via Eductor January June July August September October 1974 1973 10,650 600 5,000 16,361 100 7,000 39,711 50,618 EX054 Combination Foam-dry Chemical January April June 2,000 10,800 200 1974 1973 13,000 EX055 Dry Chemical—Under 1,000 Pounds January August .. 1974 1973 50,000 500 2 11 50,500 13,296 EX059 Unclassified Vehicle January May June September October November 1974 1973 450 300 950 1 1,805 25 50 3,580 6,741 1 March 1974 1973 Sprinkler EX060 Unknown 1 25,000 1 25,000 EX061 Wet Pipe System—Central Station Supervised January April May July September . October December . 1974 1973 EX062 January March May July August October November . December . 1974 1973 Incidents Loss $ 300 Injured Dead 20,000 23,515 268,370 2,000 3,000 7,000 8 324,185 3 12,348 i Pipe System —Local Alarm Only 2 575 1 1,500 2 19,000 l 1 2,500 1 9,000 l 2 35,400 3 1,135 1 3,000 — 13 72,110 i i 10 5,499 EX063 Dry Pipe System—Central Station Supervised December 1 25,000 1974 1973 1 25,000 EX064 Dry Pipe System—Local Alarm Only March . April ... August 1974 1973 . 4,000 900 1,158 6,058 128,414 1 EX066 Pre-actlon System—Local Alarm Only January 2 31,850 1974 2 1 31,850 6,000 1973 EX069 Unclassified 1 1 1 25,000 1974 1973 25,000 50 1974 EX070 Unkn 2 own Fixed System 1973 422 EX071 Carbon Dioxide System December 1 700 1974 1973 700 5,143 EX072 Dry Chemical System October 1 831 1974 1973 1974 1973 831 1,809 EX076 Foam-water System l 15,000 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 39 Burned Out EX080 Unknown January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ 4 6,845 5 49,750 2 12,100 12 25,502 3 6,450 8 30,460 4 6,806 5 30,350 9 60,365 9 83,100 5 90,700 9 155,900 75 558,328 75 433,513 1 EX081 Completely Burned Out Before Arrival of Fire Department January 16 64,190 February 12 5,372 March 14 24,146 April 28 137,222 May 27 152,190 June 42 51,198 July 29 105,174 August 16 21,050 September 25 219,780 October 36 249,967 November 24 20,750 December 24 92,940 1974 293 1,143,979 1973 234 1,150,238 EX082 Incapable of Control by Fire Department on Arrival January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 January .. February March April May June 4 46,000 1 2,719 3 44,772 1 60,000 5 846,000 7 398,711 5 104,000 8 564,800 8 88,850 6 260,129 4 78,065 5 79,000 57 2,573,046 63 958,277 89 Unclassified 13 108,394 14 221,237 14 83,003 18 38,351 14 52,514 3 25 171,160 Incidents Loss Injured Dead July August September October _ November December . 1974 _ 1973 _ 18 13 12 18 11 9 179 262 $ 103,000 101,757 125,573 106,906 141,902 178,640 1,432,437 3,597,074 System EX090 Unknown January 43 193,401 February _ 37 42,585 March 46 26,481 April 29 224,578 May 60 1,243,381 June 48 125,673 July 28 9,885 August 18 48,788 September 58 40,272 October 47 83,595 November 78 397,015 December 51 29,149 1974 543 2,464,803 1973 _ 845 942,965 2 1 ~~I 1 1 16 29 1 11 18 EX091 Portable High Expansion Foam Generator Z 2 1974 1973 48,149 EX092 CO2 Handhose System, 50 Pounds or More August 1 600 1974 1973 600 6,100 EX093 Dry Chemical System, Handhose System, 50 Pounds or More July _ 1 400 October 2 503,500 . _ 1974 1973 January 60 February _ 39 March 43 April 39 May _ 35 June 37 July _ 54 August 67 September 33 October 50 November 37 December 29 1974 523 1973 _ 537 3 503,900 1 100 EX099 Unclassified 119,498 190,934 248,709 127,027 57,192 151,430 150,025 191,429 108,030 114,920 722,000 132,083 2,313,277 1,576,971 16 7 D 40 BRITISH COLUMBIA FC Fire Casualties Age of Casualty FC000 Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February .. March April May August September October _ November December . 1974 . 1973 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 4 1 2 16 17 7,171 24,000 30,000 4,038 200 3,500 11,300 187,800 21,000 339,200 628,209 495,425 FC001 Under 2 Years February April May 1974 1973 70,010 12,000 30,000 112,010 28,245 FC002 2 to 10 Years January February . April May June July September October ... November December . 1974 1973 1 5 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 20 28 3,000 90,000 84,800 34,000 20,500 100 20 7,700 10 196,000 436,130 366,912 FC003 11 to IS Years January — February . March April June July August — October _ November 1974 1973 6 2 1 1 1 6 3 2 5 27 33 193,000 24,150 6,500 370 950 26,400 36,125 4,100 4,310 295,905 528,174 FC004 19 to 70 Years 12 17 1 2 1 1 1 5 1 2 2 16 29 11 21 3 11 FC005 Over 70 Years January February .. March April May June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 Incidents 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 2 1 5 3 6 Loss $ 21,833 4,000 61,800 3,000 1,000 45,100 25,000 29,250 32 50 21,500 51,050 46,375 309,908 523,767 August 1974 . 1973 Sex of Casualty FC006 Unknown 1 29,000 1 29,000 FC007 Male January 36 1,242,731 February 36 1,134,910 March 13 147,700 April 28 736,095 May 21 171,150 June 19 520,575 July 19 288,900 August 24 203,544 September 16 540,250 October 17 241,355 November 22 1,308,610 December 32 3,569,975 1974 283 10,105,795 1973 281 5,552,317 FC008 Female January _ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 8 11 8 8 9 8 10 7 5 11 9 10 104 130 52,533 135,205 80,150 204,788 115,900 30,500 105,500 37,200 518,140 37,450 45,260 503,100 1,865,726 1,363,921 Injured Dead 2 2 4 1 2 ~1 2 3 19 31 23 24 11 24 15 12 17 14 10 9 19 21 199 209 6 7 8 5 6 5 7 5 2 5 1 8 65 88 Condition of Casualty FC010 Unknown or Not Applicable 1 4 1 3 13 19 13 12 2 4 6 7 2 10 6 8 3 11 84 72 39 42 January 34 1,070,260 24 10 January 21 1,155,877 11 10 February . . 33 1,057,955 26 7 February 13 135,200 12 1 March 15 129,550 13 2 March 7 75,300 7 April 28 836,675 24 4 April 13 677,500 13 May 24 221,850 17 7 May 7 49,200 6 1 June 22 484,525 16 6 June 13 368,500 7 6 July 21 342,900 17 4 July 3 30,200 2 1 August 26 200,869 16 10 August ... 12 49,169 10 2 September 17 1,047,070 9 8 September 11 1,005,870 5 6 October 16 57,705 9 7 October 8 144,350 5 3 November 21 1,277,500 15 6 November 12 1,230,000 6 6 December 30 287 3,491,500 23 209 7 78 December 1974 11 131 240,525 8 92 3 1974 10,218,359 5,161,691 39 1973 ... 281 4,973,715 212 69 1973 152 2,830,921 128 24 Note—The fire death totals under this Section (123) differ from the figure in Appendix D (127) due to an error in the computer program. Appendix D gives the correct updated figure. REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 41 FCOH Asleep at Time of Fire January „ February March — April May June July August . September October . . November December 1974 1973 Incidents 16 6 8 6 6 17 4 4 9 14 15 113 121 Loss $ 52,971 329,915 91,300 57,500 61,000 59,775 311,500 85,400 37,650 80,150 99,100 608,450 1,874,711 1,675,741 Injured Dead 7 10 6 1 3 5 15 _..„ 3 11 10 73 66 FC012 Bedridden or Other Physical, Mental Handicap February _ March October _ December 1974 1973 . 100 1 4,500 1 4,150 8,750 261,215 FC013 Impairment by Alcohol January _ February March April May June July August September October December 1974 1973 3 4 3 4 5 2 2 4 2 1 2 32 26 37,200 58,750 51,900 46,400 48,450 12,500 10,300 45,850 5,500 5,000 8,450 330,300 174,210 13 15 FC014 Impairment by Drugs April — August 1974 .. 1973 _ 408 200 608 1,580 FC015 Under Restraint or Detention August 1 10,000 1974 1973 10,000 FC016 Too Young to Act February May _. July September — November December 1974 1973 5 1 1 1 1 1 10 7 66,000 30,000 100 20 10 70,000 166,130 93,872 October _ 1974 1973 FC017 Senile 1 7,000 40 55 18 11 7,000 16,525 FC018 Left Unattended (Children) Incidents 1 Loss $ 500 Injured Dead 1 4 1 3 8 500 42,837 1 2 6 FC019 Unclassified January ..._ February . March April May June July August September October _ November December . 1974 1973 12 8 4 9 11 5 6 10 3 7 4 12 91 79 49,216 680,150 4,850 159,075 98,400 109,800 42,300 79,125 9,350 42,305 24,760 3,141,500 4,440,831 1,819,337 11 6 4 9 10 5 5 6 3 5 3 11 78 71 Action of Casualty FC020 Unknown or Not Applicable January February March April May June July August _ September October November December 1974 1973 19 9 3 9 6 8 3 9 5 5 7 17 100 104 1,138,750 77,905 1,000 224,838 107,400 90,775 4,500 96,750 41,500 16,050 419,100 205,800 2,424,368 2,611,672 6 6 3 8 1 3 1 4 __ 2 10 45 51 January _ February March April May _ June July August — _ September October November December 1974 1973 3 10 3 9 1 5 4 3 1 3 6 9 57 60 12,900 230,610 83,300 396,800 2,500 49,500 92,000 73,969 20 131,000 16,500 554,250 1,643,349 1,039,474 45 54 1 4 " 2 1 1 13 13 3 1 5 5 2 5 5 4 5 7 55 53 FC021 Infured While Attempting to Escape 3 1 1 12 6 FC022 Over Exertion or Heart Attack February . October _ November 1974 1973 1 1 1 24,000 21,905 25,000 1 ~I 1 3 14 70,905 233,050 2 13 1 1 D 42 BRITISH COLUMBIA FC023 January .. February March .... April May June Voluntarily Entered or Remained for Rescue Purpose September October November December . 1974 1973 Incidents 2 2 4 3 4 1 3 2 2 3 26 20 Loss Injured Dead 10,733 54,200 24,000 197,000 69,200 45,000 500,100 15,400 384,250 144,000 1,443,883 282,688 1 2 4 3 3 ~2 2 1 3 21 14 1 FC024 Voluntarily Entered or Remained for Fire-fighting January 6 46,610 6 February 5 41,000 5 March 2 600 2 April 5 12,970 5 May 5 21,350 5 June _ 5 148,450 5 July 1 300 1 August 9 59,150 9 September 5 3,420 5 October 4 22,300 4 November 3 422,700 3 December 5 3,002,075 5 1974 _ 55 3,780,925 55 1973 ._ 69 1,568,007 68 FC025 January .. February March May Voluntarily Entered or Remained to Save Personal Property August September October December . 1974 1973 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 14 5 7,171 6,000 62,650 1,700 1,975 502,500 1,500 200 583,696 75,038 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 12 4 FC026 Loss of Judgment or Panic January _ February March __ April May June July August October — November December . 1974 1973 1 3 3 1 I 3 1 1 3 2 2 21 26 3,000 64,000 52,200 2,250 4,000 13,200 50 1,750 26,700 70,200 237,350 295,782 1 1 1 10 10 FC027 Received Delayed Warning February 1 6,000 March 1 4,000 1 May 1 17,000 July 5 400 4 September 1 250 1 October 2 62,500 November 2 38,000 2 1974 13 128,150 8 1973 8 255,630 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 11 16 FC029 Unclassified Incidents January 12 February 15 March 1 April 9 May _ 10 June 5 July 15 August 8 September 4 October 7 November 8 December 5 1974 99 1973 _ 105 Loss Injured Dead $ 76,100 766,400 100 107,025 63,900 204,150 297,200 37,850 10,600 6,400 21,620 96,550 1,687,895 554,897 12 7 1 6 8 2 14 4 2 5 5 1 67 81 Ignition of Fabric FC030 Unknown or Not Applicable January 33 1,235,693 22 February _.. 35 840,315 22 March 14 182,750 13 April 26 843,545 22 May 14 62,500 13 June -- 16 307,150 12 July 16 342,600 14 August 20 173,675 13 September 15 1,051,090 10 October 16 136,405 10 November 20 1,315,510 15 December 23 3,797,750 17 1974 248 10,288,983 183 1973 279 5,540,016 212 FC031 Outer Clothing January February March April May June July August September October November December 4 3 4 4 7 4 10 6 4 7 2 5 1974 60 1973 _ 45 FC032 January 2 February 3 April 1 May 3 June 3 August 2 October 1 November 4 December 3 31,800 304,050 10,800 58,500 112,250 204,400 47,400 50,019 3,200 133,600 28,000 73,500 1,057,519 716,663 Sleepwear 7,171 70,100 2,000 60,200 20,525 29,250 1974 1973 January May 22 29 360 126,000 315,606 320,931 FC033 Underclothing December 1974 1973 1,600 200 400 2,200 50,700 3 3 3 4 5 2 8 3 2 2 4 39 33 11 16 3 2 3 1 4 2 2 3 4 32 24 11 13 1 4 1 4 2 7 5 6 5 6 65 67 21 12 1 2 1 1 3 2 11 13 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 43 FC034 Costume Incidents Loss $ Injured Dead 1974 1973 25 FC035 Bedding and Bed Linen January February March April May June July August September October November . December 1974 1973 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 20 20 100 29,850 34,000 25,338 7,000 18,000 200 1,600 1,600 7,800 7,600 8,425 141,513 71,013 FC036 January February March April May June August October December Mattress or Pillow 3,900 500 300 8,000 500 500 200 500 2,000 1974 10 16,400 1973 7 17,045 FC037 Upholstered Furniture 1 2 2 2 2 1 15 13 April May July August September December . 1974 1973 1 3 1 1 1 5 12 3,500 44,400 4,000 15,000 2,500 15,000 84,400 19,930 FC039 Unclassified January 1 February 2 June 1 July 1 August 1 October 1 November 3 December 1 1974 11 1973 17 15,000 25,300 500 200 1 500 2,400 50,000 93,900 180,015 2 10 Type of Fabric FO040 Unknown or Not Applicable January 27 February 35 March 13 April 26 May 14 June 17 July 18 August 21 September 18 October 17 November 26 December 35 1974 1973 277 303 1,273,064 805,365 208,950 846,295 46,700 307,650 346,600 173,675 1,055,190 136,405 1,332,910 4,039,600 10,572,404 5,859,740 24 22 12 22 14 12 14 13 12 10 16 24 195 221 13 13 1 4 5 4 8 6 7 10 11 82 82 FC041 Cotton January February March April May June July August October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 4 4 3 4 8 6 1 5 4 3 3 45 40 Loss $ 6,300 74,000 9,100 53,038 111,450 227,525 200 5,619 124,500 460 14,400 626,592 234,306 Injured Dead 30 29 FC042 Wool February _ 1 750 March 1 4,000 April 1 25,300 May 1 7,000 December 1 75 1974 - 5 37,125 1973 _ 5 41,550 FC043 Other Natural Fibre January 1 15,000 March 1 1,700 April 1 3,500 May 3 44,400 July 2 45,000 August 1 42,000 November 1 13,000 December 2 17,000 1974 1973 April .. 1974 1973 12 7 181,600 55,337 FC044 Rayon (Viscose) 1 7,500 1 1 7,500 1 4 33,460 3 2 3 1 1 3 1 2 15 11 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 5 2 FC045 Other Synthetic Fibre January April — ... June - . . August October November 1 1 2 3 1 1 800 2,000 3,400 32,450 2,500 7,500 1 _.- 3 1 1 1 1 1974 1973 9 11 48,650 123,175 7 8 2 3 FC046 Mixture Fibres February March April May — July August September October ... December 2 2 1 3 6 2 3 4 1 200 800 1,000 60,500 2,400 16,000 3,200 12,800 2,000 2 2 1 2 5 " 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 1974 1973 24 19 FC047 98,900 92,565 Rubber 14 14 10 5 February 2 335,500 2 1974 1973 2 335,500 2 D 44 BRITISH COLUMBIA January . February March April May June July October . 1974 .... 1973 .... FC049 Unclassified Incidents Loss Injure $ 1 100 1 3 54,300 1 3,300 1 1 2,250 1 1 17,000 2 12,500 , 2 200 2 2 2,600 1 13 92,250 6 22 476,105 14 Cause of Failure to Escape FC050 Unknown or Not Applicable January February March April May June July 25 772,010 15 August September ... October November _ December 1974 1973 FC051 I February .. April May July October December . 1974 1973 19 515,350 17 11 147,050 11 18 285,783 17 12 104,450 10 13 189,075 11 10 69,900 8 19 143,994 12 11 10,340 9 13 57,605 6 18 1,240,470 13 23 3,500,000 19 192 7,036,027 148 232 4,328,542 188 by Rapid Spread of F ire/S ?h Vertical Openings 4 61,010 1 6 487,800 6 4 46,900 1 1 35,000 1 1 7,000 3 31,000 3 19 668,710 12 41 1,028,315 26 10 1 2 2 2 7 2 7 5 4 44 44 7 15 FC052 Trapped by Rapid Spread of Fire/Smoke Through Horizontal Openings January _ February March April June July August October November December 1974 1973 1 3,900 6 92,000 1 2 54,500 1 2 27,000 _.. 3 91,500 1 12 287,000 11 1 42,000 4 186,500 3 37,500 2 8 452,750 5 42 1,274,650 21 21 197,903 6 FC053 High Flame Spread of Combustible Finish of Walls, Ceilings, or Floor January _ February March April May June August . September October November December . 1974 1973 1 15,000 3 358,500 2 1 500 1 1 7,500 1 3 17,000 2 2 35,000 1 50 2 1,000,000 1 5,000 1 4 34,000 2 1 200 1 20 1,472,750 10 10 650,500 1 1 5 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 3 21 15 10 9 March 1974 1973 FC054 Building Collapse Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ 3 19,500 3 19,500 3 30,000 1 FC055 Falling Debris February August 1974 _.. 1973 — 15,000 3,500 18,500 88,446 FC056 Explosion January 8 459,771 February 3 105,000 April 1 5,000 May 4 18,450 June 1 15,000 July 4 2,200 August 3 11,200 September 3 450 October .._ _. 3 5,100 1974 _.. 30 622,171 1973 _ 25 195,115 5 3 1 4 1 4 3 1 3 25 25 FC057 Exit Blocked or Obstructed by Fire April May June August September 1974 1973 20,000 1 30,000 250 1 29,000 1 36,000 115,250 3 76,500 4 FC058 Outdoor Fire (Includes Forest, Brush) July 1 1 1 _ 1 1974 1973 January .. February March April May June _ July 120 FC059 Unclassified August September October November December 1974 1973 _____ 9 11 4 7 6 7 1 6 3 6 6 7 73 67 44,583 123,255 6,300 107,800 70,250 220,250 300 40,000 11,600 17,600 41,900 89,125 772,963 320,797 9 6 3 3 4 3 3 2 4 3 1 41 39 5 1 4 2 4 1 3 1 2 3 6 32 Status of Casualty FC060 Unknown April ... June _ 1974 1973 12,000 250 12,250 2,000 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 45 FC061 Fire-fighter Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February _ April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 9 6 8 2 3 1 3 1 2 4 5 44 50 683,394 661,000 240,025 9,100 147,500 40,000 23,550 2,500 23,405 1,188,600 3,092,000 6,111,074 2,281,036 9 6 8 2 3 1 3 1 1 4 5 43 49 FC062 Civilian Incidents January 35 February 41 March 21 April 27 May 28 June 23 July 28 August 29 September 20 October 26 November 27 December 37 1974 1973 342 360 Loss $ 611,870 609,115 227,850 688,858 277,950 403,325 354,400 246,194 1,055,890 255,400 165,270 981,075 5,877,197 4,633,202 Injured Dead 20 25 19 21 19 13 23 17 11 13 16 24 221 247 15 16 2 6 9 10 5 12 9 13 11 13 121 113 FH Form of Heat FH000 Unknown or Not Applicable Heat January 212 2,246,411 3 5 February 164 2,606,326 9 3 March _ 186 2,555,029 5 1 April _... 179 1,078,014 _..„ 1 May _ 211 3,435,219 June 240 3,278,305 4 2 July 204 1,562,865 13 1 August 189 1,947,712 5 4 September 203 2,438,459 4 October 217 3,074,648 __ 1 November 156 1,497,906 10 3 December 150 3,055,195 7 3 1974 2,311 28,776,089 56 28 1973 __ 2,377 17,934,830 47 24 Sparks FH001 Ember January 37 February 18 March _ 18 April 27 May 27 June 32 July 17 August 17 September 13 October 21 November 15 December 11 1974 1973 253 364 80,003 72,302 33,645 544,362 344,438 285,865 117,859 181,870 78,423 138,552 67,797 26,350 1,971,466 2,973,239 FH002 Electrical January 100 February 68 March 82 April 83 May 107 June 94 July 95 August 108 September 112 October 89 November 106 December 98 1974 1973 1,142 1,015 591,058 4,533,105 281,560 159,383 335,936 303,609 597,050 658,444 395,310 270,922 246,424 672,684 9,045,485 4,853,454 1 4 15 1 4 __ 3 ""i 2 3 1 1 2 20 26 FH003 Static Electrical January February April May June _ July August September November December 1974 1973 3 2 6 3 4 6 2 2 2 3 33 22 4,350 30,200 16,800 1,450 200,250 3,600 500 400 400 14,700 272,650 90,852 FH004 Direct Flame January 135 786,167 February 65 476,025 March 103 232,413 April 131 742,603 May 150 1,184,552 June 154 896,945 July 123 1,242,024 August 126 898,891 September 148 1,421,249 October 175 1,281,639 November 133 840,659 December 141 991,757 1974 1,584 10,994,924 1973 1,525 10,981,505 January February .. March April May June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 4 8,650 5 6,485 5 710 4 425 5 8,085 8 5,175 7 6,275 4 3,091 3 1,977 5 773 6 369,523 9 6,750 65 417,919 76 350,955 4 5 8 16 1 7 3 3 1 5 1 5 5 1 1 7 5 2 2 1 2 71 31 84 37 FH005 Friction Heat D 46 BRITISH COLUMBIA FH006 Hot Object, Direct Heat by Conduction or Radiation Incidents Loss $ January 78 671,587 February 61 327,692 March 69 159,089 April 74 284,547 May 86 338,995 June 82 253,257 July 72 236,072 August 74 154,417 September 82 198,941 October. 74 233,897 November 81 299,692 December 78 502,152 1974 911 3,660,338 1973 952 3,400,155 Injured Dead 3 3 3 2 7 35 40 FH007 Spontaneous Ignition January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 ._ 10 5 3 6 10 8 4 13 4 10 4 11 75 103,829 1,546 46,500 76,325 14,249 65,600 7,300 106,288 3,450 58,862 2,500 86,260 572,709 4 500,729 1 1 3 1 " 1 1 1 1 9 14 FH008 Heat From Smokers' Material January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 67 70 66 76 76 98 74 98 95 66 67 67 920 998 Loss $ 186,870 227,449 156,751 282,813 1,006,698 335,020 793,885 418,171 230,287 267,427 797,799 315,448 5,018,618 3,218,853 Injured Dead 7 7 4 12 5 4 1 5 5 2 5 12 69 85 FH009 Unclassified January February .. March April May June July August September October November December 1974 5 6 1 5 4 1 1 1 3 7 2 5 41 28 1973 ... 21 76,384 1 1 12 102,214 4 21 113,333 13 85,634 15 222,603 1 20 38,818 1 24 416,713 3 1 28 101,474 18 252,227 18 175,689 15 440,550 14 86,345 9 i 219 2,111,984 4 213 1,405,594 — 1 FS Fire Service FS000 Unknown or Not Applicable January February March April May June July 1974 1973 421,098 1,313,078 280,236 223,040 403,194 551,414 404,710 482,485 878,127 762,768 144,378 302,684 6,167,212 4,496,503 16 24 FS001 Full-time Fire Department January .. February March April _ May June July August September _ October November _ December _ 1974 1973 ..... 224 161 222 218 298 283 245 228 260 278 231 231 2,879 2,616 1,618,810 4,954,983 1,697,380 895,517 1,760,841 1,130,298 1,707,093 1,358,002 1,132,451 1,872,106 604,875 994,441 19,726,797 13,152,725 19 20 11 21 13 9 19 11 9 12 160 180 7 11 6 5 1 4 1 5 2 5 2 5 4 4 44 52 FS002 Volunteer Fire Department January 94 February 67 March 68 April 64 May 86 June 96 July 85 August 76 September 98 October 102 November 89 December _ 97 1974 1973 1,022 988 872,924 1 3 844,401 1 1 568,098 1 435,203 2 1 1,738,368 2 1 2,807,303 3 4 1,636,702 4 1 698,318 2 3 1,553,768 2 913,317 1 2 1,219,027 _. 1,946,400 7 4 15,233,829 24 22 13,226,396 25 29 FS003 Combined Full-time and Volunteer Fire Department January February March April May June July August September . October November . December 1974 1973 121 69 108 126 111 132 108 128 101 96 96 112 1,308 1,181 849,650 873,294 820,275 1,231,174 2,746,736 670,229 849,063 1,398,854 959,807 1,059,764 1,603,245 1,238,776 14,300,567 8,864,164 6 6 3 8 3 2 1 4 1 4 9 9 56 59 1 4 3 5 2 2 28 14 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 47 FS004 Police Acting as Full-time Fire-fighters Incidents Loss Injured Dead September November December 1974 1973 3,000 225 2,800 6,025 3,554 FS005 Combined Police and Fire Department March April May June July September October November . December 1974 1973 3 1 4 3 2 2 2 4 2 23 19 2,522 300 1,435 6,200 250 9,022 15,000 16,150 59 50,938 156,618 FS006 January February _ April May July October December . Combined Police and Volunteer Fire-fighters 1974 1973 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 11 13 18,000 2,000 11,925 5,000 2,500 2,500 41,925 73,375 FS007 Fire Service—Contract to Others Incidents Loss Injured Dead January May June September _ October 1974 1973 7,000 32,100 20,000 42,000 100 101,200 158,345 FS008 No Fire Service January 30 654,854 February ..._ 22 310,805 March 19 170,346 April 24 217,395 May _ 17 169,057 June 34 372,300 July 22 252,025 August 32 413,812 September 22 337,000 October 28 323,894 November 24 364,050 December _ 27 1,257,481 1974 1973 301 287 4,843,019 4,524,539 FS009 Unclassified January _ February March April May . June July August September October November December 1974 1973 6 5 5 2 3 6 7 7 10 5 3 1 60 47 312,973 84,783 40,173 256,352 35,494 105,100 131,300 119,687 105,548 555,460 611,300 12,500 2,370,670 1,053,947 12 9 19 8 FU Fuel or Energy fuooo Unknown or Not Applicable July August 72 57 1,218,906 887,950 1 January 182 1,947,846 4 3 September 87 871,855 February 144 1,631,996 4 October 125 726,797 2 2 March . . 156 2,314,706 5 1 November 93 917,769 — 1 April May 164 1,076,023 2 December . 92 1,428,852 1 1 June 213 1,656,409 3 1974 1,018 10,525,582 19 6 July 178 1,485,663 12 1 1973 . 1,194 10,614,105 35 24 August 165 1,665,370 1 4 September 164 2,212,940 2 FU002 Fuel Oil October . 194 2,557,977 1 1 November ~ 133 1,051,196 10 3 34 270,745 3 1 December 133 2,022,342 7 4 February . 16 149,101 5 20 73,863 1974 2,044 23,155,850 49 19 17 172,820 1973 ... . 2,198 16,566,559 46 29 May 20 137,820 5 3 8 82,230 July 11 116,450 FU001 Coal, Wood August .. 8 80,019 September 14 117,113 January 97 426,976 3 October 23 383,026 2 February 54 735,999 2 1 November 22 272,743 March April 68 85 335,253 857,801 —j December 16 221,030 May 89 1,075,238 3 . 1974 . 209 2,076,960 8 11 June 99 1,042,186 1 1973 . . 221 2,315,459 8 5 D 48 BRITISH COLUMBIA FU003 Gasoline Incidents Loss Injured Dead Loss Injured Dead May 77 1,017,598 5 4 $ June 105 358,250 5 3 January February _ 62 58 288,407 360,119 July 76 259,510 2 1 August 107 407,478 6 1 March 67 117,953 1 September .. 96 216,017 5 3 April 84 175,553 4 October 78 247,303 6 7 May 89 180,271 2 1 November _ 75 831,179 5 3 June . 130 521,976 1 2 2 December _ 68 375,323 12 6 July _ 144 1,003,631 August 133 177,385 4 3 1974 986 4,499,739 79 45 September 144 473,262 3 3 1973 . 1,063 3,201,774 95 35 October 89 800,459 November December . 81 84 168,223 179,995 3 25 3 21 January FU007 112 Electricity 695,820 5 1974 .. . .. 1,165 4,447,234 1973 . . 911 1,847,260 24 2 February , 71 498,879 8 March 89 298,193 2 April 98 405,675 2 1 FU004 Natural Gas May 111 409,032 3 June 94 851,614 3 2 January 18 99,769 4 July .. 88 326,841 1 February _ 5 20,369 August 103 722,646 4 March 13 17,866 September _ ___ 94 660,713 3 April 8 16,468 1 October _. 91 434,605 2 May - 10 12,889 November 121 375,001 2 June 11 36,033 2 December _ 111 945,848 9 2 July 2 6,000 1 August 7 156,750 1 1 1974 . 1,183 6,624,867 43 6 September . ... 5 49,150 1973 1,105 4,043,659 33 8 October 10 43,464 November 9 88,500 December . 9 107 140,718 9 1 January FU008 1 Lightning 42 1974 . 687,976 1973 104 2,282,853 16 4 May 1 300 June 2. 4,600 .— FU005 Propane August October - 1 1 6,000 50 —■ January ... 24 14 469,914 162,157 2 6 December 1 5,000 — February ■ March — 21 93,295 6 1974 . _ 7 15,992 April 10 58,238 2 1973 9 10,557 May 12 31,356 1 — June .. . July . . _. 9 9 291,650 53,715 1 — FU009 Unclassified August September October 15 8 10 62,175 6,850 41,862 3 1 3 — January February 63 37 44 390,027 4,613,916 158,026 1 1 1 1 1 November . 10 73,533 — — 49 267,693 1 1 December . 16 41,875 — — May 63 494,339 3 1 69 817,896 2 2 1974 158 135 1,386,620 689,442 25 15 ~3 July . .. 46 512,927 305,085 2 1 1973 .. August 63 3 September . 68 412,823 1 FU006 Smokers' Material October 54 266,866 2 November . 41 785,106 1 January February . 74 71 165,763 210,808 7 10 4 7 December _ 52 396,658 March 75 169,875 4 1 1974 649 9,421,362 12 13 April 84 240,635 12 5 1973 677 4,138,498 26 6 GC General Construction GC000 General Construction January February March April May June 253 193 220 262 325 347 724,792 1,360,539 461,060 317,776 589,732 761,811 July August __ September October November December 1974 1973 299 328 357 291 241 219 3,335 3,400 718,009 813,242 1,127,397 1,366,133 312,085 696,454 9,249,030 6,036,067 6 3 2 1 4 1 31 25 3 3 3 1 5 1 22 6 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 49 GC001 Combustible Construction With Fire-resistance Rating Less Than % Hour Incidents Loss Injured Dead January _ February March April May June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 241 168 200 213 235 254 192 210 197 268 248 229 2,655 2,662 2,330,104 1,524,595 2,106,784 1,646,306 5,380,236 2,132,465 3,001,937 2,707,790 2,639,248 2,668,800 1,828,698 2,913,766 30,880,729 18,668,350 22 8 9 18 10 11 15 10 4 10 10 18 145 172 5 7 1 5 4 3 2 6 4 9 3 9 58 85 GC002 Combustible Construction With Fire-resistance Rating 44 Hour or Over January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 90 61 58 67 63 70 52 55 38 44 50 57 705 678 399,554 309,711 288,394 376,782 286,285 1,540,349 220,592 348,964 392,208 646,974 793,239 863,207 6,466,259 5,285,098 6 10 5 4 4 1 3 5 3 1 4 9 55 43 1 1 2 25 11 GC003 Heavy Timber Construction January 7 600,744 February 3 65,625 March 12 35,070 April 8 420,495 May 5 37,315 June 9 73,680 July . 9 66,924 , August 6 169,350 September 9 33,196 October 11 103,362 1 November 7 677,673 1 December 6 99,025 . — 1974 i 92 2,382,459 2 1973 115 3,767,710 1 4 GC004 Noncombustible Construction With Fire-resistance Rating of Less Than 1 Hour January .. February March April May June July Incidents 6 10 6 2 3 August September October November December 1964 1973 15 12 5 4 4 83 149 Loss Injured Dead $ 39,966 1 435,578 6 104,100 160,000 6 176,080 126,220 1 292,040 47,437 1 43,950 2 975 1 63,460 2,642 — 1,492,448 18 1,779,364 7 2 GC005 Noncombustible Construction With Fire-resistance Rating of 1 Hour or Over January February March .. April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 31 15 28 17 28 17 23 10 20 17 14 25 245 282 61,460 4,483,425 83,486 33,295 1 1 179,620 2 1 34,360 46,496 88,773 1 77,680 407,920 31,370 2 1 57,390 — 5,585,275 6 3 5,011,095 29 1 GC009 Unclassified January .... 39 598,689 February _ 20 203,871 March 29 500,136 April 30 316,252 May 31 242,957 June 35 993,959 July 43 637,645 August 35 295,302 September 47 707,044 October 39 308,245 November 21 856,725 December 42 1,125,157 1974 411 6,785,982 1973 331 5,162,482 3 4 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 _..„ 1 2 1 1 14 12 21 7 GF Ground Floor Area GF000 Unknown or Not Applicable January ... February March April May June 256 195 216 265 342 363 320 340 July August September 387 October 300 November 253 December 233 1974 1973 3,470 3,560 1,014,727 1,717,813 487,920 429,857 1,886,547 829,427 1,321,534 743,376 1,497,134 986,163 534,649 554,204 12,003,351 8,330,839 6 2 1 2 5 6 4 2 2 4 1 35 48 1 1 3 2 3 1 5 1 22 GF001 0-999 Square Feet January 122 693,765 February 97 506,134 March - 97 343,373 April 109 426,329 May _ 108 371,633 June _ 102 600,343 July 89 412,466 August — 102 555,593 September 85 981,660 October 127 701,368 November 106 559,786 December 102 750,190 1974 1,246 6,902,640 1973 1,374 5,603,779 6 10 5 6 6 5 2 6 7 1 4 2 1 5 4 2 1 4 7 3 2 5 6 50 50 53 47 D 50 BRITISH COLUMBIA GF002 1,000-4,999 Square Feet Incidents Loss $ January 200 1,408,803 February 127 1,299,168 March 159 2,024,862 April 159 1,553,049 May 170 1,720,717 June 182 1,437,217 July 138 1,169,716 August 151 1,787,662 September 146 1,202,517 October 178 2,015,955 November 162 2,782,691 December 168 1,624,504 1974 1,940 20,026,861 1973 1,780 12,328,772 Injured Dead 14 15 8 12 10 8 15 8 5 7 11 17 130 114 GF003 5,000-9,999 Square Feet January _ February ~ March April May June _ July August .— September October November December 1974 1973 . 45 23 34 29 39 39 31 34 33 32 37 32 408 419 634,500 263,016 510,840 473,779 282,557 852,902 1,033,466 1,090,425 309,910 560,050 528,325 1,533,160 8,072,930 7,344,671 5 2 2 8 3 2 3 1 2 4 34 36 2 1 2 1 4 3 2 1 6 30 45 10 12 GF04 10,000-24,999 Square Feet January _. 30 618,204 4 February 14 137,538 2 March - 29 107,375 1 2 April 20 358,110 4 2 May 16 1,306,731 1 June 33 1,524,830 July 28 902,756 1 August 17 86,766 2 September 21 1,011,321 _.._ 2 October 23 664,898 November 12 64,404 _ December 29 1,129,132 1 1974 . 272 7,912,065 16 6 1973 308 3,701,005 35 4 GF005 25,000-49,999 Square Feet January 5 361,900 February 4 22,950 March 10 67,014 April 11 6,812 May 8 310,440 June 12 376,580 July 9 48,605 August 8 204,691 September 2 3,000 Incidents October 5 November 6 December 10 1974 90 1973 _.... 77 Loss Injured Dead 38,242 8,685 152,751 1,601,670 5,086,974 GF006 50,000-99,999 Square Feet January . February March April May ._ June July August September October _ November . December . 1974 1973 5 6 4 4 3 5 7 2 1 4 5 3 49 41 2,510 4,434,398 26,635 22,370 1,001,000 34,145 24,050 1,300 368 33,200 29,050 7,250 5,616,276 1,936,640 GF007 100,000-49,999 Square Feet January March ~ May June July August September October November December 1974 _ 1973 1 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 2 17 23 100 4,700 1,000 400 1,550 250 2,050 65 55,060 1,950 67,125 1,054,757 GF008 500,000 Square Feet and Over January February ... May September. December . 1974 1973 20,000 100 1 2,000 1,000 3,500 26,600 1 97,784 GF009 Unclassified January 2 800 February _. 3 2,227 March _ 2 6,311 April 2 600 May 2 9,600 June _. 1 7,000 July 3 69,500 August 3 795 September 2 11,763 October 5 502,468 November 2 600 December 1 1,000 1974 _. 28 612,664 1973 29 224,945 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 51 IN Incident IN000 Unknown or Not Applicable Incidents Loss $ January 130 392,023 February 105 1,233,929 March 90 215,721 April 128 278,721 May _ _. 141 419,619 June 163 494,767 July 150 415,313 August 180 591,188 September. 177 911,559 October ..._ 138 585,028 November 125 246,173 December Ill 406,328 1974 _. 1,638 6,190,369 1973 _. 1,399 3,378,387 IN001 Fire Injured Dead January 515 February _. 347 March 453 April _ 451 May 534 June _. 558 July 466 August _. 463 September 472 October 520 November 440 December 456 1974 1973 5,675 6,007 3,945,342 7,008,487 3,353,086 2,888,180 6,401,931 4,899,016 4,516,454 3,818,501 3,981,709 4,374,070 4,215,720 5,307,707 54,710,203 41,552,506 15 8 29 28 16 31 18 14 19 16 7 14 17 27 236 279 10 2 14 14 2 7 5 9 4 10 7 14 5 13 104 107 IN002 Overpressure Rupture or Explosive Charge (No Combustion) January 2 960 — February 2 1,948 March :... 1 6,500 3 April _ 1 1,800 June 1 — — August _ 1 200 — — September 1 250 1 — November 2 13,000 1974 11 24,658 4 1973 _. 9 16,873 IN003 Rescue February ... March _ June August September . November . December . 1974 1973 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 11 6 10,500 320 200,000 750 1,700 34,500 247,770 2,630 IN004 Hazardous Condition January April May _. June July August September October December 1974 1973 1 2 1 3 3 4 6 3 2 25 39 350,000 72,800 30,000 55,800 32,000 28,675 2,495 2,400 450 574,620 238,249 IN005 Gas Leak January . February ... April May June July August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ 4 34,508 4 26,302 4 7,000 2 2,700 1 2,000 3 19,800 1 20,000 8 98,950 3 526,100 2 41,597 5 27,700 — _.... 37 806,657 28 183,116 6 1 IN006 Public Service Call January May July September . October . November . 1974 1973 300 300 IN007 Alarm, No Fire January 5 1,090 February 2 50 March 3 1,250 April _ 3 897 May 2 230 June _. 9 5,385 July 2 76 August _. 1 200 September 3 2,920 October 2 1,050 November 6 60 December 2 2,450 1974 _. 40 15,658 1973 -. 32 4,643 1 1 IN008 False Alarm, Malicious or Mischievous September . October November . 1974 1973 100 500 3,000 3,600 2,000 IN009 Unclassified January 9 31,386 February 9 102,128 March 5 2,153 April 10 21,508 May 8 37,445 June 4 5,876 July 1 _ August _. 6 11,344 September 8 21,040 October 6 13,261 November 5 9,200 December 5 13,006 1974 _. 76 268,347 1973 _. 93 331,762 D 52 BRITISH COLUMBIA LI Date of Last Inspection LI000 Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead January ~ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 273 170 185 218 212 244 195 234 248 209 171 162 2,521 2,870 1,426,546 1,863,518 535,498 1,258,203 3,032,120 927,184 525,960 838,315 1,752,849 1,158,394 1,122,591 1,728,429 16,169,607 13,513,417 6 11 6 6 4 3 5 1 3 3 4 4 56 80 LI001 Less Than 30 Days January 18 February 7 March 23 April _ 22 May 18 June _ 20 July 17 August _. 11 September 18 October 14 November 17 December 25 1974 1973 210 271 482,475 18,975 161,490 168,005 99,148 876,711 649,289 255,975 7,985 520,580 754,745 312,892 4,308,270 4,911,803 LI002 31 to 60 Days January — February March April May June — July August — September October November December 1974 1973 14 17 18 16 17 26 22 31 24 27 21 21 254 272 11,389 101,719 86,964 198,924 371,786 216,830 363,027 132,647 1,069,015 534,490 42,857 1,084,785 4,214,433 3,994,547 11 16 23 24 LI003 61 to 90 Days 7 9 ~2 5 4 1 1 3 9 7 4 52 48 1 1 1 1 1 ~2 ZZ _-. ___ 5 ~ 2 8 1 1 i 2 1 2 2 2 4 1 LI004 91 to 180 Days Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February March April May June July August September . October November December 27 26 30 14 21 27 21 12 20 32 30 22 S 487,898 113,907 1,161,692 79,002 841,758 394,425 596,095 113,541 225,582 538,207 340,773 604,058 1974 1973 282 222 LI005 6 to 12 Months January _ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 22 10 10 15 14 30 18 29 14 13 10 14 199 161 200,510 341,758 244,800 51,381 122,946 977,475 298,441 651,672 119,484 191,330 558,725 151,895 3,910,417 2,312,855 LI006 13 to 24 Months January __ February _ March April May June July August September . October — November . December .. 1974 _ 1973 58 72 22,969 225,105 11,430 177,662 101,050 209,900 9,750 237,300 9,000 215,000 478,374 150 1,697,690 1,211,379 5,496,938 19 6 3,536,830 10 1 2 1 8 11 LI007 25 to 36 Months January 21 746,939 3 February 14 319,448 5 March 29 108,045 1 January . 1 250 April 36 470,656 2 February 1 4,432,000 May 43 1,205,838 4 1 March 5 49,597 June 41 758,880 1 April 4 61,251 July 24 488,890 10 May 4 52,191 August _ — 28 879,993 June. 1 13,500 . September 32 352,667 July 2 42,000 October 28 1,020,002 1 October 2 92,000 November .. 18 242,850 November 1 200 December 23 82,590 December 2 46,000 1974 337 6,676,798 27 2 1974 23 4,788,989 1973 211 3,457,039 18 3 1973 33 697,039 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 53 LI008 Over 36 Months Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February March April May . June July August , September October November December 1974 1973 11 4 7 7 10 6 6 8 4 7 5 5 80 106 110,310 57,412 93,560 33,000 50,665 66,450 92,600 100,700 369,847 67,900 63,198 49,300 1,154,942 1,058,771 2 LI009 Not Applicable January February . March April May June July August September October _ November . December . 1974 1973 ncidents Loss $ 1,266,023 Injured Dead 276 16 8 212 909,502 10 5 241 1,125,954 7 264 772,822 11 2 344 1,014,723 12 3 340 1,221,489 12 2 317 1,917,591 5 3 302 1,260,715 12 10 319 1,114,294 7 4 336 1,164,506 9 4 307 958,937 8 2 304 1,697,542 10 6 3,562 14,424,098 119 49 3,399 11,016,486 128 52 LV Level of Origin LV000 Unknown or Not Applicable I LV003 Ground Floor, Grade Level January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 256 194 218 261 333 361 316 335 374 298 254 223 3,423 3,462 730,587 1,405,723 502,417 686,357 1,312,773 807,264 938,123 834,543 1,427,135 1,559,042 1,036,105 1,501,104 12,741,173 8,556,263 3 2 1 2 4 6 3 2 2 8 4 38 40 1 1 3 2 4 3 5 1 25 12 LV001 Easement, Sub-basement January February March April May June July August September _ October November _ December _ 1974 1973 62 45 42 40 38 28 27 38 35 42 40 54 491 503 965,272 342,959 208,601 253,776 648,664 189,057 196,767 397,671 125,959 1,052,966 267,902 1,177,131 5,826,725 2,957,514 9 1 7 2 2 3 2 1 10 3 2 3 2 1 42 28 6 12 LV002 Crawl Space Under Structure January February March April May June July August September _ October November _ December _ 1974 1974 8 182,270 4 46,354 6 106,208 3 6 20,415 5 12,250 6 33,175 1 40,000 4 1,650 2 44,448 4 3,250 5 115,574 3 21,500 54 627,094 3 77 923,237 5 January _ February March April May June July August September _ October November December .... 1974 1973 259 2,411,594 16 8 157 5,794,829 10 11 198 1,284,825 8 210 1,705,897 14 5 223 4,626,196 16 6 242 3,314,721 9 6 190 2,617,771 4 2 205 2,816,414 10 5 194 2,569,166 2 3 259 1,876,654 6 7 211 1,777,258 5 3 213 2,393,068 11 111 10 2,561 33,188,393 66 2,493 22,647,273 129 69 LV004 2nd Storey January _ February March April May June July August September October November . December 1974 1973 40 48 44 45 45 48 46 41 37 38 37 49 518 476 282,272 1 1 453,982 10 1 1,290,871 3 1 234,841 5 1 66,307 2 1 1,082,065 2 1 240,109 2 148,752 3 2 605.581 2 2 401,940 2 1 217,638 1 1 157,059 8 2 5,181,417 41 14 3,677,700 35 9 LV005 3rd Storey January February . March April May June July August September October ._ November December 1974 1973 16 101,140 3 1 8 295,525 17 54,900 1 12 11,555 3 15 53,196 18 68,347 1 2 8 53,200 1 8 43,360 3 7 6,711 2 7 92,225 3 10 19,395 2 1 11 348,706 2 — 137 1,148,260 18 7 169 1,954,221 21 6 D 54 BRITISH COLUMBIA LV006 4th to 12th Storey, Inclusive January _ February March April May June July August September October Incidents 6 3 10 7 4 8 7 3 November December 1974 1973 81 97 Loss $ 1,771 600 81,478 155,095 1,430 1,520 18,730 2,360 4,275 14,125 412,028 18,135 711,547 1,348,768 Injured Dead 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 14 23 LV007 Over 12 Storeys May June July August September October _. December 1974 __ 1973 -.. 2 17,300 1 100 1 225 1 100 2 33,200 2 350,500 1 25 0 401,450 9 8,040 LV008 Roof Level January February ... March April May June July .... August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 January . February ... March _ April May June July ._. August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 Incidents 12 4 11 2 11 17 18 8 10 9 7 117 742,921 152 1,645,071 LV009 Unclassified 7 7 16 14 11 12 16 11 8 13 11 134 179 40,276 36,326 13,155 169,470 140,545 113,020 840,800 50,100 21,020 96,465 690,550 61,475 2,273,202 1,992,079 Loss Injured Dead $ 40,127 7,046 36,575 33,500 13,564 53,575 37,918 175,908 183,228 55,242 26,800 79,438 MF Manual Fire Protection Facilities MF000 Unknown or Not Applicable January 518 2,758,894 20 15 January 5 2,575 February 368 2,568,118 19 13 February 1 8,941 March ... 412 2,367,653 9 March 5 10,710 April 483 1,729,381 15 3 April 4 105,503 May 562 2,948,819 17 8 May 3 56,015 June 582 2,185,146 14 5 June 4 130,600 July 510 2,577,855 12 4 July 1 60,000 August 543 2,633,731 12 12 August 5 60,290 1 September 557 2,711,981 9 7 September 2 6,000 October 546 2,357,885 11 9 October 4 41,360 November 460 2,188,411 14 8 November 2 2,700 December ... 441 3,246,323 14 166 10 94 December 1974 3 39 10,600 1974 . 5,982 30,274,197 495,294 1 1973 . 6,050 20,326,875 187 96 1973 62 2,938,532 4 MF001 Extinguishers, Standpipe System, and Manual Fire-alarm System January 28 630,892 February _. 18 322,225 March 33 78,078 April 25 277,551 May 22 1,044,430 June _. 18 53,072 July 33 911,965 August _. 21 143,897 September 23 39,405 October 14 861,630 November 17 100,830 December 38 487,382 1974 _ 290 4,951,357 1973 252 3,637,687 2 1 2 1 1 3 21 27 MF002 Extinguishers and Standpipe System MF003 Extinguishers and Manual Fire-alarm System January 32 294,713 February 30 4,484,260 March _ 21 135,594 April 32 355,736 May 20 902,663 June _. 35 822,052 July 17 146,077 August _. 21 177,080 September 22 909,072 October 22 285,410 November 22 36,410 December 17 1,049,091 1974 291 9,598,158 1973 274 4,371,044 1 3 1 3 3 1 10 3 33 9 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 55 MF004 Extinguishers Incidents Loss $ January 42 644,858 February _. 32 947,337 March 43 780,423 April 30 736,390 May 47 1,782,292 June 52 1,996,134 July _. 32 929,070 August 40 1,188,929 September 36 919,494 October 43 1,598,789 November 40 1,371,217 December 45 668,555 1974 _. 482 13,563,488 1973 458 11,282,194 Injured Dead 3 5 18 24 MF005 January ~ February March . April May June July Standpipe System and Manual Fire-alarm System August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 4 6 4 7 10 2 5 2 4 61 99 6,682 15,075 10,470 475 1,978 9,940 200 2,375 100 90,600 176,625 2,120 316,640 213,562 MF006 Standpipe System January May July August - 75 35,629 35,780 1,200 September . October November . December . 1974 1973 ....... Incidents 2 3 1 5 17 20 Loss $ 19,000 5,525 3,000 2,382 102,591 157,615 Injured Dead MF007 Manual Fire-alarm System January 17 37,916 3 February 7 12,463 2 March 19 69,025 4 April 11 36,161 1 May 11 39,255 1 June _. 18 108,315 1 July 13 46,796 August 10 79,769 September 19 11,332 1 October November December 20 17 12 174 156 29,210 35,853 43,050 1 1 2 17 27 1 1 1 1974 1973 549,145 825,432 7 7 MF009 Unclassified January February March _ April May _ 20 10 14 10 15 21 378,704 24,925 127,077 29,709 81,144 357,585 275,900 183,587 404,339 232,000 648,204 248,138 2 4 1 ~i l 9 11 ~i July August September October November December 17 13 17 19 18 16 190 246 l i 1974 1973 . 2,991,312 1,957,225 3 4 MI Material First Ignited January — Stru M10 -Jural < 00 Fin 79 49 40 53 53 50 35 37 45 37 33 28 539 867 Roof t 7 2 3 5 Components ish Materials 259,122 1,085,378 114,132 113,087 241,604 228,054 72,442 262,391 554,276 149,239 63,014 3 89,619 March — May June July August .— September i November December M1001 2 1 1974 1973 January . March 3,232,358 3 1,695,255 4 Covering—Wood 2,587 1,100 1,300 4,290 4 May June July August _. September October December 12 3 5 8 5 1 51 63 28,350 4,550 149,350 24,050 27,450 100 1974 . 1973 . 243,127 118,017 M1002 Roof Covering- -Other Than Wood January March 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 11 15 25 900 May _ June July August October 500 5,200 1,650 100 1,200 1974 1973 . 9,575 91,132 D 56 BRITISH COLUMBIA M1003 Exterior Wall Covering, Surface, Finish Incidents Loss Injured Dead January April May June July August . September . October November . December . 1974 1973 1 3 4 6 5 4 2 2 4 5 36 50 $ 41,913 3,400 50,000 84,400 16,005 51,025 225 100 44,750 13,375 1 305,193 466,409 MI004 Exterior Trim and Appurtenance July August . September October _ November December 1974 1973 1 150 2 410 1 80 3 335 1 100 1 200 9 1,275 9 23,015 MI005 Floor Covering—Wood January February . March April May June September December 1974 1973 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 10 21 400 2,800 800 1,600 12,000 3,000 700 250 21,550 175,010 MI006 Floor Covering—Linoleum, Tile, Plastic January — February . April . May June October _ November December 1974 1973 3,085 10,000 150 9,466 120 3,782 36,650 11,500 74,753 354,774 4 2 ~2 8 1 MI007 Floor Covering—Carpet, Rug January _ February March April May June July August September October _ November December 1974 1973 63 83 6,307 10,204 3,973 71,074 4,401 1,875 525 4,312 227 3,220 269,749 465,692 841,559 112,352 M1008 Structural Component—Floor, Ceiling, Roof January February March April May June July August September October November _ December Incidents 10 4 5 2 6 4 2 3 1 8 5 7 1974 1973 57 52 Loss $ 21,400 56,941 21,625 12,200 1,038,450 10,000 6,050 205,000 10,000 22,200 2,465 37,270 1,443,601 3 440,644 1 Injured Dead 3 MI009 Structural Component—Wall January .. February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 11 2 5 3 6 1 1 1 1 1 2 6 40 57 71,889 13,025 26,300 20,218 30,800 500 400 300 1,000 19,000 3,224 106,602 293,258 173,164 1 MI010 Interior Wall Covering—Wood, Fibreboard (High Density) January February . March April May June July _ August September October _. November December 16 124,992 10 67,650 10 41,410 6 13,731 9 42,129 1 500 9 35,475 3 10,500 5 77,948 13 259,085 11 50,765 15 119,765 1974 1973 108 117 843,950 594,314 MI011 January _ February March May June July Interior Wall Covering—Fibreboard (Low Density) August September October _ November 1974 1973 4 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 2 19 29 8,920 3,500 5,250 500 4,500 45,434 900 500 25,000 30,500 125.004 183,057 February October 1974 _ 1973 _ MI012 Interior Wall Covering—Plastic 1 6,000 6,000 530 r REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 57 MI013 Ceiling Covering—Wood, Fibreboard (High Density) Incidents Loss Injured Dead January _ February March May June July September October November . December _ 1974 1973 $ 4 12,728 2 50,000 1 9,000 3 16,000 1 2,000 1 100 1 10 2 19,075 1 400 3 18,540 19 127,853 21 129,324 MI014 Ceiling Covering—Fibreboard (Low Density) January February April September October December 1974 1973 17,050 13,547 400 175 25 26,000 57.197 31,080 MI015 Ceiling Covering—Plastic February 1 2,000 __ 1974 1973 2,000 26,240 M1016 Insulation—Wood, Wood Product April June September October December 1974 1973 . 1,500 3,000 800 5,350 16,688 27,338 43,905 MI017 Insulation—Plastic June August . September December . 1974 1973 1 1 1,575 500 4 2 7,074 509 8 6 9,658 56,135 MI019 Unclassified or Unknown MI018 Insulation—Mineral January _ _„. February _ _. March April May June July September October November _ December 1974 1973 4 1 3 2 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 23 14 5,276 2,848 5,100 80 3,700 200 18,000 250 8,587 636 3,000 47,677 88,712 January _ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 19 14 22 15 16 13 21 17 19 25 14 22 217 211 Loss Injured Dead $ 217,710 _ 238.992 4 1 177,920 3 208,119 524,805 759,243 149,225 155,400 222,935 235,464 1 62,827 440,199 3,410,839 7 1,905,061 6 Furniture MI021 Upholstered January _ February . March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 30 25 24 39 37 41 27 40 31 31 39 28 392 416 73,065 65,357 94,565 142,040 92,425 151,743 44,925 181,394 28,259 78,467 125,179 100,915 1,178,334 1,095,995 21 37 MI022 Wood (Not Upholstered) January February .. March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 3 4,544 7 9 3 1,500 22,098 161 1 150 3 2 2,590 99 5 5 10,763 404 2 5 2 18,000 7,718 1,700 52 70 69,727 70,181 MI023 Plastic (Not Upholstered) March September November . 2 1 1 4 3 31,088 2,000 1,800 1974 1973 34,888 11.900 MI024 Ironing-board January May October 1974 1973 1 300 1 200 1 125 3 625 3 31,040 16 20 D 58 MI025 Mattress Incidents Loss $ January 14 89,227 February 13 24,138 March 9 1,250 April 10 58,721 May 13 21,485 June 15 19,688 July 10 1,679 August 10 26,755 September 6 9,750 October 14 80,158 November 20 58,041 December 15 27,450 1974 149 418,342 1973 156 256,275 MI026 Bedding January 40 169,693 February 22 44,118 March 32 124,103 April 34 88,685 May 34 64,021 June 47 223,403 July . 28 45,233 August 28 46,968 September 28 35,313 October 25 35,731 November 26 61,773 December 22 120,048 BRITISH C Injured Dead 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 14 9 7 3 2 1 2 3 3 1 5 2 2 1 3 1 4 3 3 3 1 1 31 10 51 8 3 2 h ■>wn 1 9 3 9 4 9 6 :OLUMBIA Clothing MI030 Textiles Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ November 1 600 1974 1 600 1973 MI031 Cotton, on a Person March 1 15 April 1 70 May 1 18,000 1 August .... 1 30 October 3 5 2 November 1 2,133 _ December 1 300 .. . 1 1974 . 9 20,553 1 3 1973 . 7 24,448 ... 1 MI032 Wool, on a Person April 2 531 1974 2 531 1973 2 8 2 MI033 Synthetic Fibre, on a Person February 2 78 June 1 9,000 October 1 2,500 1 1974 366 1,059,089 1973 . 372 1,147,660 MI027 Drapery January ... 4 2,980 February 4 12,318 March . 6 1,407 April 2 7,992 May 5 560 June 2 509 July 5 18,860 August 4 3,800 September 3 92,436 October 1 1,000 November 4 14,950 December 4 29,401 1974 4 11,578 1 1973 4 1,551 1 Fabrics MI034 Cotton January 5 850 February . 2 800 March 5 1,670 April 1 200 May 6 2,340 June 12 3,990 1 July 2 380 August 4 7,027 September 8 3,425 October ._ 7 2,980 1 November 4 5,250 3 December 7 18,244 1974 . 44 186,213 1973 . 35 105,561 MI028 Broom, Mop, Brus April .. 2 200 1974 . 63 42,156 ... 3 1973 55 79,696 M1035 Wool January 3 15,539 .... 1 March 1 14,000 April 1 1,000 July ... 1 150 June 1 15 August 1 100 1974 4 315 1973 11 8,449 MI029 Unclassified or Unkn January 8 61,418 February 3 240 March 5 29,553 April 8 47,840 May 7 50,759 1974 . 6 30,689 .... 1 1973 12 168,876 2 M1036 Synthetic Fibre January 2 2,575 February 5 42,251 March 10 5,775 April 4 710 May. ... 2 2,640 June 2 1,700 July 4 46,700 August . 1 58 September 2 800 October 3 28,025 November 3 4,460 December 5 10,906 June 6 110,376 July . . 8 26,810 August 5 4,775 September 13 150,475 October 8 8,493 November 7 88,400 December 16 112,566 1974 . 94 691,705 1973 128 650,198 1974 43 146,600 1973 39 70,019 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 59 M1037 Fur January February ... March April May July September . October November . December . 1974 1973 Incidents 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 15 14 Loss $ 500 20,000 8,000 3,000 75 3,800 Injured Dead 4,500 250 40,125 5,781 M1038 Tarpaulin January „ February March May . September . 1974 250 10,000 8,050 400 1973 . 18,700 30,335 M1039 Unclassified or Unknown January 12 55,427 February 11 20,897 March 12 48,959 April 14 54,492 May 8 30,509 June 9 27,252 July 10 40,350 August 15 22,891 September 11 63,967 October 6 13,776 _ November 5 8,375 December 6 12,435 _ 1974 119 399,330 1973 144 445,241 1 MI041 Wood January 3 1,055 February 1 15,625 March 1 2,000 May 1 9,300 June 1 50 July 3 2,975 August 3 3,700 September 1 1,000 October 6 42,305 December 1 5,500 1974 1973 21 25 83,510 69,907 M1042 Wood Shavings January 6 69,600 February _. 1 5,530 March . 5 63,335 April 5 266,652 May 4 80,878 June _. 5 512,100 July 7 134,154 August 6 59,200 September 5 40,602 October 1 50 November 2 12,200 December 3 28,500 1974 _. 50 1,272,801 1973 _. 72 789,812 Paper M1044 Packing Material Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 1 3,300 February 300 April _ 1 17,691 May 1 5,885 June 2 78,109 July 1 480,000 August 3 100,200 September 1 368 October 1 46,255 December 4 20,000 1974 _. 16 752,108 1973 „. 9 126,530 1 M1045 Paper Decoration March 1 500 July 1 2,800 December 1 9,500 1974 _. 3 12,800 1973 _. 5 18,665 M1046 Wastepaper January 7 28,272 February _. 5 17,300 March _: 3 21,275 April 7 11,250 May _. 4 2,875 June _ 8 17,560 July 11 330,530 August _. 4 4,100 September 3 1,050 October 10 42,581 3 November 4 210 December 6 63,220 1974 _. 72 540,223 3 1973 83 2,082,275 1 M1047 Cardboard January 3 29,033 February _. 5 12,669 March 11 56,090 1 April ...... 10 182,500 5 May 7 828,300 June _. 4 3,050 July 1 1,500 August _. 8 40,670 September 10 27,360 October 6 5,950 November 4 5,420 December 3 22,000 1974 ... 1973 ... 72 60 1,214,542 267,028 M1048 Paper Stock January 21 22,027 February _. 14 9,274 March 16 21,589 April 22 120,853 May 22 236,186 June 33 21,246 July 15 22,325 August 16 267,168 September 17 338,637 October 34 124,992 November 34 192,160 December 28 21,491 1974 272 1,397,948 1973 313 1,222,377 6 5 11 D 60 BRITISH COLUMBIA M1049 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 27 186,916 February 20 129,613 March 20 140,977 April 27 263,470 May 29 510,941 June _ 29 621,188 July 26 698,035 August 30 387,010 September 35 726,206 October 40 227,511 November 33 521,665 December 30 942,400 1974 346 5,355,932 1973 - 379 4,594,796 Flammable Liquids M1051 Gasoline January 53 February 40 March 57 April 59 May 65 June 92 July 107 August 86 September 98 October 78 November 70 December 74 1974 1973 879 723 290,957 52,669 110,963 47,799 37,521 309,031 430,402 91,285 277,212 160,784 233,820 126,818 2,169,261 1,002,410 M1052 Fuel Oil January .— February ... March April May June July August September. October November . December . 1974 1973 7 4 4 3 11 4 3 4 2 7 9 5 63 81 461,663 822,257 17 30 118,478 25,600 2,450 1,200 41,766 28,380 7,000 4,936 7,500 87,628 41,725 95,000 MI053 Flashpoint 100°F and Over January February . March April May June July August September October _ November . December 1974 1973 _ 3 4 2 4 5 4 2 9 4 4 1 6 48 33 1,370 3,080 265 52,580 18,405 13,500 3,850 59,325 9,675 9,300 100 2,885 174,335 167,564 1 2 1 2 2 3 4 2 2 MI054 Flashpoint Less Than 100°F January February March April May June July August September October November December __ 1974 1973 Incidents 3 4 2 3 4 5 2 8 1 5 6 1 44 30 Loss Injured Dead $ 10,134 — 4,434,050 1 — 6,300 5,950 23,815 41,330 1,220 22,513 1 1,500 1,960 1 32,025 78,000 4,658,797 447,232 MI055 Paint, Varnish January _ February March April May July August _ October _ 1974 1973 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 11 13 25 400 150 2,900 2,250 900 7,000 7,000 13,825 193,797 M1056 Cooking Oil, Fat January February March April May June - July August September October November December 1974 1973 — 14 15 12 18 25 16 14 20 19 14 21 17 205 203 14,086 15,119 22,500 94,630 109,465 98,945 50,289 67,346 26,520 54,267 48,751 43,907 645,825 389,639 January March _ April July August . MI057 Tar, Asphalt 650 6,500 10,500 900 200 1974 5 18,750 1973 12 14,885 2 4 1 1 4 2 1 3 2 2 22 14 1 MI058 Polish, Wax June 1 200 November 1 300 December 1 150 1974 .... . .... 3 650 1973 .. .. 4 965 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 61 M1059 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead January _ February March April May June July August September October ._ November December 1974 1973 17 10 18 19 26 27 37 25 16 18 17 19 294 234 $ 474,082 130,205 22,786 216,490 83,566 58,963 150,181 197,417 102,250 209,127 65,720 218,856 1,929,643 1,352,639 12 10 Flammable Gases MI061 Natural Gas January March .- June July August October November December 1974 1973 2 3 5 1 1 2 1 2 17 13 900 2,150 4,375 200 400 12,000 1,100 21,125 94,073 MI062 Propane Air Mixture January 1 500 2 September 1 2 100 1 1974 600 3 1973 1 15 1 MI063 Propane January 9 15,225 2 February 8 2,750 1 March 7 65,500 April 4 55,902 1 May 7 19,716 1 June 3 4,050 1 July 2 300 1 August 8 185,400 September 7 4,800 October 6 3,900 1 November 3 40,697 December 2 66 308 1974 398,548 8 1973 48 172,802 4 MI064 Anesthetic Gas 1974 1973 April June 25 MI065 Acetylene 15,695 100 November 1 20,000 December 1 700 1974 4 36,495 1973 8 4,750 1 MI069 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February . March April May June July August September October ._ November December 1974 1973 10 4 9 9 14 13 12 19 8 6 4 $ 57,624 241,653 18,800 10,010 97,269 67,025 520,575 34,905 99,456 508,850 107,750 2,730 April 1973 August 114 . .. 71 1,766,647 2.170.095 6 1 9 Chemicals MI071 Starch, Flour l 65 85,000 ber 1 1 85,065 177 MI072 Cellulose Nitrate 1 1.500 1974 . .. .. 1973 1 1 1,500 1,500 MI073 Plastics February March April 1 6 1 4 4 5 6 2 1 5 1 8,581 7,815 200 900 1,925 2,620 8,000 330 20 1,357 2,200 June July .... . August .. September October November December 1 1974 1973 36 32 33,948 55,712 1 1 MI074 Oxidizing Material 1974 i 1973 500 MI076 Titanium, Zirconium, and Alloys September 1 4,146 1974 1 4,146 1973 . .— M1077 Rubber, Natural or Synthetic January . . . 2 850 February 3 880 March 3 5,300 April 5 1,725 May 3 3,050 June 4 3,900 July 4 6,410 August 2 350 September 2 2,800 October 1 360 November 3 10,600 December 1 50 1974 33 36,275 1973 ... 37 103,759 i D 62 BRITISH COLUMBIA MI079 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 1 200 — — February 1 200 — June 4 90 August 1 200 September 1 250 October 1 200 — December 2 14,050 1974 1973 12 14 23,190 43,943 Agricultural, Forest Products MI081 Fibres January „ February March April May June July September October ... November December 1974 1973 2 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 3 2 24 23 550 150 23,902 55,651 3,671 792 4,000 1,500 400 450 10,400 101,466 76,120 MI0S2 Grain January — March July November December 1974 1973 . 3 1 1 1 1 7 10 24,000 2,249 1,000 307,573 50 334,872 1,037,750 MI083 Hay January 1 March 1 April 3 May 1 June 3 July _ __ _. 3 August 4 September 2 October 2 December 1 1974 21 1973 20 600 2,500 62,500 1,500 15,400 2,550 9,400 2,736 95,500 3,000 195,686 33,800 MI084 Tree, Shrub April May July _ August September October _ December 1974 1973 _ 11 70 100 40 625 1,500 210 1,200 50 3,725 701,614 July September October _ MI085 Felted Timber 1 __ 1 2 30,000 1974 4 30,000 1973 5 630,000 MI086 Grass, Brush, Leaves Incidents Loss Injured Dead March April May . June July August September October _ November December 1 4 4 3 4 6 10 4 1 1 38 81 MI087 Fertil 1 1 250 6,665 200 350 1,150 621 200 400 3,000 1974 1973 1974 1973 12,836 20,981 zer, Manure 70. 100 MI088 Christmas Tree January 4 21,368 February 1 50 March 1 100 April 4 2,149 May _.. 6 2,690 June 4 1,050 July 1 4,500 August 2 2,100 September 5 1,475 October _ 6 2,520 November 1 500 December 2 1,500 1974 37 40,002 1973 33 9,407 MI089 Unclassified or Unknown February _ 2 20,150 April 2 213 May 2 5,500 June 8 541,800 ._ July 2 6,050 August 1 4,000 _ September 3 5,000 October 4 6,650 __ December 4 71,050 1974 1973 28 35 660,413 237,297 1 MI090 Miscellaneous Material March 1 2,000 — 1 1974 1973 2,000 January June September December 1974 1973 MI091 Coal, Coke 1 2 2 1 2,200 5,500 1,000 8,700 273 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 63 MI095 Insulation—Electric Incidents January 43 February 29 March _ ._ 28 April 33 May 47 June 37 July 31 August _. 43 September 42 October 50 November 42 December 34 1974 1973 459 352 Loss $ 282,701 319,589 64,168 42,358 144,634 35,905 95,982 158,545 30,259 147,090 79,351 30,450 1,431,032 706,282 Injured Dead M1096 Garbage, Trash, Rubbish January _ 12 23,823 February 5 3,517 _ March 12 52,764 April _ 13 118,626 _ May 18 68,430 June _. 15 24,505 _ July 9 42,815 August _. 15 27,420 September 24 24,220 October 13 1,115 _ November 6 612,550 December 8 3,415 _ 1974 _. 155 1,003,200 1973 117 1,046,104 M1097 Oily Rags Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 1 500 . April _ 3 7,575 June 2 2,750 _... August _. 2 2,188 December 1 _ 1974 9 13,013 1973 _ 10 38,400 M1098 Artificial Tree February 1 150 April _ 1 1,588 1974 _. 2 1,738 1973 M1099 Unclassified or Unknown January 112 1,806,711 3 February 91 1,129,658 4 March 105 2,055,809 3 April _ 106 742,918 May 148 2,291,863 1 June 157 1,470,342 4 July _.. 129 1,399,813 14 August - 135 1,582,111 1 September 134 1,874,961 1 October 133 2,646,722 November 107 1,267,667 5 December 101 2,150,837 8 1974 _. 1,458 20,419,412 44 1973 - 1,214 14,050,565 49 1 1 1 2 1 7 3 4 4 28 25 OA Area of Origin of Fire OA000 Unknown January 81 260,236 February 48 1,081,693 March 39 65,032 April 58 181,307 May 57 260,529 June 55 274,944 1 July 42 99,618 August 48 235,831 September ... 53 559,456 October 46 220,559 1 November ... 40 64,599 3 2 December 31 .. . 598 102,044 4 — 1974 3,405,848 3 1973 929 1,923,593 6 3 Means of Egress OA001 Hallway, Corridor January February — March April May June July August September — October November December — 1974 __ 1973 3 6 2 6 4 5 2 3 2 2 5 5 45 44 3,642 14,575 50 252,860 2,645 11,790 8,050 4,120 96,000 2,532 7,549 1,400 405,213 907,923 OA002 Stairway, Exterior May 3 2,525 June -. 1 200 July 1 September 3 681 October 4 19,250 November 2 5,025 December — 1 1974 15 27,681 1973 17 47,520 OA003 Stairway, Interior January 3 15,700 February _. 2 367 March 2 50 May 1 16,000 July - 3 730 August 1 612 October 1 125,000 November 2 250,100 December 2 550 1974 _. 17 409,109 1973 - 16 58,505 OA004 Escalator 2 1974 1973 1,500 D 64 BRITISH COLUMBIA OA005 Lobby, Entrance Way Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 2 89,600 February _. 3 950 March 2 100 April 1 5,000 May 3 14,025 . June 8 11,640 1 July 2 650 August 3 891 —.. September 6 77,550 — October 5 54,650 1 November 1 — — — December 4 50,225 1 1974 _. 40 305,281 3 1973 _ 28 167,555 2 OA006 Elevator January February ... March June September . November 1974 1973 1,500 1,800 450 200 200 307,573 311,723 55,085 OA009 Unclassified or Unknown January — February ... March April May June July August September . October November . December 1974 1973 7 3 3 2 1 4 6 4 3 6 3 6 48 64 30,400 9,350 1,311 106 20 3,494 27,200 19,050 20,170 45,650 31,650 100,000 288,401 301,081 Function Area OA011 Large Assembly Area—Fixed Seats January _. April June December 1974 1973 12,600 15 36,000 48,615 81,185 OA012 Large Assembly Area—Nonfixed Seats January April May July November 1974 1973 58,000 1,000 60,000 100 10,800 129,900 64,620 OA013 Small Assembly Area February .. March April May 37,130 31,300 55,070 57,135 Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ June _. 2 145,000 July 2 89,621 August 1 200,000 September 5 44,000 October 5 1,154,725 November 3 153,300 December 3 14,200 1974 1973 ... 37 1,981,481 2 20 1,347,642 Lounge, Living-room OA014 January February . 53 30 61 47 40 35 30 35 30 41 47 55 242,277 91,953 288,794 282,945 263,695 209,632 197,855 310,151 198,305 444,199 369,331 539,949 4 3 3 7 4 2 1 2 2 ~5 14 2 March April May .. June _ i 4 2 July 1 August September October November December 4 2 1 3 5 1974 504 509 3,439,086 2,334,519 47 42 25 1973 32 ( 3A015 Sales, Show Room Area January ... February April June . 2 1 2 9 2 1 1,560 150 3,200 600,209 4,400 40,000 July December 1974 1973 17 649,519 10 540,058 16 Library, Museum OA0 January May July 1 1 1 250 500,000 150 — 1974 1973 3 7 500,400 12,541 OA017 Sports Facility January February August 2 1 1 1,051 35,000 50 1974 1973 - 4 5 36,101 6,600 — OA018 Covered Court, Atrium, Mall, Concourse July 1 1,500 __ 1974 1973 . 1,500 50 OA019 February March June July September October November December Assembly, Sales Area 1974 . 1973 13 8 180,000 17,000 14,000 39,000 1,000 18,225 150 3,250 272,625 92,890 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 65 OA021 Sleeping (Under 5 Occupants) OA026 Office Incidents Loss Injured Dead Incidents Loss I $ 650 ijured Dead January 62 293,863 5 3 January ■>. 2 February 57 260,423 7 7 February _ 3 94,530 167,151 183,549 5 2 4 7,200 April 55 7 3 April 1 12 . . May 57 133,130 2 1 May 3 258,488 June 64 243,917 3 1 June . .. . 4 7,363 July 47 104,933 1 August 2 14,200 1 —. August 47 99,108 3 2 September . ._ 3 19,716 — — September ... 43 236,790 3 October .._ 4 9,145 — October 46 182,778 6 6 November 3 10,500 November December 54 112,032 620,629 5 6 2 4 December 2 25,035 — 1974 31 446,839 712,390 3 1974 643 2,638,303 53 31 1973 - 35 1973 665 2.702.384 80 28 OA022 Sleeping (5 or More Occupants) OA027 Laboratory February 3 13,760 _ May 1 300 March 1 1,000 July 1 200 May 1 5,000 August . 1 100,000 June 3 60,906 October .... 2 160 July August 1 1 450 100 1974 5 100,660 1 1973 7 33,500 1 October 2 145 December 1 8,000 OA028 Display Windows 1974 14 89,361 1973 .._ 22 64,190 14 _.... June 2 1,500 November _ 1 850 OA023 Dining Area December 1 200,000 January 6 19,859 March 1 88 1974 . 4 202,350 April June 3 2 480 26,500 1973 -- . 4 36,350 — July 1 1,500 August September 1 1 19,538 5,000 — OA029 Printing and Photographic Reproduction October 4 26,050 November 7 775,674 June — 1 85,000 — December —. 3 9,300 July August 1 1 268,370 20,000 — 1974 1973 29 33 883,989 585,549 5 " 2 1974 .... . .. 3 373,370 OA024 Bar, Beverage Area 1973 4 86,678 — January 1 8,500 February 1 2,000 — OA030 Electronic Equipment Communication March _. 1 9,000 Room May - 1 1,000,000 July . 1 546,405 April 1 500 August .. 1 100,000 September 1 10,000 November December 1 3 12,373 1974 2 10,500 1974 10 1,678,278 1973 .. 4 1,020 1973 10 201,407 OA025 Washroom, Locker Room OA031 Kitchen , Cooking Area January 13 47,813 1 January ... 46 216,277 7 l February 5 91,055 February . 39 203,649 5 March 4 6,415 March 45 126,084 3 April 5 39,737 1 1 April 53 292,792 2 1 May 9 16,248 May 50 272,290 6 June 5 5,663 June 59 180,648 4 3 July 9 17,594 July 46 259,331 8 2 August 6 11,910 August — 50 509,061 5 September — 5 900 September 38 452,856 4 1 October 4 6,200 October — 43 197,382 2 1 November 7 4,042 November 50 280,794 1 December 1974 11 83 30,800 1 2 December 1974 50 569 349,419 3 50 2 278,377 3,340,583 11 1973 67 669,292 1 5 1973 599 1,814,519 37 7 D 66 BRITISH COLUMBIA OA032 Laundry Area Incidents Loss Injured Dead January ... February .. March April May June July August September . October . November December 1974 1973 6 6 10 7 8 6 4 4 4 6 7 76 76 $ 112,825 2,575 4,475 5,633 44,040 1,250 24,350 5,577 1,500 1,681 52,050 15,207 271,163 169,405 OA033 First Aid, Treatment Area June August 1 1 1 500 50 3,000 1974 1973 3 1 3,550 50 OA034 Operating-room 1974 — 1973 2 56 OA035 Electronic Equipment Room January 3 1,925 February 2 2,450 April . 1 150 May 2 130 June 1 25 August — 1 47,400 September 1 100 October 1 25,500 November 1 1,000 December 2 32,000 1974 1973 15 10 110,680 270,900 OA036 Performance Area January __ 1 1,688 1974 1 1,688 1973 3 61,200 OA037 Backstage, Dressing-room January 1 75 April 2 23,000 May — 1 25 1974 4 23,100 1973 — 2 350 OA038 Process, Manufacturing Area January 2 1,267 February 2 4,460,000 March 2 5,700 April .— _ 1 500 May 3 26,015 June _ 2 200 July 4 370,780 August 1 1,158 September 2 12,000 October 5 549,450 December 3 10,450 1974 1973 27 34 5,437,520 763,331 1 OA039 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead January . 42 687,773 7 February . 18 335,830 3 March 25 202,994 April 30 720,787 1 1 May 31 248,556 5 3 June 26 297,271 1 2 July 24 229,509 August 30 279,837 2 1 September 30 338,478 2 October 33 419,257 4 November 20 187,965 1 December 25 1,320,096 4 1 1974 334 5,268,353 17 21 1973 ._ 403 4,104,783 22 12 OA040 Storage Area June 1 650,000 1974 . 1 650,000 1973 OA041 Product March 2 57,000 April 1 72,000 May 1 3,500 July — 3 585,000 October ... 4 57,892 December 2 6,500 1974 13 781,892 1973 10 OA042 122,957 Closet January .... 5 35,577 February . 4 14,645 March 2 12,328 2 April 1 1,000 May 5 23,054 June 4 40,347 July 2 19,650 August 1 150 September 1 86,140 October ... 5 1,690 November 2 660 December 3 12,798 ----- 1974 35 248,039 2 1973 43 OA043 Suppl 262,377 ies, Equipment January .... 11 465,461 5 February . 2 274,450 March 11 287,063 April 6 226,252 3 May 10 686,901 June 5 3,887 July 4 20,925 August 8 125,860 September 3 14,868 October ... 7 48,350 November 3 38,500 December . 2 400 — — 1974 72 2,192,917 8 1973 88 OA044 1,617,154 Records 2 2 August 1 18,000 ------ 1974 1 18,000 1973 5 23,525 — REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 67 OA045 Shipping, January ~ February March April May July October . 1974 .... 1973 .... Incidents 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 Receiving Loss Injured Dead $ 510 _ 8,722 15,000 74,103 5,000 8,100 5,660 13 22 117,095 363,637 Trash, Rubbish 3 5,650 2 2,040 1 200 2 125 1 200 1 75 1 1,500 1 25 12 9,815 17 56,675 OA046 January March April June July August _ September October 1974 1973 OA047 Vehicle (Garage) January __ 9 113,092 February .. 15 50,267 March __ 9 12,340 April 23 49,378 May .. - 22 477,836 June 14 219,188 July 15 80,226 August _ 18 67,014 September 18 46,414 October _ 13 41,915 November 26 104,819 December 13 19,984 1974 195 1,282,473 1973 190 201,765 OA048 January February March May June July August September October December 1974 1973 Agricultural Products 1 1 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 15 23 3,000 5,000 10,500 5,500 525,100 1,500 500 1,000 4,000 37 556,137 1,558,239 OA049 Unclassified or Unknown January February _ March April May June July August September October — November December 1974 1973 23 18 14 22 20 25 22 23 31 41 19 23 281 273 457,242 168,796 1,092,892 128,816 967,730 411,305 141,997 458,380 332,809 650,123 115,613 300,800 5,226,503 3,330,155 Service Facilities OA051 Dumbwaiter, Conveyer Shaft Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 1 400 May 1 1,000 August 1 350 .— September 1 1,000 — 1974 4 2,750 1973 2 3,000 OA052 Service Shaft August —. 1 1,200 October 1 2,650 — 1974 2 3,850 1973 3 17,650 OA053 Chute February March July November 1974 1973 1 2 2 1 6 18 250 100 425 1,000 1,775 10,569 OA054 Pipe, Piping January ._ December 1974 1973 1,000 150 1,150 2,500 OA055 Duct—Heating, Air-conditioning January March ... 650 200 1974 1973 4 850 5 34,997 OA056 Duct—Cooking January September 1974 1973 250 1,000 1,250 700 OA057 Duct—Laboratory Fume Exhaust February „ May — September October 1974 1973 20,000 1,800 4,146 460 26,406 1,400 OA058 Chimney, Flue Pipe, Gas Vent January .. February March April May __ June July August September October November December 1974 — 1973 _... 15 2 8 12 6 5 2 5 8 8 4 6 81 75 61,095 23,062 9,975 33,776 25,575 19,750 25,040 955 4,650 21,975 1,550 15,300 242,703 143,532 10 10 D 68 BRITISH COLUMBIA OA059 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead January _ February March — April May June July August September October December 1974 1973 $ 4 27,300 1 200 2 18,356 2 26,000 2 16,146 3 45,700 5 501,950 3 70,075 8 75,704 2 8,181 1 1,000 34 790,612 48 419,731 OA060 Service and JEquipment Area 1974 1973 1,050 OA061 Machinery Room January February March April _ May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 8 2 5 7 6 3 9 8 4 7 5 3 67 49 58,843 600 18,725 2,825 202,201 1,060 358,400 417,946 5,240 70,900 1,550 8,200 1,146,490 960,228 OA062 Heating Equipment Room January February _ March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 19 7 11 8 5 5 6 9 13 20 119 140 164,208 94,565 36,300 49,367 105,120 52,872 100,559 19,900 53,900 150,558 134,177 1,015,130 1,976,656 2,514,019 2 13 OA063 Transformer Vault January March July September 1974 1973 176,144 110 6,000 5 182,254 5 432,200 OA064 Incinerator Room April May _ July September October 1974 _ 1973 ... 2,025 200 76 200 100 2,601 567 OA065 Maintenance Shop Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 3 290,634 February 6 33,198 March 4 18,546 April 1 1,500 May 4 12,470 June 4 11,750 July 4 11,825 August _ 6 173,488 September 2 225 October 3 4,800 November 4 298,817 December 6 226,352 1974 47 1,083,605 1973 54 503,940 OA066 Paint Shop January February .. May September November 1974 1973 5,000 300,500 17,176 250 100 323,026 1,405,004 OA068 Projector Room August _. 1 50,000 1974 1 50,000 1973 1 190,000 _ OA069 Unclassified or Unknown January 9 82,970 February 6 25,421 March 4 14,304 __ April 8 5,785 May 1 50 _ June 6 195,450 July 7 301,000 _ August 1 200 September . 7 698,700 October 4 119,575 November 5 63,224 December 2 28,000 1974 1973 60 50 1,534,679 731,339 Structural Area OA071 Crawl Space January - February March April May June August September October November December 1974 1973 ._—- 5 2 4 3 3 3 3 1 4 2 1 31 49 183,971 35,000 105,700 5,390 268,475 46,050 1,550 50 23,300 82,174 10,000 761,660 302,375 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 69 OA072 Exterior Balcony January March May ,— June July September . Incidents 2 1 1 1 1 1 1974 1973 Loss $ 2,150 49 48,000 1,000 225 10,750 62,174 12,430 Injured Dead OA073 Ceiling and Floor Assembly January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 1 600 2 15,760 3 2 6,600 3 1 19,400 1 3,000 1 1,800 3 27,000 3 103,050 _ 3 3,650 2 8,150 1 65 2 8,300 22 197,375 6 34 95,673 1 1 OA074 Ceiling and Roof Assembly January February March May June July September October November .— Dceember 7,400 8,941 20,525 22,699 26,050 16,054 27,300 31,992 12,200 61,788 1974 1973 . January _ February March May June July 35 234,949 36 668,050 OA075 Wall Assembly August October November December 1974 1973 . 11 77,036 1 13,000 3 11,250 2 6,500 4 3,128 1 18,000 1 10,530 2 1,030 3 15,500 4 12,600 32 15,500 38 116,182 OA076 Exterior Wall January 2 125 February 3 300 March 4 650 April 10 3,539 May . _ 6 3,825 June 11 13,025 July 7 16,405 August 8 52,385 September 4 72,600 October 8 20,300 November 4 10,685 December 3 600 1974 70 194,439 1973 97 538,997 OA077 Exterior Roof Incidents January February March April May June July August September October _ November December 1974 1973 1 2 2 5 11 5 6 3 2 1 1 47 60 Loss Injured Dead $ 812 46 1,150 400 : 1,990 27,875 4,754 147,600 375 1,200 5,000 300 191,502 134,671 OA078 Awning, Canopy January March June August September ... October 1974 1973 2 3 4 2 1 2 14 17 200 395 575 1,275 25 350 2,820 8,600 OA079 Unclassified or Unknown January . 10 February 13 March 15 April 13 May 10 June 17 August 18 September 13 October 14 November 18 December 18 1974 169 1973 148 78,267 195,986 160,228 132,450 365,142 639,766 309,580 595,544 81,650 1 391,850 1 133,500 3,213,563 2,000,973 OA080 Vehicle Area June 1974 1973 100 100 75 OA082 Engine Area January February _ March April May June — _. July August September October November December 1974 1973 54 31,965 50 49,404 57 40,508 66 41,022 1 — 74 38,123 92 93,874 1 91 81,804 1 88 91,449 104 70,502 1 71 43,054 72 26,346 68 67,313 2 — 887 675,364 2 812 820,378 6 D 70 BRITISH COLUMBIA OA083 Fuel Area Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February March April _ May June July August _ September October __ November December _ 1974 1973 9 12 15 10 24 19 25 25 28 28 17 16 228 200 $ 4,865 11,600 1 9,093 1 10,053 15,175 1 12,940 46,530 20,750 2 111,420 1 49,055 7,540 9,750 308,591 304,908 OA084 Control Area January 6 37,636 February 4 2,490 March 3 17,550 April 2 14,000 May 1 200 June 3 8,700 July 1 6,500 August 4 9,836 September 6 15,900 October 3 3,700 November 4 4,673 December 8 51,750 1974 45 172,935 1973 48 137,155 OA085 Passenger Area January 39 35,116 February 32 49,250 March 27 26,021 April 30 11,035 May 58 56,387 June 54 31,244 July 53 40,380 August 56 66,013 September 55 45,706 October 38 52,397 November 35 32,358 December 33 21,787 1974 510 467,694 1973 357 259,441 OA086 Cargo Area January February ... April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 4 4 5 7 10 5 11 11 5 6 6 74 61 5,150 1,775 5,987 5,863 63,440 5,160 8,960 1,425 9,900 12,770 23,150 1 143,580 1 130,179 OA089 Unclassified or Unknown January 16 30,254 February 20 45,766 March 42 194,158 April 44 92,705 May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 63 61 63 62 57 52 41 35 557 329 Loss $ 195,621 220,623 98,243 148,815 185,985 264,852 85,242 140,802 1,703,066 910,189 Injured Dead Outside Area OA091 Open Area January .. February March April May June July August September October November _ December ... 1974 1973 2 1 2 4 4 9 7 5 9 8 2 1 54 103 50 73 8,600 625 26,841 5,413 5,700 4,300 1,550 945 41,000 125 95,222 297,511 OA092 Court, Patio, Terrace December 1 500 1974 .._.. 1973 500 OA093 Parking Area February 2 225 May 3 585 July 1 100 August 5 10,200 September 4 4,268 October 2 600 November 6 4,460 December 2 165 1974 25 20,603 1973 23 35,707 OA094 Storage Area April May June August October .— 600 415 50 2,500 2,200 1974 _ 10 5,765 1973 9 428,275 OA095 Trash, Rubbish Area January _... 5 1,595 February 2 10 March _ 3 625 April _... 1 45 May 6 76,651 June 16 3,575 July 2 50 August _ 2 350 . September 4 165 October 14 46,870 November 10 275 December 4 175 1974 1973 69 60 129,386 924,690 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 71 OA099 Unclassified or Unknown January February March April May June July Incidents 26 13 23 26 34 39 26 Loss $ 212,540 14,802 436,065 199,400 25,678 105,215 37,859 Injured Dead Incidents August 28 September 43 October 39 November 20 December 18 1974 ._ 335 1973 331 Loss Injured Dead $ 98,978 3 465,060 1 169,472 1 1 443,118 3 59,458 2,267,645 2,454,576 5 10 OC Occupant of Area of Origin OC000 Unknown or Not Applicable January 229 766,315 February 169 1,360,901 1 March ._ 192 401,619 2 April 228 374,120 1 May 302 581,990 1 June 316 662,463 3 July 297 864,654 3 August 308 757,045 2 September 342 1,733,420 2 October 276 944,445 2 November 215 556,570 4 December 213 534,464 1 1974 ... 1973 ... 3,087 2,862 9,538,006 6,510,640 22 23 OC001 Owner or Employee January 228 2,129,467 February 153 5,916,682 March 186 2,335,660 April 204 1,432,507 May : 194 4,586,866 June 221 2,970,629 July 162 2,438,867 August 198 2,607,502 September 178 1,692,839 October 172 1,914,958 November 199 2,300,805 December 205 2,973,700 1974 2,300 33,300,482 1973 2,670 25,239,776 109 117 OC002 Lessee, Renter, Guest January 174 1,731,302 February 115 843,736 March _ 131 603,269 April 121 867,411 May _ 146 766,878 June 167 936,668 July 118 916,474 August 111 590,926 September 114 901,073 October 161 2,276,861 November 140 673,800 December 136 1,973,362 1974 _ 1,634 13,081,760 1973 1,587 8,333,971 125 144 18 3 14 7 16 7 3 12 4 11 4 10 4 12 1 7 2 7 2 6 51 51 15 3 12 7 12 2 17 3 8 4 3 6 8 3 10 2 4 2 7 6 7 4 22 6 48 55 OC003 January „ February March April May Maintenance Staff for Repair, Renovation 15,350 20,000 1,000 58,000 9,500 July _ 3 August 5 September 4 October 6 November 2 1974 _ 33 1973 18 11,111 8,991 1,665 15,375 2,600 143,592 47,099 OC005 Trespasser January 6 4,254 February _ 5 16,700 March 3 2,500 April 3 109,038 May _ 5 182,561 June 5 12,812 July __ 9 98,296 August 5 229,375 September 8 338,040 October 12 48,340 November 4 14,625 December 3 13,500 1974 ._ 68 1,070,041 1973 93 2,319,143 OC006 Unoccupied OC004 Contractor on Premises January __ 4 8,450 February 2 60,000 March 3 16,352 April - 1 10,500 May _ 4 355,146 June _ 2 225,000 July 4 3,275 August 2 6,200 October 3 28,600 November 2 3,000 December 1 10,000 1974 _ 28 726,523 1973 33 163,285 January _. 11 60,200 February 10 67,500 — March 4 15,550 14 195,700 May 11 20,100 June 10 764,411 _. July 11 27,756 _. August ... 10 22,150 _. September 10 261,600 _. October 12 90,150 __ November _ 8 67,500 _ December 6 117 6,725 - 1974 1,599,342 1973 99 668,280 1 _ D 72 BRITISH COLUMBIA OC007 Vacant Incidents January 6 February _ 4 March 15 April 9 May 12 June _ 8 July 6 August 9 September 8 October 17 November 6 December 8 1974 108 1973 _ 120 Loss $ 32,450 2,400 79,165 14,165 35,175 26,028 39,111 38,769 34,672 53,985 85,500 130,350 Injured Dead 571,770 369,205 OC009 Unclassified Incidents January 6 February 8 March _ — 17 April 17 May 14 June 11 July 16 August 11 September 16 October 16 November 9 December 10 1974 1973 151 135 Loss $ 7,521 95,425 123,915 209,465 354,009 64,833 584.099 209,900 57,414 129,695 858,850 115,540 2,810,666 2,058,767 Injured Dead 13 OF Outside Fire Protection OF000 Unknown or Not Applicable January .. . 221 728,151 1 4 February 171 1,295,056 3 March 166 332,757 2 April 199 337,523 May 241 847,053 4 4 June — 267 644,554 2 1 July 225 492,833 1 2 249 540,353 4 2 September 267 1,043,037 2 3 October 225 860,990 4 November 211 377,532 4 5 December 175 463,729 1 1974 2,617 7,963,568 24 75 1973 2,787 5,496,374 27 9 OF001 January „ February March April May June July Municipal Hydrant Protection and Fire Department August September October November December 1974 1973 349 235 315 333 383 394 337 339 342 361 310 321 4,019 3,955 2,460,109 6,183,188 2,549,915 2,089,168 5,518,745 3,589,500 3,508,438 3,178,268 3,218,633 3,106,462 2,655,252 2,340,252 40,397,930 26,478,414 25 24 12 30 15 13 20 16 10 11 15 20 211 235 7 9 2 4 1 7 2 9 5 8 6 8 68 82 OF002 February July Municipal Hydrant Protection and No Fire Department August October December 1974 1973 . 23,642 1,000 9 10 31,800 821,000 877,442 57,069 OF003 Municipal Fire Department Only January 41 403,172 February 18 109,528 1 1 March 21 157,334 April 25 248,882 1 1 May 23 193,656 1 June 23 90,336 I July 23 82,997 August 22 92,724 1 September 28 200,275 __ October 33 430,719 2 2 November 24 212,941 1 December 35 1,246,135 3 1 1974 316 3,468,699 11 5 1973 334 3,036,400 13 3 OF005 Private Hydrant Protection and Fire Department January 7 February 6 March 6 April 8 May 7 June 5 July 3 August 1 September 5 October 8 November 6 December 12 1974 74 1973 74 73,700 28,241 158,600 90,400 __ 1 54,000 286,350 500,500 - 1,500 _ 14,400 580,360 _ 30,600 77,391 1 1,896,042 1,790,015 OF006 January _ February Private Hydrant Protection and No Fire Department March April May June July August December 1974 1973 3 2 2 3 4 6 1 3 1 25 19 109,000 16,300 11,550 290,152 42,494 565,956 60,000 34,000 15,000 1,144,452 2,084,571 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 73 OF007 Private Fire Department Only January _ February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 OF008 January _ February March April May June July Incidents Loss $ njure 2 9,000 1 20,000 2 6,500 100 18,000 2,500 8,500 4,200 30,000 18,000 9,000 2 60,000 19 185,800 33 975,278 Vo Outside Fire Pro tectic 30 560,810 3 25 423,289 3 21 168,346 3 18 88,040 19 141,852 2 28 331,811 21 240,575 August September October November .. December Incidents 28 23 27 19 24 283 269 Loss $ 400,452 345,680 305,394 273,350 388,181 Injured Dead 1 2 1974 1973 3,667,780 4,393,920 11 10 11 12 OF009 Unclassified January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 14 411,367 1 10 284,100 20 194,028 2 12 126,641 9 76,425 3 16 151,837 1 14 88,800 3 1 14 219,361 1 14 168,698 18 168,684 1 14 1,004,575 9 345,953 4 11 1 164 3,240,469 7 136 1,398,115 5 3 PC Property Complex PC000 No Complex April 7 108,993 1 May 8 14,685 1 January ___ 468 2,115,532 17 12 June 7 110,540 February 326 1,969,294 18 5 July 6 4,775 March 377 1,348,156 11 August 6 251,200 April 424 1,395,044 13 4 September . ... 7 343,325 May 501 2,977,998 15 7 October 9 31,115 June 502 1,814,792 14 6 November 8 159,995 July 432 1,837,871 8 5 December 6 570 August September 2,059,048 2,112,864 17 10 480 9 4 1974 . . 81 1,283,291 2 October — 462 1,986,011 10 7 1973 73 2,433,385 1 November . 402 1,047,535 11 8 December . 372 5,230 1,716,467 7 150 6 74 PC021 Prison , Penitentii 1974 22,380,612 try 1973 .— .__. 5,371 20,549,425 168 55 January 2 11,250 PC011 Theatre Studio, Auditorium February March 3,000 500 January . April May June — l 3 l i 1,688 13,150 2,500 4,750 June October November December 2 4,500 1,500 75 110,000 " i Z! August October 1 2 9 50,000 4,500 — — 1974 1973 9 7 130,825 194,125 i 1974 76,588 1973 16 117,926 PC022 Hospital, Medical C ''entre PC012 Amusement Park, Exhibition and Fair Ground, Stadium January 5 225 February 2 100 January 1 200 March _ 7 125 April June 1 2 1,175 10,500 April May 4 4 1,005 1,030 — — June .. ... 4 215 1974 1973 4 10 11,875 125,150 July . August 5 3 125 1,055 — September 9 423 PC013 Educational Institution October . 4 65 (Nonresidential) November December 3 6 710 1,515 — January 4 150,175 February ~ 8 74,618 1974 56 6,593 March 5 33,300 1973 70 162,253 D 74 BRITISH COLUMBIA PC032 Apartment Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January —. 34 452,759 February 30 90,469 March 43 123,328 April 42 167,881 May 35 438,812 June 41 432,260 July 31 83,134 August - 33 102,682 September 33 75,249 October 31 311,745 November 31 199,429 December 39 139,382 1974 423 2,617,130 1973 432 1,389,023 PC033 Hotel January _ February March April May June July August. September October November December 1974 1973 12 9 20 15 12 21 14 12 10 12 21 13 171 177 255,653 294,820 80,966 89,050 1,829,280 22,370 613,405 133,284 767,725 74,990 25,060 1,095,350 5,281,953 2,245,357 39 45 11 PC036 Educational Institution (Residential) February 1 2,000 March 2 100 April _ 2 52,120 May 1 47,000 June _. 3 677,000 July 3 8,596 August 1 400 September 3 1,030 October 1 100 November 1 75 December 4 1,225 1974 22 789,646 1973 16 137,298 PC037 Camp-site, Trailer Park January 7 53,250 February 3 10,030 3 25,300 April 6 45,530 May 4 7,950 i June 5 23,450 July 2 3,150 August 4 51,683 September 3 8,000 October 2 25,282 November 8 29,765 December 13 151,100 — 1974 _ 60 434,490 l 1973 61 194,080 5 1 2 2 14 16 2 1 3 2 8 2 29 9 14 12 PC038 Indian Reserve Incidents Loss $ January 2 15,000 February 8 51,400 March 2 10,700 April _ 2 10,040 May 6 9,250 June 2 14,000 July 2 5,100 August 1 5,000 September 3 270 October 4 50,200 November 4 82,600 December 2 14,500 1974 38 268,060 1973 43 241,250 PC041 Office Loss Injured Dead '. 4 1 5 15 February _ March April May June July August September October _ November . December 1974 1973 3 7 2 2 3 4 2 3 3 1 3 33 28 60,750 33,029 152,800 33,518 350 503,000 250,200 58,500 348,445 4,500 1,085 1,446,177 157,395 PC049 Multiple Occupancy January 11 40,410 1 1 February 6 69,705 3 March 6 19,792 April 5 88,500 2 1 May 9 7,000 1 June 7 67,950 July 9 12,163 August 10 10,675 September 10 250,090 October 11 101,240 November 9 370,815 1 December 11 104 425,933 1 8 1974 1,464,273 3 1973 162 2,105,212 26 1 PC057 Shopping Centre January 9 43,200 February 1 30,000 March 5 71,560 April 2 20,500 May 5 28,850 June 11 589,853 July 1 26,000 August 2 51,165 September 9 10,366 October 9 207,500 November 5 31,750 December 7 66 13,837 1974 1,124,581 1973 33 604,654 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 75 February March April August September October . November December 1974 1973 PC058 Department Store Loss Injured Dead $ 208,000 1,000 200 30,200 300 100 383,200 3 200,000 - 11 823,000 3 16 529,525 1 Incidents 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 PC069 Manufacturing Complex January February March April May June July August September October November December 10 13 7 6 13 8 12 11 12 11 4 15 1974 122 1973 — 105 348,567 4,831,200 2 13,400 329,452 473,110 1 785,501 577,304 416,529 2 572,661 627,412 251,065 179,700 9,405,901 5 4,285,202 4 PC079 Storage Complex January February _ March April May June July August — September October _ November December 1974 1973 7 1 9 3 4 8 8 6 6 7 3 7 69 74 493,700 5,000 1,405,720 172,900 15,500 196,050 324,280 42,678 45,900 104,012 23,800 812,700 3,642,240 3,464,348 2 PC081 Park June _... July . October 1974 .. 1973 ... 3 2 1 6 16 29,233 8,530 200 37,963 5,205 PC084 Waterfront Property, Marine Terminal February 1 May 2 June 6 July 3 August 3 September 1 October 1 November 1 1974 18 1973 18 19,500 365 20,000 508,000 106,300 1,800 116,629 2,700 775,294 149,425 2 PC085 Railway Terminal, Yard February . June August September December Incidents 3 1 1 2 3 1974 1973 10 6 Loss $ 2,600 100 200 4,500 35,000 42,400 7,825 Injured Dead March April June July August September October _. PC086 Car Park, Bus Terminal 200 50 1,000 1,600 5,650 241 600 1,100 November 1974 1973 10 10,441 8,375 PC087 Air Terminal, Airport February April 1974 1973 200,000 2,000 202,000 36,500 March ... July August . October 1974 1973 ...... PC091 Laboratory 1 200 ._ l 200 1 100,000 2 160 5 100,560 3 30,900 PC092 Farm January 12 February 7 March 9 April 8 May 9 June 14 July 10 August 4 September 8 October 14 November 7 December 13 1974 115 1973 127 PC094 February 1 March 1 April 2 May 2 June 1 August 2 September ._ 2 October _ 4 November 3 December _ 2 1974 1973 1974 1973 20 28 41,621 30,535 25,645 142,034 67,250 114,400 73,262 38,450 93,786 239,000 90,500 276,250 1,232,733 971,636 Utility 3,102 10,000 22,100 2,562 500 8,875 13,700 2,133 56,003 4,800 123,775 206,591 PC097 Military Base ~ T ~ 50 D 76 BRITISH COLUMBIA PC098 Nucleonic Complex Incidents Loss I tijure August December 1 1 142,000 200 — 1974 2 142,200 26,000 1973 2 — PC099 Unclassified January February _ March 82 43 46 732,079 427,221 376,009 __ 3 Incidents April 62 May 72 June 88 July 80 August 65 September 77 October 82 November .. 71 December 62 1974 830 1973 712 Loss $ 456,382 935,565 743,530 393,148 613,584 659,993 1,269,470 1,802,573 578,027 8,987,581 5,332,051 Injured Dead 1 — 2 — 1 2 1 4 21 22 14 14 PM Property Management PM000 Unknown or Not Applicable January February — March April May June July August September _ October November December 1974 1973 PM001 January — February - March April May June July August September . October November . December . 90 54 50 70 63 70 54 58 75 65 62 39 750 1,102 280,515 1,075,432 108,764 269,617 267,663 246,649 399,212 246,750 602,933 186,702 138,744 116,444 10 2 Government-owned and Leased to Others 1974 1973 16 590,465 10 24,928 1 14 33,235 1 15 168,723 1 15 394,555 12 80,441 24 614,831 15 473,448 13 321,913 17 23,088 9 153,295 17 142,040 1 77 3,020,962 4 76 2,258,267 3 PM002 January _ February . March April May June July Government-owned and Leased to Others August September _ October November - December — 1974 1973 14 8 9 3 8 9 2 5 6 10 6 7 87 78 3,928 6,425 2,925 1,000 16,975 40,700 25 3,050 141,050 113,770 3,783 8,445 342,176 223,848 PM003 March . April _ May June July Privately Owned and Leased to Government August October November . 1974 1973 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 3 15 12 75 900 365 100 500 20,000 4,100 170 26,210 1 79,251 PM004 On Consignment January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 55 56 1,075 15,500 38,900 33,800 3,350 15,150 6,800 10,790 130 130,225 390,050 6,200 651,970 608,085 PM005 Under Construction January February _. March April May June July August September. October November . December . 1974 1973 7 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 3 2 1 27 28 34,620 69,500 5,000 2,500 950 200,000 9,025 200 21,130 7,200 25 10,000 360,150 245,843 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 77 PM006 Privately Owned and Occupied January .. February March April May June July August September October November December Incidents 237 159 183 216 206 236 178 208 211 205 195 206 1974 2,440 1973 2,726 Loss $ 1,654,056 1,429,577 2,215,862 1,651,285 3,124,601 1,782,905 1,553,759 2,682,185 2,328,816 2,231,659 2,393,183 3,167,032 26,214,920 23,492,614 Injured Dead 13 13 5 13 14 11 5 6 7 7 7 13 114 133 3 4 3 7 5 7 2 7 54 57 PM007 January February _. March April May June July August September . October Privately Owned and Leased to Others November . December . 1974 1973 167 1,724,701 15 3 120 5,400,616 14 7 137 702,437 11 2 126 895,344 17 4 145 1,322,594 6 2 182 1,804,857 4 7 125 2,092,694 16 2 124 598,423 12 2 108 736,186 4 1 161 2,127,569 5 6 144 1,312,170 6 3 142 1,036,247 14 124 4 1,681 19,753,838 43 1,541 10,044,070 125 51 PM008 Vehicle Owned or Leased January - February March April May June July August September. October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 108 93 118 134 204 191 206 214 223 168 137 137 1,933 . 1,483 Loss $ 307,831 136,745 224,706 135,767 213,811 293,591 269,187 295,538 383,514 391,554 144,310 232,209 3,028,763 2,002,101 Injured Dead 4 1 2 PM009 Unclassified January 26 158,118 February _. 22 224,621 March 34 247,126 April 27 111,870 May 40 1,547,361 June 34 1,198,451 July 25 August — 29 September 39 October 36 November 19 December 30 13 14 10 5 1974 1973 361 415 37,610 140,474 485,051 286,542 27,520 1,039,024 1 1 1 1 5,503,768 4,597,508 1 10 3 PR Property Classification List Theatre, Studio, Auditorium PR000 Unknown January _ February March — April May June July August September . October November December 1974 1973 January PR100 Assembly 1 100 1974 1973 1974 1973 100 5,000 78 259,067 46 1,069,406 36 63,732 51 157,332 1 52 244,854 47 224,054 35 72,442 37 225,166 1 45 556,976 41 155,114 2 30 62,064 28 88,244 526 3,178,451 4 918 1,724,882 3 PR111 Legitimate Theatre April May - 2 300 PR112 Motion-Picture Theatre 1 12,000 1974 1973 1 2,500 14,500 1,300 PR113 Drive-in Motion-picture Theatre April _ 1 150 1974 1973 1974 1973 150 PR114 Auditorium 4 115,476 PR115 Radio, TV Studio 1974 1973 June 1 25,918 PR119 Unclassified or Unknown 1 4,750 1974 1973 4,750 Amusement, Recreation Place PR121 Bowling Alley August 1 3,000 1974 3,000 170 1973 2 PR122 Billiard Centre May 1 5,000 August 1 3,600 December 2 78,000 1974 1973 86,600 D 78 BRITISH COLUMBIA October 1974 1973 PR123 Ice Rink Incidents 1 Loss $ 50,000 Injured Dead 50,000 January __. February .. March April _. _ May June October ... November . PR124 Amusement Centre 1,688 37,930 10,000 1,000 17,494 10,000 4,500 800 1974 1973 May July August September 9 83,412 12 44,760 PR125 Swimming-bath 1 25 1 6,000 1 4,500 1 200 4 10,725 4 3,450 PR126 Ballroom, Gymnasium 1 58,000 1 13,000 1 200 1 150 1 60,000 2 200 3 20,150 2 50,300 1 500 1 565 14 203,065 6 297,575 PR127 Exhibition Hall, Exposition Hall April 1 200 October 1 200 1974 2 400 1973 4 25,420 1974 1973 January February . March April May June July August September December 1974 1973 . PR128 Arena, Stadium March April June September 1974 1973 500 1,175 500 138,600 140,775 800 PR129 Unclassified or Unknown September 1 500 1974 1973 500 2,840 School, College, University PR132 Elementary School January .. February March April May June July August 4 150,125 4 11,390 4 31,050 3 159,988 9 63,985 5 650,340 8 86,931 5 200,600 Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ September 4 342,030 October 4 11,375 November 5 212,235 December 6 520 1974 _. 61 1,920,569 1 1 1973 _ _.... 45 1,861,459 PR133 Junior High, Intermediate School January 1 100 — — February 2 24,148 — March 1 300 April __ 5 685 May 1 500,000 — June 1 200 July 1 25 August _. 1 500 September 2 700 October _. 2 115 November _ 1 60 — — December 1 50 — — 1974 19 526,883 1973 22 237,225 1 PR134 Senior High School February 4 50,130 - March 1 April 1 370 1 June 2 47,000 July 2 3,500 — — August 3 50,650 — September 4 1,575 _ October 2 2,200 __ November 2 200 1974 21 155,625 1 1973 12 33,634 PR135 Industrial Trade School, Technical School October _. 1 100 — — 1974 1 100 1973 — 4 741,510 _ PR138 College, University March 1 2,000 May 2 7,000 — — July 1 200 — October 1 25 1974 1973 January April July October November _ 1974 1973 5 1 9,225 50 ~lassi) ied or Unk 1 3 1 1 1 2,544 3,106 7,811 13,000 2,500 7 6 28,961 133,148 Miscellaneous Assembly PR141 Church, Chapel February 300 March 100 June 4,000 July 3,015 August 225,000 September 800 October 937,632 November 50,000 December 200 1974 14 1,221,047 1973 11 58,993 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 79 PR143 Church Hall January March April Incidents 2 1 _ 1 Loss $ 45,050 10,000 600 Injured Dead 1974 1973 _ 4 10 PR151 55,650 74,164 City Club — _.. March April June October November 1 2 1 1 1 250 61,000 15 1,500 400 — — 1974 1973 . . 6 7 63,165 150,360 i — PR152 Country Club May August 1 1 2,000 50 — 1974 .. .. 1973 2 2 PR161 2,050 4,364 Library — — May 1 150 — — 1974 1973 1 1 PR162 150 200 Museum — July 1 150 — — 1974 1973 1 150 — — PR163 Art Gallery March 1 150 1974 1 150 1973 November 1974 1973 PR164 Historic Building 1 50,000 50,000 300 PR171 Restaurant January March April May June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 4 3 2 3 3 3 4 6 7 6 4 45 41 27,442 42,050 35,500 245 89,000 11,000 34,808 132,700 98,631 188,700 18,800 678,876 383,999 PR172 Night Club January April June September November . 1974 . 1973 38,500 202,662 8,000 86,140 72,974 8 408,276 3 36,281 PR173 Tavern March Incidents 1 Loss $ 9,000 Injured Dead 1974 1973 .. 1 .. . .. 4 9,000 30,500 — PR174 Lunchroom, Drive-in . .... 2 27,000 22,000 6,000 1,700 413 33,953 4,500 1 June July 1 1 2 — September October December 1 2 1 . . 10 z 1974 .... 95,566 434,163 1973 33 PR183 Bus Terminal April 1 1 50 — — 1974 . 50 500 1973 . 1 — PR184 Railway Station 1974 — 1973 . 1 2,000 — PR190 Miscellaneous September 1 1 30,000 — 1974 ...... 30,000 1071 PR199 Unclassified or Unknown 2 8,500 1,900 200 250 7,445 8,000 — February April July September December 1 1 1 3 1 9 15 — 1974 1973 — 26,295 10,810 — PR200 Institutional 1974 1973 _. 2 300,300 PR211 Prison, Penitentiary for Men January February ... June September . December . 225 26,000 4,500 1,700 60,000 1974 1973 92,425 17,800 February March — November 1974 1973 PR212 Prison, Penitentiary for Women 3,000 500 75 3,575 January July December 1974 ...... 1973 PR213 Gaol 1 11,000 1 50,000 61,000 8,700 D 80 BRITISH COLUMBIA PR214 Reformatory, Juvenile Detention Home Incidents Loss $ 250 Injured Dead January 1 July 1 75 — _.... 1974 . 2 325 1971 PR217 Police Station January 1 60 — — 1974 1 60 1973 4 1,600 — — PR221 Home for the Aged With Nursing Staff February 1 50 — — March . 1 10,000 — — April 1 30,000 2 — June 1 100 — September 1 368 — November 1 1,050 1 1974 . 6 41,568 2 1 1973 . 6 2,355 — PR222 Home for the Aged Without Nursing July -. 1 3,500 — August 1 1,200 November 1 25 — 1974 3 4,725 1973 7 4,292 — PR231 Children'. Home, Orphanage 1974 1973 2 11,833 — PR232 Chile -care Hospital June 1 200 — 1974 1 200 1973 . 1 400 — PR240 Hospital, Sanitorium, Clinic July 1 54 — — 1974 1 54 1973 PR241 Hospital January 5 225 February 3 1,650 1 .— March 9 575 April 4 1,005 May .. 4 1,030 June 2 15 July 5 475 August 2 55 . September 9 205 October 4 65 November 3 710 . December 5 1,015 — — 1974 55 7,025 1 1973 66 2,520 1 PR242 Sanatorium, Sanitarium, Nursing or Convalescent Home 1974 PR245 Incidents 2 Clinic Loss Injured Dead $ 1973 .. - 650 PR299 Unclassified or Unknown July August September October ... 1974 ... 1973 _ 1 1 1 2 1,000 1,000 100 25,000 5 6 27,100 14,265 Residential Property PR310 One- and Two-family Residence, Duplex March _ _ 1 200 1 1974 1973 200 PR311 Dwelling, Year-round Use (One Family) January 187 1,097,552 14 February __ 123 758,477 13 March 142 640,493 8 April 155 709,869 11 May 138 674,304 14 June 163 781,969 7 July _ _ 122 754,668 3 August 136 1,290,524 5 September 124 1,005,555 7 October 163 1,073,156 4 November 149 873,379 7 December 159 1,625,800 6 1974 1,761 11,285,746 99 1973 _ 1,568 6,222,078 102 PR312 Dwelling, Seasonal Use—In Season (One Family) February . .. . 1 50 1974 ... 11 1973 .... 6 PR314 Dwelling, Year-rt January . 1 March 1 December . 2 1974 ... 4 1973 ,; 3 75,600 93,899 lund Use (T\ 25 100 5,500 vo Fam 1 ly) February .. . 1 50 1974 1973 1 50 December _ PR244 Mental Hospital 2 650 1974 ... ? 650 5,625 9,200 1973 2 6,568 ' January April May June September . October November December 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 1 2,500 100 1,000 44,585 9,300 28,000 15,000 12,000 ". 1 1 1974 1973 14 26 112,485 145,457 2 4 2 PR313 Dwelling, Seasonal Use—Off Season (One Family) March April July September November . December 2 3 1 1 3 1 6,000 23,000 35,000 2,000 8,600 1,000 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 81 PR316 Dwelling, Seasonal Use- (Two Family) -Off Season Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February March April . May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 14 5 4 2 8 2 7 9 6 8 6 5 76 93 $ 123,386 3,360 19,825 1,097 29,012 5,250 52,084 83,000 1,530 19,737 49,125 6,035 393,441 579,743 5 13 1 10 PR319 One- and Two-family Residence, Duplex- Unclassified or Unknown February 1 12,380 June 1 1,000 1 August 1 200 September 2 3,250 __. November 1 100 December 3 26,550 1974 .._ 1973 __ 43,480 1 5,044 PR320 Apartment, Tenement, Flat January November 1974 1973 75 300 375 PR321 One or Two Units With Business February March April May June August September October 1974 1973 . 2 2 1 2 3 1 3 1 15 13 169 190 10 400 31,075 2,950 336 100 35,230 95,867 PR323 Three to 20 Units With Business January March _ April May — June July — August September . October November December 1974 1973 4 1 7 4 4 7 5 6 6 56 24 331,800 44,573 60,775 700 3,325 1,143 500 21,000 5,850 100,027 60,957 630,650 11 92,305 1 3 2 4 1 PR324 January February . March April May June July August — September Three to 20 Units Without Business 6 21 20 27 21 21 22 14 24 11 65,319 37,284 56,517 94,116 61,681 321,897 5,756 63,065 46,697 October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 22 19 27 249 202 Loss $ 45,005 18,010 87,531 902,878 838,038 Injured Dead 1 23 18 PR325 Over 20 Units With or Without Business January 22 58,572 February 21 55,368 5 March 13 38,802 April 22 34,510 1 May 20 389,187 1 June 21 153,143 1 July 14 81,730 August 11 179,795 3 September 12 3,375 1 October 13 267,650 1 November 11 34,669 3 December 15 364,756 4 _ 1974 1973 195 244 1,661,557 813,524 20 44 PR329 Apartments, Tenement, Flat- Unclassified or Unknown 1974 1973 1 50 PR331 Four to Eight Roomers or Boarders January February . March April May . June July August September October _. November December 1974 1973 1 2 5 1 6 2 3 2 4 1 4 2 33 52 200 750 10,288 200 9,125 1,800 455 3,000 777 5,000 15,473 6,200 53,268 172,397 PR332 Nine to 15 Roomers or Boarders July September 1974 2 1973 10 1974 PR340 H 1973 .. 3 4,879 100 4,979 43,380 75 PR341 Year-round Use January . February March April . May June July August _ September October November - December - 1974 1973 _ 12 11 16 14 12 23 12 14 6 9 21 14 164 183 251,742 294,970 82,791 51,098 1,829,505 23,910 630,705 126,857 501,335 72,490 5,120 1,045,705 4,916,228 2,859,221 11 29 26 10 14 D 82 BRITISH COLUMBIA PR342 Seasonal Use—In Season Incidents Loss Injured Dead March November 1974 1973 Loss $ 20,000 20,000 258,148 PR343 December 1974 1973 Seasonal Use—Off Season 1 50,000 50,000 PR344 Transient Dormitory Type 1974 . 1973 . PR351 1 229 January March April May June July August September 1974 1973 Fewer Than Three Units 6,900 6,500 500 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 15 12 3 12,800 500 1,000 8,469 2 250 36,919 5 16,640 PR352 Three to 20 Units January _ February ... March April May July August September October November 1974 . 1973 . January April May June 7 2 1 3 4 2 3 4 2 1 29 20 34,239 2,030 300 6,400 12,450 4,100 13,177 264,476 4,500 600 342,272 123,791 PR353 Over 20 Units 3 6,600 2 192 August September December 1974 1973 . 2 1 1 3 1 13 13 4,000 700 3,000 2,050 5,000 21,542 158,455 1 August PR359 Motor Hotel, Motel- Unclassified or Unknown 1 300 1974 __ 1 300 _ 1973 _.. PR361 School, College, University Dormitory March 1 50 April 1 120 July 2 870 November 1 75 December 2 1,025 1974 1973 . 2,140 150 PR362 Fraternity, Sorority, Social Club 1974 1973 1,000 March . PR364 Military Barrack Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ 1 1,500 1974 1973 1,500 14,000 PR365 Convent, Monastery, or Other Religious Dormitory 1974 _ 1973 _ 1 250 PR366 Bunkhouse and Workers' Barrack January _ February April May October December 4,000 43,500 61,000 5,500 100 5,000 3 1974 11 119,100 3 — 1973 9 75,000 PR371 Mobile Home One- or Two-family Unit January 11 75,800 _ February — 6 44,530 — March 8 83,574 April _ 7 39,771 1 May - 7 18,700 June 3 37,000 July 4 35,550 August 7 91,359 September 5 41,000 October 5 41,575 _. November 10 96,765 _. December 10 106,200 4 1974 _. 83 711,824 5 1973 93 593,997 3 PR372 Travel Trailer January .— 5 21,426 — — February 3 12,300 March 2 13,800 April _ _ 1 4,500 — May 1 1,800 _ June - 2 1,800 August - 1 4,500 _. October 1 2,100 1 _. November 2 3,000 — _. 1974 1973 18 20 65,276 97,577 PR373 Camping Trailer January 1 164 February 3 907 March 3 9,000 April _ 2 115 May 1 75 July .— 2 5,125 August 1 200 September 1 2,200 November 2 4,597 December 2 9,500 1974 - 18 31,883 1973 18 28,829 PR374 Motor Home January 1 7,000 May 2 12,250 June 1 100 August 3 28,550 1974 1973 7 47,900 7 36,078 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 83 PR375 Mobile Camp January March ... 1974 1973 May . November 1974 1973 Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ Incidents Loss Injured Dead 1 350 $ 1 200 — — March 1 250 70,000 — 2 550 1974 3 70,250 1973 6 3,050 PR376 Houseboat 1 8,000 PR417 Post Office 1 3,000 — — June July 1 1 100 — — 2 11,000 1 400 1974 2 600 1973 3 3,600 — — PR379 Mobile Home, Trailer- Unknown ■Unclassified or November . December . 1974 1973 1,000 200 1,200 35 PR399 Residential Property, Unclassified January February ... March April May _ June July August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 13 7 4 2 3 5 8 5 12 11 7 3 80 385 120,900 19,643 11,707 1,588 3,000 17,900 21,250 21,316 98,050 47,729 67,465 3,050 433,598 1,886,326 2 15 PR410 Office 1973 1 3,780 PR411 General Business Office 1974 January February March April May June July August September October November . December 1974 1973 2 5 1 1 2 5 3 3 2 3 2 1 30 30 550 65,550 25 152,500 5 33,518 99,250 500,500 258,700 11,600 348,695 254,500 1,000 1,726,388 201,046 PR412 Civic, Federal, or Provincial Government Office February _ August December 1974 ... 1973 ... 1,642 20,000 235 21,877 1,275 March . June July __ 1974 1973. PR413 Bank 1 4,500 4 6,255 1 76 10,831 340 PR414 Medical, Health, Research, or Scientific Office PR421 Barber or Hairdressing Establishment February _ 1 150 — October 1 300 1974 2 450 _.. 1973 _. 1 300 _.. PR422 Beauty Parlour March 1 182,000 April _ 1 200 November 1 600 — 1974 _ 3 182,800 _.. 1973 1 3,000 _.. PR499 Unclassified or Unknown January 1 3,000 February _. 2 22,250 March 2 19,500 September 2 47,000 October 1 150 __ December _ 1 50 — 1974 9 91,950 1973 _. 17 170,096 1974 1973 April June . PR500 Mercantile Z i October 1974 1973 3,000 PR511 Supermarket 2 3,200 1 35,000 1 8,000 1 8,000 49,200 3,102 PR512 Market, Grocery Store January April — May June September . November . 1,900 500 50 1,178 1,000 1,100 1974 _ 12 5,728 1973 15 177,720 PR513 Specialty Food Store January 1 250 February _. 1 28,000 May 1 16,000 June 1 49,000 July 3 1,450 September 1 14,618 October 3 1,200 November 2 15,000 1974 1973 13 2 125,518 1,040 D 84 BRITISH COLUMBIA PR514 Liquor, Beverage Store Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ 1974 _. 1973 2 55,200 PR516 Delicatessen January 1 100 May 1 25,500 1974 2 25,600 1973 _. 4 101,688 PR521 Clothing Store January 1 100 March 1 52,000 April 1 _ May 2 77,336 September 1 300 October 1 400 November 1 850 1974 8 130,986 1973 _. 11 268,985 PR522 Clothing Accessories, Shoe Store April 1 3,500 June _ 1 35,000 October 2 2,250 — — 1974 4 40,750 1973 PR524 Tailor, Dressmaking Shop 1974 _ 1973 _. 1 400 PR526 Dry Goods Store January 2 4,033 — — September 2 1,050 — November 1 7,500 — 1974 _. 5 12,583 __ 1973 5 24,719 __ PR529 Textile, Wearing Apparel Sale— Unclassified or Unknown 1974 _ 1973 1 50 PR531 Furniture Store August — 1 10 _— September 1 500 October ...... 2 12,600 December 3 840,100 1974 _. 7 853,210 1973 _. 7 37,016 PR532 Appliance Store February _. 1 16,000 _.... March 1 200 October 1 11,000 December 1 1974 _. 4 27,200 1973 6 3,818 1 PR533 Hardware Store May 1 175,000 1974 _. 1 175,000 1973 _. 1 7,660 PR534 Music Store May 2 81,500 October _ _ 1 25 1974 3 81,525 1973 PR535 Wallpaper, Paint Store Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ June 1 50,000 1974 1 50,000 1973 PR536 Rug, Floor-covering Store June 1 76,609 September 1 120,000 1974 2 196,609 1973 PR539 Furniture, Appliance, Hardware Sales— Unclassified or Unknown October 1 46,255 1974 1 46,255 1973 PR541 Book, Stationery Store January 1 104 March 1 25 April 1 65,862 October 2 3,225 1974 5 69,216 1973 PR542 Newsstand, Tobacco Shop September 1 8,116 1974 1 8,116 1973 1 25 PR543 Drug Store February 1 6,813 March 1 1,000 May 2 23,400 1974 4 31,213 1973 1 24,500 PR544 Jewellery Store 1974 1973 2 200 PR545 Gift Shop 1974 _— __ 1973 1 12,932 PR547 Florist Shop February 1 600 . March _ 1 500 . April 1 4,000 September 1 200 December 2 3,170 1974 6 8,470 1973 5 14,000 PR551 Hobby, Toy Shop 1974 1973 1 10 PR552 Sporting Goods Sales, Bicycle Sales and Repairs May 1 70 October 2 100,000 November 2 396,200 3 December 1 12,000 1974 6 508,270 3 1973 1 950 . REPORT OF ' PR553 Photographic Supply Sales and Stud Incidents Loss Injured $ January 1 4,402 THE FI ios Dead ~ i l RE MARSI January _ May June July August — September October November December 1974 1973 PR! March April May October November 1974 1973 PR January March August November 1974 1973 December 1974 1973 July 1974 1973 March June July August 1974 1973 PR579 A August . 1974 1973 February September October _ 1974 1973 January _. 1974 1973 June December 1974 1973 IAL, 1974 PR573 Mote Incident 6 4 8 3 1 2 1 3 2 r-vehicle Repairs 3 Loss In $ 31,778 452,675 93,900 68,025 405 47,000 D 85 jured Dead ~ i Sales ales 1 1 ~~1 __ Service— 1 1974 1973 PR5 1 4,402 1 23,000 54 Garden Supply Store 1 500 1 75,000 January August 15,075 29,900 738,758 1,265,015 icle and Trailer. 200 15,995 150 90,000 257,000 363,345 17,978 hide Accessory S 450 3,000 40,000 2,100 45,550 42,850 Boat Sales 200 1974 2 75,500 1973 1 160 PR555 Retail Lumber Sales August .. 1 2,500 _ 30 25 74 Motor-vel 1 2 1 2 2 1974 1973 1 2,500 1 Pet Store, Animal Hospital 1 500 PR556 January 2 8 575 Motor-ve 1 2 1 1 1974 1973 PR561 J 1 500 1 500 "urnlture Repair or Upholstery Without Sales 2 75,000 1 1 6,000 July December 5 5 PR576 1 1974 3 81,000 1 2 3,182 63 Laundry, Self-service 1 8,700 2 1,450 3 3,050 1 100 Z 1 150 1 100 1973 PR5 January March June 1 1 PR577 Marti 1 200 150 le Service-station 500,000 500,000 100,000 r-wash Facility 1,200 800 500 200 July August September October 1 1 PR578 Ca 1 1 1 1 4 totor-vehicles, Unclassified 1 1974 1973 PR566 10 13,550 10 61,219 1 Home Maintenance Service 1 3,000 June 2,700 Boats, Sales ana and Unknown 50 1974 1973 PR567 1 3,000 Maintenance Shop, General 2 1,270 March 1 PR581 De 1 1 2 4 5 PR582 Vari 2 50 uartment Store 180,000 1,500 41,675 223,175 302,525 •ty Store—Small 85 1974 1973 2 1,270 PR5" January February March April May June 1 Service-station, Public 2 1,750 2 8,198 2 19,026 1 46,400 3 53,300 4 200,785 2 22,000 1 75 2 51,200 3 125,550 2 250 1 79,302 25 607,836 16 240,263 1 July August September October November December . 2 1 PR583 Vari 1 1 85 69,500 'ty Store—Large 85,000 200,000 285,000 134,650 1974 1973 .. 2 3 D 86 BRITISH COLUMBIA PR589 Department, Variety Store— Unclassified or Unknown Incidents 1974 1973 Loss $ Injured Dead 55,000 PR590 Miscellaneous Mercantile 1974 1973 70 PR592 Trade Supply Sales May 1 50 June 1 175 October 1 30 December 1 700 1974 _. 4 955 1973 1 75 PR593 Builders' Supply Sales 1974 1973 2 221,000 PR594 Restaurant Supplies and Services 1974 1973 1 30,948 PR599 Miscellaneous Mercantile- Unclassified or Unknown January 4 31,100 February 1 250 March 4 1,265 April 1 20,000 May 3 1,650 June 5 348,330 July 2 48,800 August 6 81,738 October 3 60,250 November 3 2,250 December 1 200 _ 1974 1973 33 595,833 26 324,500 1 PR600 Industrial Manufacturing Properties November 1 47,900 1 1974 1973 47,900 PR611 Basic Industrial Chemicals August December — 1 1 200 1,000 1 1974 1973 2 1 1,200 12,410 1 PR613 Plastic February July 1 1 4,432,000 270,000 1974 . 2 1 4,702,000 250,000 1973 1 PR614 Plastic Products February March December — 2 1 1 4 1 20,400 1,500 5,500 1974 1973 27,400 4,500 PR615 Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Inks, Waxes, Adhesives Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ May 2 2,700 July 1 8,100 August 1 9,000 1 October 1 8,862 — 1974 — 5 28,662 1 1973 2 22,100 PR617 Petroleum Refineries May... 1 2,000 July 1 500 — — October 1 500,000 1974 _. 3 502,500 1973 2 6,377 May . PR618 Asphalt, Coal Products 1 500 1974 1973 500 21,000 PR621 Sawmill, Planlng-mill January 6 236,719 February 5 351,641 March 5 67,000 April 4 445,752 May 5 918,928 June - 7 570,456 July 7 262,974 August 8 461,441 September 7 58,452 October 3 37,200 November 2 1,000 . December 4 155,000 1974 1973 63 68 3,566,563 2,664,930 PR622 Wood Cane Container, and Small Wares Z 1 10 1974 1973 PR623 Wood Products, Furniture, Fixtures March June September October 1974 1973 —- 2,000 _.. 5,100 1,000 __ 8,950 _.. 17,050 1,100 PR624 Upholstered Furniture, Bedding February 1 - — March 2 42,129 June 1 25 — August 1 800 September 1 4,146 — 1974 1973 6 47,100 3 1,535 PR625 Paper, Pulp, Paperl January October 1 50,000 1 18,000 1 December 2 14,500 1974 1973 5 82,500 6 133,150 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 87 PR626 Paper, Pulp, Paperboard Products May December 1974 1973 Incidents Loss $ 23,515 7,000 30,515 8,550 Injured Dead PR627 Newspaper, Magazine, Printing and Publishing 1974 1973 2 7,000 PR628 Printing, Publishing April 1 1,000 May 2 70,000 July 1 268,370 1974 . 1973 339,370 80,000 PR629 Wood, Furniture, Paper, Printing— Unclassified or Unknown October 1 100 1974 1 100 1973 PR631 Basic Iron and Steel April . .. 1 500 July 1 6,000 December — 1 400 1974 3 6,900 1973 7 56,299 PR632 Basic Nonferrous Metals March 1 4,200 1974 1 1973 4 PR633 Basic March 2 May 1 June 1 4,200 377,500 Metal Products 5,900 9,300 1,500 1974 4 1973 21 PR634 January . 1 February 2 16,700 238,832 Machinery 699 40,000 12,000 17,000 27,417 1 21,703 2,275 78,000 7,000 22,600 April .— 1 May . 4 June ... 2 July 2 August 2 September 1 October . — 2 1974 18 228,694 1 1973 . . 10 106,897 1 PR635 Electrical Equipment August - - 1 1,158 1974 1 1973 1 1,158 200 PR636 Electrical and Electronic Appliances January 1 1,650 — May 1 200 — July 1 1,600 ,— 1974 1973 3,450 6,500 — Food Processing PR641 Slaughtering, Preparation, Preserving of Meat March August October ... November 1974. 1973 . Incidents 1 1 2 1 Loss Injured Dead 2,000 1,500 300 500 4,300 10,050 PR643 Canning, Preserving of Fruits and Vegetables November 1 8,000 1974 . 1973 . 8,000 355 PR644 Canning, Preserving of Fish, Sea Foods January 1 600 June August 1974 1973 . 20 200 820 PR645 Grain Mill Products Manufacturing January 1 1,000 1974 1973 1,000 250 PR646 Bakery Product Manufacturing February _. 1 30,000 August _. 1 300 1974 1973 1974 1973 2 30,300 3 75,300 PR649 Unclassified or Unknown 1 Miscellaneous Manufacturing PR651 Distilling, Rectifying, Blending Spirits 1974 1973 1974 1973 1 2,000 PR653 Breweries 1 270 PR662 Wool—Spinning and Weaving 1974 1973 1 3,500 PR669 Textiles—Unclassified or Unknown January 1 500 — 1974 1 500 1973 — March PR671 Footwear 1 1,000 1974 1973 December 1,000 PR672 Wearing Apparel 1 150 1974 1973 150 D 88 BRITISH COLUMBIA PR675 Fur Products Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ April 1 100 1974 _. 1 100 1973 3 12,025 PR677 Rubber, Rubber Products February 1 28,000 _.„. — June _. 1 2,500 1974 2 30,500 1973 4 218,045 PR681 Shipbuilding and Repairing of Vessels Over 65 Feet March _ 23 4,750 1974 2 4,750 1973 8 33,825 2 PR682 Boat-building and Repairing of Vessels 65 Feet and Under June _ 1 — — July 2 304,500 August 3 8,288 September 1 800 — — October 1 300 — — November 2 2,903 _.... — 1974 ..— 10 316,791 1973 5 1,135,271 PR683 Railway Equipment and Assembly, Repair 1974 1973 2 1,050 PR684 Motor-vehicle and Assembly January 1 108 — — May 2 520 June 1 750 — July 1 600 September _. 5 20,350 — — December 3 12,700 PR699 Unclassified or Unknown January February April May June July August September October December 1974 1973 Incidents 7 3 2 2 1 2 3 1 2 6 29 32 Loss $ 58,580 15,000 70,900 30,000 600 31,550 2,750 15 58,000 1,800 269,195 153,661 Injured Dead Agricultural Products PR711 Seeds, Beans, Nuts, Grain Storage in Bulk January May July December _ 1974 1973 23,000 6,000 1,000 50 30,050 1,251,000 1974 13 35,028 1973 5 118,795 PR686 Aircraft and Rocket and Assembly, Repair 1974 - - 1973 1 5,000 PR689 Vehicles and Related Equipment— Unclassified or Unknown 1974 1973 3 150 PR696 Laundry and Dry Cleaning January 2 1,100 — February 1 3,102 _. April 1 500 May 1 50,000 June 2 2,000 _. July 1 100 December 1 100 _ 1974 9 56,902 1973 8 130,610 PR698 April August October _ November 1974 1973 Toy, Sporting Goods 1 2,000 2 20,898 2 68,100 1 35,000 PR712 Boxed, Crated or Packaged Storage June 1 500,000 125,998 126,950 1974 1 500,000 1973 PR713 Loose or Bagged Storage Tnn« 1 1 15,000 1 1 — 1974 ... 15,000 1973 1 53,000 PR715 Livestock Storage January 8 16,521 February 3 10,500 March . 3 10,500 April 4 70,000 May 5 57,912 June 8 62,900 1 July 4 9,700 August . 3 3,100 September 4 24,000 Octnhe.r 2 94,500 November 2 461,580 1 December 6 52 31,187 1 — 1974 461,580 1973 76 665,542 2 — PR716 Agricultural Supply Storage March 1 6,500 April 1 500 Junfi 2 8,800 July .. 1 450 August . .. 2 7,900 September 2 43,805 October 3 8,800 November 1 15,000 December 4 162,500 — — 1974 17 254,255 1973 11 56,945 — PR719 Unclassified or Unknown 1974 1973 . 1 28,800 REPORT OF THE FI Industrial Storage PR724 Baled Jute, Hemp, Flax, Sisal, Other Mixed or Blended Fibres Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ March 1 23,772 RE MARSHAL, 1974 D PR752 Wood Products Incidents Loss Injured $ 1574 ii ii ii ii iiiii ii mi i! i ii Him si in ii ii ii iii I 1973 1 100 PR753 Furniture 1974 ... 1 23,772 . . 1973 . 1 PR725 Cloth and Yarns 1974 1974 - 1 10,000 1973 1 16,500 PR755 Rolled Paper, Newsprint 1974 1973 1 600 PR726 Wearing Apparel, Garments, and Finished Textiles 1974 1973 — 1 100 PR756 Paper and Paper Products October 1 100 December . . 1 100 1973 .... 1 30 PR727 Leather and Leather Products December 1 8,000 1974 2 200 1973 . PR757 Felled Timber, Log Storage January 2 60,000 February 1 100 May 2 60,000 July .. 2 36,780 1974 1 8,000 1973 1 52 PR731 Packaged Foodstuffs 1974 1973 1 25,000 PR732 Canned, Bottled Food or Soft Drinks March 1 50,000 June 1 650 .... September 1 200 — 1974 8 157,080 1973 3 140,350 PR759 Wood, Furniture, Paper and Product Unclassified or Unknown July 1 4,500 1974 2 50,650 1973 1 1,725.000 PR733 Loose or Bagged Processed Foods January .. 1 892 February 1 5,000 September 1 400 November 1 307,573 1974 1 4,500 1973 . . PR761 Basic Industrial Chemicals 1974 1973 1 750,000 PR762 Hazardous Chemicals April 1 160,000 1974 4 313,865 . 1973 .. PR735 Cold Storage March 1 100 __ April 1 10,500 May 1 140,423 1974 3 151,023 1973 . 1 1974 . 1 160,000 1973 PR765 Paints and Varnishes 1974 1973 1 150 PR773 Hardware March 1 1,000,000 July 1 PR737 Bulk Flour or Starch 1974 1973 1 PR741 Flammable Liquid Tanks July 1 5,000 1974 2 1,000,000 1973 .. . 1 1,560 PR774 Machinery 1974 _ 1974 1 5,000 1973 1 53,735 PR742 Packaged Petroleum Products November . 1 800 _ 1973 3 1,500 PR775 Electrical Appliances and Supplies January 1 60,000 1974 .... 1 800 1973 PR751 Lumberyards, Building Materials January 2 500 May 1 2,000 June 1 4,551 . September 1 500,000 __ 1974 . 1 60,000 1°73 PR776 Finished Metal Products 1974 1973 1 75 1974 . 5 507,051 1973 5 230,325 D 90 BRITISH COLUMBIA PR777 Scrap and Junkyards Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ April 1 1,000 — September 1 21,000 —. — 1974 2 22,000 1973 2 10,200 1 PR780 Vehicles 1974 — — 1973 1 435 PR781 Garage—Individual Residential Parking January 8 60,862 .— February 12 36,102 — — March 10 12,590 April 16 19,855 May 18 26,765 June 12 12,355 July 13 21,856 1 August 14 23,446 September 13 20,434 — October 14 37,725 — — November 16 37,140 _ __ December 11 50,159 . — 1974 157 359,289 1 1973 144 153,052 1 1 PR782 Garage—General Auto Parking March 3 400 _ _ June 1 1,000 November 1 500 December 1 30 — — 1974 1973 6 10 1,930 5,725 PR783 Bus, Truck, and Auto Fleets October 1 600 1974 1973 . 600 22,590 PR784 Heavy Machine and Equipment July . 1 15,000 September 1 25 — October 1 4,490 November 1 8,300 1974 1973 27,815 6,580 PR785 Marinas, Boat and Ship Storage January February . March June August September 1974 1973 2 1 1 1 3 1 9 13 25,000 10,000 17,000 1,500 20,500 1,200 75,200 214,629 PR786 Aircraft Hangars February 1 200,000 1974 1973 1974 1973 August 1974 . 1973 . 200,000 45,000 PR788 Fire Stations 2 353 PR789 Unclassified or Unknown 1 44,000 44,000 General Item Storage PR791 General Warehouse Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 2 89,600 February 2 53,322 March 5 341,065 April 5 79,403 May 9 82,623 June 6 120,635 July 5 15,262 August 4 27,400 September 2 30,000 October 3 2,500 November 2 15,500 December 4 2,750 1974 _ 49 860,060 1973 60 2,068,467 2 PR793 Coal, Coke, Briquette, and Charcoal September 1 3,000 — — 1974 1 3,000 1973 PR794 Freight Terminal February 1 900 — August 1 1,500 — — December 2 10,060 — — 1974 _ 4 12,460 1973 4 81,550 PR795 Glass and Glass Products September 1 1,000 — 1974 1 1,000 1973 PR799 Unclassified or Unknown January _ 7 368,793 February 1 4,000 ___ March 1 1,660 April 5 9,166 May _ 2 1,700 June __ 5 157,100 July 6 49,710 August 6 15,090 September 7 22,650 _ October 5 13,092 November 2 3,100 — 1974 _ 47 646,061 1973 45 792,277 Outdoor Property PR811 Brush, Grass, and Light Ground Cover June 1 76 — _ July 2 August 2 650 September 6 30 — October 5 1,220 — November 1 — - December 2 50 — _ 1974 _ 19 2,026 1973 _ 36 826 PR812 Dumps March 1 300 May 1 2,000 July 1 200 August 1 300 September 1 15 October 2 300 December 1 1,500 1974 8 4,615 1973 7 350 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 91 PR813 Trees March May June August September October ... Incidents 1 5 3 1 4 2 Loss $ 100 340 187 100 1,350 200 Injured Dead 1974 16 2,277 1973 _ 15 1,765 PR814 Fences, Poles January 1 40 April 2 10 June 3 375 July 1 40 September 1 40 October 3 200 November 2 45 December 1 10 1974 14 760 1973 13 1,317 PR815 Trash and Rubbish January 4 95 February 1 10 March _ _ 3 650 April 1 45 May 7 2,360 June 17 3,850 July 3 50 August 3 450 September 6 600 October 12 455 November 10 325 December 4 175 1974 1973 71 54 9,065 37,995 January July 10 October December 1974 1973 PR816 Mailboxes 1 1 1 3 10 April .. June .. 1974 1973 PR818 Forest, Standing Timber 70 PR819 Unclassified or Unknown April May _ July August September 1974 1973 . 1 2 2 1 6 12 6 320 195 85 450 1,050 1,900 PR821 Bridge, Trestle, Overpass, Elevated Road, and Railway June September October November 1 1 2 1 5 5 5,000 2,000 25 250,000 1974 1973 257,025 254,220 PR828 Pier and Wharf Injured Dead June July August 1974 1973 Incidents 1 1 1 Loss $ 50 4,000 100,000 3 104,050 4 87,700 PR831 Buildings Under Construction January May July September October November 1974 1973 1,150 750 6,000 130 8,030 126,665 PR832 Buildings Under Demolition May _ 3 600 1974 1973 600 PR833 Construction, Other Than Buildings April June . . . 1 1 2 2,000 5,000 1974 1973 . . .. 7,000 PR835 Vacant Property April May June July August October _.. December 1974 . 1973 2 2 1 2 2 4 1 14 17 800 300 23,000 2,500 2,000 800 2,000 31,400 43,695 PR836 Unoccupied Property February March October _ 1974 1973 5,000 500 200 5,700 8,100 July 1974 1973 PR837 Contractors' Sheds 1 250 1 250 PR838 Buildings Under Major Renovation April November 1974 1973 4,800 41,000 45,800 D 92 BRITISH COLUMBIA Watercraft PR841 Motor Craft (65 Foot and Under) Incidents Loss $ 25,000 24,500 17,000 4,200 24,750 5,000 525 2,500 18,000 Injured Dead January February — May July August September _. October _— November _. December 1 2 3 3 4 __ 1 2 1 1 ~~2 n 1974 1973 - 18 19 121,475 128,580 2 1 PR842 Vessel (Under 1,000 Gross Tons) January May . . _ June _ July September .. December 1 1 1 2 1 1 4,000 85,000 3,000 10,000 85,000 15,000 — 1974 1973 7 3 202,000 24,097 — PR844 Ship, Tanker June 1 50,000 1974 1 50,000 1973 — PR847 Non Self-propelled Vessel January 1 150,000 — February 1 5,000 — June — _ 1 200 September 1 100 — November 1 1,000 1974 5 156,300 1973 4 14,650 PR848 Commercial Fishing Vessel January . 1 10,000 February 1 10,000 ! March 3 9,100 : April 2 5,200 May 1 300 _. June 3 10,300 — July 6 121,100 : August 3 45,500 : September 2 25,200 October 3 140,629 November 3 3,800 December 1 10,000 — 1974 ... 29 391,129 i 1973 32 391,750 '. PR849 Unclassified or Unknown March April June August September 1974 1973 2,500 5,000 2,600 1,500 2,000 13,600 1,950 1 Railway Car PR850 Rail Transport Vehicle and Equipment 1974 _ 1973 _ 1 _ PR851 Passenger, Diner Incidents Loss Injured Dead February October . 1974 _.. 1973 .... Loss $ 1,300 24,000 25,300 213,300 1974 1973 PR852 Passenger Sleeper __ _ 75 February _ March June October December 1974 1973 PR853 Freight 400 3,450 850 200 20,000 5 10 24,900 103,704 PR854 Locomotive, Engine, and Other Power Unit September December 1974 __ 1973 ._.. 1974 1973 11,500 350 11,850 4,000 PR855 Self-powered Car September . 1974 1973 _ 1 75 PR858 Railway Yard 1 1974 1973 PR860 Ground Transport Vehicles 2 225 PR861 Automobile January February _ March April May June July August September October November December 1974 106 96 110 137 184 183 195 193 209 158 152 130 1,853 1973 1,231 91,011 75,268 85,421 105,695 125,975 195,305 165,112 153,102 159,264 128,442 143,181 99,237 1,527,013 707,613 PR862 Bus, Trackless Trolley February March April July August December 1974 1973 350 200 100 300 1,000 150 2,100 15,190 PR863 Truck, Compressed or Liquefied Gas Tank February 2 11,850 October 1 250 1974 1973 3 12,100 4 39,000 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 93 PR864 Truck, Flammable Liquid, Chemical Tank Injured Dead March July August September October Incidents 1 2 1 1 Loss $ 5,000 16,000 800 50,000 100 1974 1973 January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 January _ February March April May June July August September October November . December 1974 52 1973 38 6 71,900 10 109,050 1 >5 Truck, General 10 15,280 9 10,130 12 33,314 24 58,030 24 27,426 32 75,615 1 20 92,420 1 29 41,205 29 79,210 33 80,016 1 21 15,460 18 53,750 261 581,856 3 188 866 254,838 Motor-cycle 2 3 525 1 450 3 1,890 3 850 1 200 12 9,275 5 2,500 5 5,000 11 7,700 4 2,550 2 300 2 1,500 32,740 22,054 PR867 Wagon, Nonmotorized Hauling Vehicle 1974 __.... 1973 2 15,000 _ PR868 Industrial or Commercial Trailer January February March April May June July August September November December 1974 1973 PR869 June July . 3 18,200 1 9,255 1 500 2 30,500 3 21,200 2 3,400 1 500 1 50 2 16,400 2 6,620 2 450 20 107,075 14 77,125 Unclassified or Unk 1 9,500 1 400 2 9,900 5 2,229 1974 1973 Aircraft PR871 Personal Business and Utility—Under 12,500 Pounds Gross Weight 1974 1973 60,500 PR872 Personal Business and Utility—12,500 Pounds Gross Weight and Over Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ 65,000 _ -ptember 1 1974 1 65,000 1973 PR875 Helicopters and Vertical Take-off Aircraft, Nonmilitary ay . 1 32,000 1 1974 1973 1 32,000 1 Special Vehicle PR881 Construction Equipment January May June July August September October 1974 1973 3,730 600 3,500 1,500 8,861 11,800 31,250 13 11 61,241 87,553 PR882 Farm Tractor and Equipment February March May June July August . October December 1974 1973 16 11 800 800 2,000 900 400 1,370 1 4,500 3,500 14,270 1 33,127 PR883 Crane, Mobile and Fixed June September 1974 1973 3,500 500 4,000 100 PR884 Industrial Truck—Fork Lift and Material Handling January February .. March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 6 76,176 6 20,664 1 8 75,365 6 10,820 5 52,500 4 70,100 5 28,100 11 23,280 , 8 71,065 1 5 265,550 3 7,900 9 123,750 76 825,270 2 35 158,508 PR886 Ski Lift, Aerial Tramway, Cable Car, Monorail April _ May 1974 1973 4,000 50 4,050 D 94 BRITISH COLUMBIA PR889 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss $ 50,000 9,000 350 Injured Dead March 1 May 1 December 1 — — 1974 3 1973 2 59,350 20,087 — — PR899 Miscellaneous Special—Unclassified or Unknown January 4 4,850 — February 6 71,425 _„.. March 4 20,115 April 4 602 May _ 9 5,950 June 3 7,341 July 2 19,000 August 5 425 _.... September 6 29,300 October 2 110 November 3 500 — December 1 108 — 1974 49 159,726 1973 276 694,490 3 1 Laboratory PR911 Chemical, Biological, and Medical May ._ 1 300 July October 1974 .. 1973 _ 100,000 60 100,360 2,500 PR914 Radioactive Material 197'4 1973 March 1974 1973 1974 1973 1 25,000 PR915 Electrical, Electronic 1 200 PR916 Agricultural August 1974 1973 . 1 30,000 PR917 General Research 1 100,000 100,000 Farm Facility PR921 Poultry, Egg Production January 1 150 March 2 745 September 2 10,450 _. October 1 60,000 _ November 1 1,500 _. 1974 _ 7 72,845 1973 5 8,770 PR923 Storage Barn July 1 1,500 _. 1974 _ 1 1,500 1973 1 200 PR924 Animal Barn, Cattle, Pigs, Horses Incidents 1974 1973 Loss $ 37,200 172,760 Injured Dead March April June July August September November 1974 1973 PR925 Crops, Orchards 300 50 225 300 2,500 650 1,100 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 11 11 5,125 23,912 October 1974 1973 PR927 Fruit, Vegetable Packing 1 19,000 19,000 28,000 PR929 January May Unclassified or Unknown 1 95,000 1 11,000 _ 1974 1973 106,000 Miscellaneous Outbuildings PR931 Shed January „ February April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 4 2 6 4 4 3 6 3 10 4 11 2,250 6,800 6,219 10,600 5,427 3,260 12,825 2,050 15,475 4,542 28,890 57 66 98,338 172,948 June 2,535 PR934 Awning, Canopy 1 75 1974 1973 75 275 July PR935 Shelter—Storm and Weather 1 30 1974 1973 30 950 March 1974 1973 . PR936 Shelter—Bomb or Fallout 1 50 July 1 50 PR937 Conveyer 1 2,000 1974 1973 2,000 3,000 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 95 PR939 Unclassified or Unknown Incidents Loss Injured Dead 1974 1973 Loss $ 1 300 PR941 Electrical Light and Power- generating Plant August October 1974 1973 8,000 2,053 10,053 500 PR942 Electric Light and Power-distribution System April May December 1974 1973 1,600 300 1,900 111,500 PR944 Gas-distribution System, Pipe-line October 1 200 1974 1973 200 6,000 PR945 Heating Plant November 1 600 1974 1973 600 1,500 PR946 Water-supply System January March December 1974 1973 13,300 11,550 2,000 26,850 2,500 PR947 Sanitary Service December 1 2,200 1974 1973 2,200 200 PR952 Glass Manufacturing February .. September November 2 25,000 1 15,000 1 65 1974 4 40,065 1973 1 90 PR953 Glass Container Manufacturing 1974 1973 3,500 1 PR954 Pottery, China, Earthenware Manufacturing 1974 __ 1973 _ 200 PR956 Cement Batch-mixing Plant January March Incidents 1 1 2 1 Loss $ 282,000 60,000 Injured Dead 1974 1973 342,000 30,000 — — PR958 Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing March . April ... 1974 . 1973 . 50 4,000 4,050 October November 1974 1973 PR961 Coal Mine l 360 1 600,000 2 600,360 1 25,000 PR963 Metal Ore Mine 1974 1973 1,000 PR964 Petroleum, Natural Gas Well With Accompanying Reservoir November 1974 1973 1,500 1,500 PR965 Stone, Slate, Clay, Gravel, Sand, Quarry, or Pit May July 2 365 1 4,500 1974 1973 - 3 4,865 1 200 Communications PR972 Radio, Radar Site 1974 ... 1973 7. 2 700 PR974 Telephone Exchang August 1 5,000 1974 1973 ... 1 5,000 1 10 October PR976 Weather Station 1 600 1974 1973 600 1974 1973 PR979 Unclassified or Unknown ZZZ 1 600 Z D 96 BRITISH COLUMBIA PR999 January _ February March — April Miscellaneous—Unclassified or Unknown May June Incidents 8 2 12 10 17 15 Loss $ 5,690 11,000 116,636 73,798 26,740 26,788 Injured Dead Incidents Loss $ 7,825 Injured Dead July . 13 August ... 10 3,000 September 6 975 .. October _. 5 3,613 1 1 November 7 16,813 December 4 2,975 1975 . _ 109 295,853 2 1 1973 . ... - 185 715,721 6 PT Property Type PT000 Unknown June _ .. July 243 235 426,696 353,357 2 1 1 January .. 84 264,040 August . _. 258 341,979 1 2 February 2 1,070,482 September . 278 457,505 2 2 March . 41 71,547 October 204 584,869 1 April 56 113,782 November . 180 186,738 1 May 57 317,097 270,629 100,266 December ... 170 283,277 1 — July 48 1974 2,392 3,964,617 12 10 August 46 235,320 1973 1,866 2,652,484 17 4 September _ 57 589,050 October 47 149,714 November ... December ... 41 35 625 134,409 113,794 3 3 5 6 January PT004 Op 4 sn Structure 59,150 1974 3,430,130 1973 1,015 2,009,132 3 February ... 1 1,162 March . . . 4 26,600 PT001 Building- —Single Occupancy April May 6 5 252,576 278,250 January February March .. April . . May June July . . 260 173 203 215 207 218 175 2,287,024 6,012,331 2,284,345 1,410,949 2,794,079 1,689,268 1,676,550 2,011,852 1,216,461 1,635,252 20 17 11 14 10 8 4 12 7 6 8 10 4 4 3 1 9 4 7 June July August September. October November . December _ 1974 1973 .... 9 10 5 8 5 2 4 63 55 340,400 140,090 11,065 7,577 46,065 258,300 53,700 1 1 2 1 August . September ... 189 166 232 1,474,935 1,792,955 October November — 212 2,872,096 12 3 December 204 2,074,075 9 8 PT005 1974 2,454 27,964,282 130 61 x ent, Air-supportea structure 1973 2,498 16,590,331 134 66 February _ 1 10,000 PT002 Building— -Multiple Occupancy April July . ... l 1 200 2,625 August 1 5,000 January 121 83 1,433,508 847,602 9 11 4 4 1974 .. . 4 February 17,825 March 117 617,069 6 2 1973 4 1,320 1 1 April . 95 817,592 16 3 May . 116 2,575,337 10 4 June 134 2,389,342 5 6 July 96 1,694,453 14 1 PT006 Outdoor Area August 103 1,082,188 5 1 September ... 106 2,256,054 3 2 October 108 1,916,940 6 6 January 9 6,285 November ... 96 914,174 4 2 February ~ 2 85 December _ 124 2,131,147 19 4 March 7 10 11,753 2,445 1974 1,299 18,675,406 108 39 May 15 4,995 1 1973 1,338 14,170,314 113 39 June July 29 .. . 11 9,196 1,210 _.- August __ 13 10,245 ___ PT003 Vehicle September 19 9,075 October 28 68,840 1 January 139 334,355 4 November . 15 18,495 . February March 125 148 212,035 281,645 1 2 December . 11 18,333 April . — 174 208,570 1974 169 160,957 1 2 May . 238 293,591 1 1973 191 1,128,068 4 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 97 PT007 Underground Structure, Mine Incidents Loss Injured Dead July Loss $ 1974 1973 June . July ... 1 50 50 4,202 PT008 Pier, Wharf August November 1974 . 1973 1 2 2 1 6 12 50 504,000 106,000 203 610,253 293,875 PT009 Unclassified January February .. March April May June July August September October _ November December . 1974 _ 1973 _ Incidents 50 33 33 42 52 45 47 42 46 51 38 34 513 634 Loss Injured Dead 370,947 229,647 286,071 464,792 628,876 537,263 511,042 667,209 485,001 1,100,729 178,835 1,083,315 6,543,727 7,067,485 13 23 PV Property Value PV000 Unknown or Not Applicable January 228 649,922 5 February 167 1,243,489 1 1 March _ 170 589,594 2 April 228 764,012 1 1 May 274 539,067 1 1 June - 302 1,266,504 3 July _-. 264 1,223,501 2 1 August 281 689,859 3 3 September 321 1,029,695 2 3 October 266 1,056,308 1 1 November 232 244,252 5 5 December 198 319,017 1 1 1974 -- 2,931 9,615,220 22 22 1973 - 2,829 4,728,330 27 8 PV001 $0-$999 January 29 10,798 February 17 7,525 March 25 8,950 1 April 34 14,109 May 57 21,570 2 — June 36 13,212 1 July 40 14,660 1 1 August 49 30,511 1 1 September 42 18,035 _— October 38 21,605 2 November 23 10,800 December 27 _ 417 8,599 5 —~ 1974 180.374 5 1973 545 260,608 4 6 PV002 $l,000-$9,999 January 75 274,605 February 65 238,320 March _ 73 202,938 April —. 74 210,178 May _ 74 178,968 June _ 73 219,638 July 68 192,323 August _ 77 229,067 September 71 180,381 October 79 268,390 November 64 172,447 December 55 165,466 1974 _ 848 2,532,721 1973 _ 916 2,725,666 7 1 2 1 3 2 1 1 1 5 2 2 3 1 4 3 27 12 27 31 PV003 $10,000-$24,999 January 94 635,819 February 54 329,714 March 68 383,986 April 57 291,673 May 63 325,232 June 65 448,147 July 40 264,875 August 38 303,512 September 40 361,451 October 52 431,215 November 50 397,850 December 49 576,578 1974 _ 670 4,750,052 1973 920 5,166,078 29 53 PV004 $25,000-$99,999 January 136 1,122,567 5 February 89 952,208 16 March 119 791,542 6 April 119 967,221 12 May 115 752,067 8 June 144 1,295,421 9 July 129 1,232,363 6 August 124 1,084,465 7 September 115 1,447,215 7 October 145 1,380,781 8 November 133 1,126,149 6 December 154 2,615,922 8 1974 ._ 1,522 14,767,921 98 1973 1,413 10,823,784 88 PV005 $100,000-$249,999 January 39 1,076,682 8 February 24 353,971 1 March 30 370,844 2 April 21 423,107 3 May 38 713,851 June 39 788,017 1 July 19 436,881 August 30 914,560 September 31 477,297 2 October 37 679,673 1 November 38 743,463 4 December 30 356,626 7 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 29 24 1974 1973 376 342 7,334,972 5,624,979 29 44 1 3 1 2 5 ~_ 2 4 25 30 5 i ~4 1 1 17 11 D 98 BRITISH COLUMBIA PV006 $250,000-$999,999 Incidents Loss $ 436,232 Injured Dead January 31 February 29 703,392 10 1 March 34 134,839 2 1 April 39 297,271 3 May 38 3,699,697 1 June 57 1,502,172 1 July 37 1,012,657 11 August 38 701,261 3 September 30 937,430 1 2 October 31 228,562 November 28 1,050,790 1 2 December 40 432 660,268 6 39 2 1974 11,364,571 8 1973 294 8,913,111 20 4 PV007 $l,000,000-$4,999,999 January 19 392,059 1 February 14 82,663 1 March 19 1,080,249 April ._ 14 6,692 1 1 May 18 44,785 2 1 June - 15 118,095 July 15 21,290 August 16 369,068 2 September 15 50,064 2 October 18 1,064,585 1 November 14 817,389 2 December 17 194 1,030,350 3 13 1974 5,077,289 4 1973 208 5,594,543 27 1 PV008 $5,000,000 and Over Incidents Loss $ 11 104,185 7 4,461,816 13 15,677 10 295,693 10 576,223 5 9,338 12 583,805 4 147,055 12 517,705 8 371,290 3 110 9 23,515 104 7,106,412 107 1,446,167 January February „ March April May June July _ August September October November December 1974 1973 PV009 Unclassified January 5 52,440 February 4 10,246 March —. 2 411 April 3 950 May 3 40,765 June . 4 2,300 July 2 1,288 August 2 1,500 September 3 1,450 October 1 December 3 1,300 1974 _ 32 112,650 1973 43 426,900 1 1 2 SI Source of Ignition SI000 Unknown January 80 274,122 1 February 47 1,069,606 March 39 64,862 April 53 136,332 May 51 240,054 June 48 228,954 July 35 72,442 August 39 226,866 September 48 575,326 October 36 146,239 November 33 63,814 3 2 December 28 537 87,806 3 1974 — 3,186,423 2 1973 872 1,786,660 7 2 Heating Equipment SI011 Central Heating Unit January 18 114,835 February 3 18,200 March 3 13,985 April 5 17,200 May 9 89,735 June 6 34,843 July 2 6,500 August 2 September 2 October 9 November 11 December 14 142,000 1 1,100 33,913 1 83,192 _ _ 74,185 .. 1974 1973 84 83 629,688 2,146,483 SI012 Service Water-heater January 3 14,800 2 February 4 11,203 March 5 77,376 April 3 6,700 1 June 2 550 1 July 3 11,800 August 3 23,460 September 1 800 November 4 67,000 December 3 49,925 1974 31 263,614 4 1973 39 311,987 12 SI013 Space Heater—Stationary January February March _ April May June August September October November December .... 1974 1973 12 88,522 12 44,630 11 32,850 11 50,599 1 5 26,820 1 4 111,020 3 5,950 3 8,000 8 39,050 1 8 6,895 12 133,965 89 548,301 3 96 450,578 4 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 99 SI014 Space Heater—Portable Incidents Loss Injured Dead January .. February March April May September October November December 1974 1973 January .. February March April May 1 5 3 1 2 1 3 2 5 23 18 500 76,350 9,300 4,750 16,000 400 500 125 19,102 127,027 145,824 SI015 Fireplace June August _. —.. September October __. September December 1974 _ 1973 January ... February March April May June July 14 4 5 6 4 4 1 5 4 6 7 60 77 34,092 26,363 3,927 644 1,603 11,025 150 9,977 3,225 51,510 24,213 166,729 149,837 SI016 Chimney, Gas Vent August September October . November December . 1974 1973 3 3 2 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 1 2 28 34 1,300 23,255 6,500 1,950 300 9,500 675 143,500 1,800 500 189,280 3 154,961 1 SI017 Flue Pipe, Vent Connector January March April June September . October November . December .. 1974 .. 1973 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 13 11 37,200 1,350 1,200 650 200 11,500 100 200 52,400 22,828 SI018 Steam, Hot-water Pipe July December 1974 1873 2,500 500 3,000 11,150 SI019 Unclassified or Unknown January _ February March April May June July 31 9 22 12 14 3 5 144,046 66,677 73,668 47,350 88,127 4,100 44,550 August September . October November . December . 1974 1973 — Incidents 2 9 15 15 14 Loss Injured Dead 41,333 166,866 647,461 170,050 268,100 151 134 1,762,328 949,244 Cooking Equipment SI021 Stove, Range January February ... March April May June July August September October November . December . 1974 1973 20 24 20 24 29 37 23 26 20 26 29 26 304 286 60,099 117,589 32,300 126,481 108,114 113,229 82,374 105,995 50,985 84,139 74,606 128,945 1,084,856 581,049 7 3 1 2 4 4 4 5 3 2 1 3 39 21 June July September . November December . SI022 Oven 2 1 1 1 1 350 200 130 7,303 18 1974 1973 8,001 4,326 SI023 Food-warming Appliance—Portable February .... August October December ~ 1974 .... 1973 — 3 1 1 1 6 12 106 64 200 11,258 11,628 40,752 January March — April May June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 SI024 Deep-fat Fryer 892 172 16,990 30,664 7,000 2,081 4,500 125 70 18,074 18,050 SI025 1 2 4 7 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 26 49 1 98,618 1 169,951 3 January March - May June July August September October November December . Cooking Unit—Portable 50 3,433 14,000 1,500 30,000 450 23,572 8,000 200 87,000 1 1974 1973 18 20 168,205 49,139 D 100 BRITISH COLUMBIA SI025 Open-fired Broiler—Fixed Type Incidents Loss Injured Dead April October . 1974 1973 100 26,400 26,500 5,732 SI027 Open-fired Broiler—Portable Type March April 1 3 2 1 2 9 8 30 3,410 1,100 9,000 691 July August 1974 1973 .... 14,231 1,637 1 SI029 Unclassified or Unknown January 11 21,947 February 6 39,975 1 March 5 1,491 1 April 6 12,973 May 5 1,835 June — 11 64,624 1 July 11 28,657 1 August 8 50,176 1 September 10 47,035 October 4 21,131 1 November 7 69,972 December 1 85 3,500 ..... 1974 363,316 6 1973 120 196,999 5 Smokers' Material SI031 Cigarette January February .. March April May _.. June July August September October November December . 63 57 50 - 40 50 79 46 56 56 55 51 35 136,214 104,590 94,248 76,708 113,651 201,130 147,152 133,939 64,917 211,141 713,872 58,591 1974 1973 638 814 2,056,153 4,354,202 41 63 SI032 Pipe November 1 1 2 50 1974 1973 50 585 z: SI033 Cigar 1974 .... 1973 60 SI039 Unclassified or Unknown January .. February March April May June 13 44,739 21 133,931 7 28 81,632 3 48 273,311 11 31 916,737 2 37 214,872 1 3 4 1 3 1 1 2 4 2 3 24 24 1 Incidents Loss $ 669,303 333,680 169,254 122,394 113,700 302,218 Injured Dead July August ... September — October November December 38 53 49 _. 29 23 35 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 10 3 1974 1973 405 ._ 361 3,375,771 1,728,281 40 20 36 14 SI040 Electrical Distribution Equipment 197'4 1973 1,200 SI041 Electric Wiring, Cable—Permanent January 27 295,745 1 February 15 9,820 March _ 18 151,182 April 23 25,925 May 35 17,399 June 20 22,026 July 26 41,499 August _ 33 148,899 September 36 145,850 October 25 19,696 November 28 103,116 — December 26 88,943 1974 _ 312 1,070,100 1 1973 _ 239 520,414 4 SI042 Transformer January „ February March _ July September 1974 1973 18,900 1,000 800 1,000 21,700 126,275 SI044 Panelboard, Switchboard January March ~ April May June August September December 1974 1973 1,275 700 400 3,182 700 47,400 15,072 900 15 11 69,629 9,511 SI045 Switch, Outlet January April May . _ June July August September November December 1974 1973 4 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 35 34 11,729 9,340 7,868 502 53,900 29,500 2,225 1,675 7,049 123,788 167,356 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 101 S1046 Electric Wiring, Cable—Temporary Incidents Loss Injured Dead January February .. March April May June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 SI047 August September 1974 1973 January _ February March April May June July 5 5,047 1 4 7,400 3 10,300 5 64,917 5 38,592 1 2 5,805 2 1,910 3 3,600 2 5,023 7 44,639 4 448 9 421,630 1 51 609,311 3 57 1,373,003 4 Signal, Telephone Equipment 1 3,000 1 1,200 4,200 SI048 Battery, Rectifier August September October November December 1974 1973 5 2 4 4 3 4 2 2 6 5 5 5 47 36 30,556 1,650 1,265 1,550 300 33,550 50,600 3,000 2,227 3,755 2,800 950 132,203 21,580 SI049 Unclassified or Unknown January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 31 13 17 12 15 18 20 29 22 30 25 17 249 208 357,028 104,555 77,610 24,800 27,080 986,529 140,100 119,226 16,897 188,592 27,766 181,080 2,251,263 1,552,808 Appliances SI051 Television, Radio January „ February March April May June July August September .... October November ... December ... 1974 1973 2 4 3 4 3 5 2 6 2 8 4 2 45 29 350 16,127 1,925 11,550 11,529 775 80 54,731 3,200 111,412 29,244 2,200 243,123 155,882 SI052 Motor—I Horsepower and Over January March April May June August October November December 1974 _.. 1973 Incidents 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 1 4 19 27 Loss $ 2,875 9,000 1,000 500 1,360 2,941 450 55,000 7,450 80,576 481,957 Injured Dead SI053 Motor—Under 1 Horsepower January February _ March April May June July August September November December 1974 1973 1 2 3 3 5 5 1 2 2 2 1 27 25 110 301,700 500 21,260 86,785 1,765 59 400 100 2,035 50 414,764 59,839 SI054 Electronic Equipment—Communications January May June 1974 1973 500 1,400 1,800 3,700 24 SI055 Electronic Equipment—Data Processing April September . 1974 1973 12 100 112 3,780 SI056 Electric Blanket January 4 19,862 March 3 30,359 August 1 130 September 1 5,000 November 1 7,500 1974 10 62,851 1973 18 65,999 SI057 Incandescent Lamp January 5 35,802 February 2 8,781 March 2 10,902 April 5 15,420 May 2 671 June 2 550 July 4 1,675 August 4 3,700 September 3 44,700 October 7 6,135 November 9 54,039 December 3 12,487 1974 1973 48 49 194,862 151,825 D 102 BRITISH COLUMBIA January April May November December . 1974 1973 SI058 Fluorescent Lamp Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ 60 150 3,000 50 200,000 5 203,260 9 4,890 SI059 Unclassified or Unknown January February March _. April May June July August September October November _ December . 1974 1973 21 14 18 10 11 14 12 16 17 10 10 13 166 148 166,515 4,518,729 82,460 13,632 97,480 21,015 91,645 248,531 470,400 80,964 30,462 51,385 5,873,218 790,315 Other Appliances SI061 Dryer January ... February March April June July August October November Devember . 1974 1973 3 3 6 7 2 2 1 5 3 5 37 37 3,500 1,900 3,450 57,254 900 24,000 350 1,531 500 1,007 94,392 61,267 1 SI063 Pressing-iron February March . May November 1974 1973 341 299 200 100 940 34,273 SI064 Internal-combustion Engine January 34 February 33 March 42 April 52 May 46 June 67 July 68 August 65 September 62 October' 46 November 46 December 58 1974 _ 619 1973 511 19,826 29,205 1 18,672 41,323 1 23,475 77,898 1 358,809 2 52,540 4 73,400 1 26,060 17,050 43,165 781,423 10 394,859 10 SI065 Tar Pot, Kettle Incidents April June September 1974 1973 Loss $ 10,500 40,000 200 50,700 2,375 Injured Dead SI066 Incinerator February .. April September October November 1974 1973 8,941 180,500 3,000 100 1,500 194,041 405,386 SI067 Air-conditioning Unit—Local March 1 200 1974 1 1973 - 200 SI068 Refrigeration Unit—Local January May July August September December . 1974 1973 1 1 3 1 3 1 10 16 107 100 4,233 3,000 12,055 11,500 30,995 53,907 SI069 January March April June July August September October November December 1974 _ 1973 Unclassified or Unknown 1 3 2 2 5 5 2 1 1 2 24 35 1,500 2,000 2,035 20,250 12,750 37,121 25,025 2,028 300 10,200 113,209 127,594 SI070 "Open" Flames 1974 1973 January ~ February March April May June July _ August September ..... October November December 1974 1973 1 450 SI071 Match 31 125,215 17 67,522 2 i 30 55,290 41 262,844 3 52 761,509 2 60 173,891 41 532,535 27 257,311 1 61 166,949 44 104,940 2 2 34 21,013 1 35 134,030 473 2,663,049 10 4 424 1,854,880 10 8 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 103 SI072 Lighter January ..... February ... March April June July August September . November . December . 1974 1973 May June October 1974 1973 January February ... March April May ._ June July August September October _ November . December 1974 1973 January . February ... March May June August September . October __. November . December . 1974 1973 January March ... April May June July August . September . October November . December . 1974 1973 Incidents 4 1 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 4 23 18 Loss Injured Dead 22,938 148 678 9,850 2,250 500 16,900 2,700 190 10,525 66,679 17.334 SI073 Lamp 365 517 3.782 5 4,664 7 43,402 SI074 Candle, Taper 40 55 43,274 2,300 985 3,055 34,700 2,200 4,167 1,350 86,703 2,500 3,100 4,100 188,434 86,064 SI075 Cutting-torch 5 1 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 23 18 62,100 2,200 4,310 2,800 200,000 4,700 2.200 375 20,000 450 299,135 178,099 5 3 4 7 9 5 3 1 3 1 2 43 60 6,316 8,500 275,947 21,400 25,360 21,525 53,000 21,000 2,060 2,700 80,002 517,810 730,707 1 3 14 SI076 Welding Equipment i SI077 Torch- January February March April _ May -Other Than Cutting, Welding 13 79,816 2 6,050 6,300 28,112 1,750 Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ June _. 5 200,659 July 5 25,940 August _. 1 1,000 September 2 750 October 3 9,447 November 2 1,636 December 2 10,150 1974 _. 50 371,610 4 1973 41 94,575 1 SI078 Hot Ashes, Embers January 5 35,385 February 3 1,837 March 1 100 April _ 3 3,200 May 1 200 June _ 5 203,085 July 6 25,825 September 1 3,000 October 5 14,675 November 5 2,450 December 8 6,500 1974 43 296,257 1973 _. 39 380,961 SI079 Unclassified or Unknown January 31 280,849 February _. 14 286,386 _... March 23 142,500 April _ 35 286,030 6 1 May 48 297,005 June 40 131,584 July 29 585,666 1 August - 27 280,300 2 September 46 251,273 1 October 55 414,714 1 November 44 520,242 1 December 32 271,798 2 1974 — _. 424 3,748,347 10 5 1973 _. 466 1,996,518 9 12 Exposure 51081 Structure—Attached January 3 233,500 February 2 8,455 March 1 600 April _ 1 400 May 1 5,000 June _. 2 3,100 July 1 300 October 2 11,300 November 1 7,500 1974 _. 14 270,155 1973 _. 2 13,000 51082 Structure—Detached February 2 573 March — _. 1 900 April 7 4,770 May 5 2,750 June 2 14,100 July 3 3,800 August 3 1,500 September 2 300 October _. 2 1,200 November 3 39,750 December 5 15,900 1974 __ 35 85,543 1973 53 394,657 D 104 BRITISH COLUMBIA SI083 Lumber Yard Incidents Loss Injured Dead June 1974 1973 . 250 SI084 Outside Storage Container, Tank 1974 1973 January _ February March April May June July 10,925 SI085 "Open" Fire August — September October — November December 1974 1973 3 1 2 3 5 4 1 1 2 3 3 1 29 47 1,140 11,100 11,500 2,861 3,650 3,500 300 450 1,600 8,825 125 45,051 634,962 July SI086 Forest 1 4,500 1974 1973 March April _ May July .._ 1 4,500 500 SI087 Grass, Brush August 1974 1973 1 1 1 2 3 8 24 5,000 5,140 600 150 900 11,790 89,450 SI089 Unclassified or Unknown January — February . March April May June July August — September October ._ November December 1974 1973 7 6 6 6 26 12 14 17 17 9 131 130 76,780 205,337 9,460 25,748 367,525 581,137 125,887 14,050 164,997 42,170 13,885 8,500 1,635,476 988,478 SI090 Miscellaneous Source May 797 1974 1973 797 800 SI091 Heat-treatment Equipment Incidents Loss $ 9,000 3,500 500 36,000 16,000 34,500 200 Injured January March . ... April July September November December 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 11 — 1974 99,700 419,640 1973 . 19 1 SI092 Industrial Oven January February _ March July 2 1 2 1 2,000 4,000 10,604 1,000 — 1974 1973 6 5 17,604 11,840 — SI093 1974 Printing Equipment, Photographic Equipment 1973 March April .. May 69,860 SI094 Explosive December 1974 1973 17,000 1,800 32,000 400 51,200 SI095 Fireworks April June October November .. 1974 1973 120 90 6,775 5,200 13 3 12,185 650 SI096 Bearing, Belting, Conveyer, Brake January February _ March April May ._ _ June July September October November December 1974 1973 3 5 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 23 19 21,400 12,755 250 8,000 2,800 16,631 1,400 1,000 560 307,573 350 372,719 45,500 SI097 Machinery, Equipment—Commercial and Industrial March May June July August . September October November . December 1974 1973 15,700 72,554 3,000 35,780 44,715 4,146 96,100 50 17 13 272,045 1 45,929 1 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 105 February _ March May June August September October November December 1974 1973 SI098 Chemical Reaction Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ 1 30 1 1,500 1 40,000 2 2,600 _ 4 8,688 2 450 3 17,062 1 750 1 14,000 16 85,080 7 132,952 1 SI099 Unclassified or Unknown January .. February March April May June July August September October November December Incidents ■119 119 132 125 175 189 186 184 150 189 126 128 1974. 1973 . ... 1,822 ... 1,586 Loss $ 1,810,951 1,043,127 2,386,805 1,085,624 3,278,408 1,878,868 1,685,874 1,815,321 2,351,644 2,932,424 1,799,388 2,892,989 24,961,423 17,639,449 Injured Dead 6 7 5 2 3 14 1 52 43 3 2 6 5 1 4 4 34 25 SP Sprinkler Protection SP000 Unknown or Not Applicable January 448 2,241,258 14 8 February 322 2,256,861 16 1 March 371 1,102,752 9 April ... ._ 431 1,665,518 5 3 May 492 1,363,442 13 8 Tune ._ 520 1,772,459 10 4 July 468 2,724,389 11 4 August 478 1,649,250 11 7 September ... 513 2,508,805 4 4 October 487 2,686,682 10 6 November 419 2,161,495 9 8 December 378 ... 5,327 1,802,864 14 126 7 1974 23,935,775 60 1973 ... 5,228 15,904,969 119 50 SP001 Complete—Supervised or Standard Watchman January _. February . March April May June July August September October _ December 1974 1973 3 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 21 35 360 2,200 58,297 20,000 2,500 8,650 268,370 1,391 3,500 3,250 26,500 395,018 836,435 SP002 Complete—Alarm to Fire Department January February _ April May July August September . December _ 1974 1973 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 14 16 1,275 400 370 23,515 2,800 1,158 4,146 10,025 43,689 83,893 SP003 Complete- -Unsupervised, Local Alarms Only January .... . . 2 176,519 February . 2 8,991 March 5 63,200 April 3 143,900 May 4 32,275 June 1 5,000 July 1 1,550 August 5 32,888 1 September 3 6,075 October _ 5 72,362 November 4 1,285 _ December 2 37 3,025 1974 547,070 1 1973 32 193,520 2 SP004 Partial—Supervised or Standard Watchman February . March April May June August October _ November December 1974 1973 20,600 500 192 2,500 600 50 2,000 60 500 13 32 27,002 136,192 SP005 Partial—Alarm to Fire Department January . March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 10 9 5 3 3 7 3 65 61 4,325 900 1,125 30 215 955 705 55 180 151,610 835 160,935 181,530 D 106 BRITISH COLUMBIA SP006 Partial—Unsupervised, Local Alarms Only Incidents Loss $ 81,496 Injured Dead January ... . 12 February 3 1,550 1 March 10 31,257 2 April 14 39,450 1 1 May 8 615,676 June 10 85,360 July 10 62,855 August 8 95,968 1 September 8 38,350 October 7 26,640 November 7 32,340 December 7 21,546 2 1974 104 1,132,488 7 1 1973 112 2,344,777 19 2 SP007 Insufficient Information to Classify January February March April May July August September . November December 1974 1973 — 16 40 875 11,200 10,000 108,438 500,000 54 300 1,500 500 2,700 635,567 2,321,555 SP008 No Sprinkler Protection Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January 179 2,227,796 15 8 February 133 6,080,050 13 13 March _ 147 2,275,864 7 2 April _ 137 1,289,444 24 3 May 167 3,500,496 7 1 June 196 3,106,410 7 6 July 131 1,757,273 13 1 August _ 157 2,684,798 8 5 September 133 2,238,301 8 5 October 160 2,698,554 4 8 November 143 2,170,535 9 3 December 174 3,876,821 12 6 1974 ..... 1973 33,906,342 23,217,427 SP009 Unclassified January 7 21,405 February 2 1,492 March _ 6 36,260 April 3 2,469 May 11 851,791 June 7 684,150 July 5 165,397 August 4 4,350 September - 11 219,991 October 7 12,741 November 5 45,425 December 4 12,825 1974 72 2,058,296 1973 77 489,868 127 142 61 61 TI Time TI001 0001-0800 January February . March April May June July August September October _ November December 1974 1973 _ 165 110 111 131 207 200 167 176 167 164 130 161 1,889 1,876 1,581,834 5,258,566 1,101,963 1,224,668 2,931,639 2,708,214 1,970,573 2,322,472 1,668,991 3,081,842 1,342,812 2,252,012 27,445,586 17,857,466 January February March April May June July _ TI002 0801-1600 ... 229 2,215,898 163 964,379 _ 172 1,492,632 200 861,976 191 570,276 209 1,202,557 175 534,247 6 12 3 4 8 5 15 2 3 3 78 114 17 9 6 9 3 3 5 45 60 August _ 211 913,651 September 214 996,450 October 211 1,067,423 November 213 1,210,667 December 168 881,868 1974 __ 2,356 12,912,024 1973 _. 2,410 11,550,997 TI003 1601-0000 January 273 February 197 March 270 April 268 May _ 292 June 331 July 284 August 272 September 299 October 300 November 242 December 253 1974 1973 3,281 3,331 957,577 2,160,399 984,435 1,184,262 3,390,310 1,752,073 2,478,823 1,234,735 2,355,282 1,353,144 2,009,771 2,623,761 22,484,572 16,301,703 6 6 7 4 11 86 6 10 10 18 11 9 4 13 3 4 105 96 4 2 5 3 2 39 25 6 6 2 2 3 38 31 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 107 WM Size of Water Main WM000 Unknown or Not Applicable Incidents Loss $ 1,541,063 Injured Dead January 376 10 13 February 268 1,619,409 8 1 March 286 795,478 5 1 April 288 809,684 1 3 May 348 1,011,971 6 1 June 347 1,062,330 6 July .... _ 315 783,222 4 3 August 374 1,041,055 8 4 September 384 1,755,058 3 4 October 339 1,334,609 4 5 November 274 846,192 5 5 December 265 3.864 4,422 2,024,685 9 69 107 5 1974 14.674,756 11,441,920 45 1973 44 WM001 0 Inches January February . March April May June July August September October ... November December 1974 1973 21 19 20 19 18 26 20 25 28 29 22 18 265 256 231.050 415,172 3 88,195 138,656 270,699 1 461,185 1 154,462 288,121 1 296,267 393,213 1 336.174 1 232,713 3,305,907 4,068,007 WM002 4 Inches January February March April May June July August September October November December 1974 1973 . 33 23 26 32 28 33 25 20 24 38 29 25 336 377 4,184,985 2,769,272 WM003 5 Inches January February April July _ September __. October November 1974 1973 17 558,316 1 403,484 3 257,350 3 363,448 95,206 799,079 408,925 1 148,831 168,295 147,671 588,302 2 246,078 10 20 1 1 4,000 199 3 1 1 2 1 6,600 70,000 300,000 22,150 41,000 10 9 443,850 20,061 1 2 2 1 1 7 12 WM004 6 Inches January February ... March April May June July August September October .... November . December 1974 ncidents Loss $ 601,399 Injured Dead 119 7 1 97 5,335,685 13 7 92 336,648 2 1 99 335,735 16 2 95 2,373,742 4 4 129 1,285,964 4 4 105 897,034 _.. 2 108 835,095 9 2 114 908,747 3 3 103 746,041 3 1 135 706,208 5 1 123 2,011,892 7 73 4 1,319 16,374,190 32 1,378 13,740,831 77 33 WM005 8 Inches January 62 504,215 February 38 321,137 March 77 1,573,488 April 94 920,494 May _ 127 1,982,120 June 123 802,995 July 113 957,671 August 72 1,304,957 September 81 1,328,063 October _. 96 761,126 November 76 762,866 December 83 417,253 1974 1,042 11,636,385 1973 632 7,393,587 WM006 10 Inches January - 17 503,835 February 8 54,830 March 19 304,380 April 15 102,466 May 20 784,074 June 33 204,900 July 11 110,353 August 18 154,335 September 28 197,942 October 34 136,847 November _. 17 472,509 December 36 295,126 1974 256 3,321,597 1973 169 1,168,481 WM007 12 Inches January 20 February 6 March - 25 April . 29 May 30 June 33 July 19 August 31 September 13 October 20 November 19 December _ 15 1974 _ 1973 ... 260 234 315,976 47,764 56,673 378,716 234,190 1,028,466 1,407,746 411,777 33,426 173,002 48,624 433,785 4,570,145 2,523,036 4 3 4 1 5 5 3 8 2 1 2 2 5 2 4 3 5 1 48 58 13 7 12 13 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 3 Z. 2 1 7 1 7 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 6 1 25 4 D 108 BRITISH COLUMBIA WM008 14 or Over Inches WM009 Unclassified Incidents Loss $ 61,715 Injured Dead Incidents Loss Injured Dead January 5 January 13 433,740 1 February 3 48,200 1 February 7 137,563 1 5 Marrh 3 54,850 March . __ 5 111,968 3 April .. 9 95,732 5 April 11 119,375 May 19 53,223 May 5 87,000 2 3 June 10 1,325 . June 6 16,600 July 13 73,330 10 July 4 120,900 August 3 200,850 August 8 85,837 September 5 925 2 . September 2 32,000 October 9 ■1,647,800 October 5 139,950 November . 8 153,175 November . . 4 608,200 December 10 13,250 — — December _ 7 82,859 1974 .. 97 2,404,375 17 1 1974 77 1,975,992 6 9 1973 72 1,765,166 7 1973 68 819,805 1 2 WS Water Supply—Flow wsooo Unknown or Not Applicable WS003 200-399 Gallons per Minute January 362 1,954,392 8 8 January 16 92,615 February 262 1,522,303 10 9 February 14 435,458 2 March 268 790,901 2 1 March 8 18,527 April 285 831,290 3 2 April 14 176,264 3 i May 335 1,253,785 7 1 May 19 32,825 l June 331 804,096 6 1 June 14 34,703 July 308 707,622 6 3 July 16 462,895 August _ 349 875,948 7 3 August 5 118,200 September . 373 1,361,813 6 4 September 16 396,708 October 320 1,141,743 3 4 October 9 75,119 l November 263 1,363,879 5 5 November ... 13 55,000 December 247 . 3,703 789,408 3 66 3 44 December 1974 13 157 397,803 1 6 4 1974 13,397,180 2,296,117 1973 . 4,272 10,481,950 109 47 1973 152 1,669,055 5 4 WS001 None WS004 400-599 Gallons per Minute 30 322,930 3 4 January 35 287,025 1 23 495,808 February 13 27,443 — 1 March 22 26 138,767 105,391 1 March April 24 30 192,371 86,365 T May 24 27 215,419 180,200 1 1 May June 23 49 1,193,181 1,283,651 ~~2 1 July .. _ - .... 20 99,062 July 33 191,068 27 223,920 August 31 371,295 September 34 472,055 September 37 790,493 2 4 48 519,138 1 1 October 35 183,460 31 437,387 1 November 30 541,308 December 24 336 267,413 4 10 2 9 December 1974 37 . 377 1,149,658 5 8 1974 3,477,490 6,207,318 1973 341 3,812,702 16 10 1973 367 2,420,994 6 6 WS002 Less Than 200 Gallons per Minute WS005 600-799 Gallons per Minute January 12 232,725 January 37 128,788 1 February 9 125,374 3 February 33 453,924 5 1 March 5 61,700 March 24 63,341 April 3 90,769 April 27 357,320 2 2 May 7 47,700 2 3 May 33 251,896 3 3 June 12 477,511 June 45 1,228,088 1 2 July . 4 90,500 July 35 345,198 1 1 August 8 96,850 August 47 524,984 3 September 9 58,820 September 45 436,388 1 October . . 9 188,550 October 36 340,176 1 1 November 7 43,925 November 39 466,170 2 December 14 331,922 — December 36 1,142,883 3 2 1974 99 1,846,346 5 5 1974 . 437 5,739,156 22 13 1973 130 1,943,569 6 2 1973 _. 375 4,673,983 27 11 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 109 WS006 800-1,199 Gallons per Minute Incidents Loss Injured Dead $ January ._. 78 558,936 9 1 February _. 68 604,742 8 3 March 75 704,271 8 1 April 72 805,700 8 1 May 53 1,780,210 2 June _. 77 301,793 3 1 July 58 1,360,721 1 August . _. 79 1,083,164 5 5 September 38 539,682 1 1 October 73 676,369 4 November 73 373,962 5 December 78 681,138 6 3 1974 _. 822 9,470,688 60 16 1973 _. 907 8,274,638 49 19 WS007 1,200-1,5999 Gallons per Minute January 39 137,785 February 9 33,069 March 35 95,067 April 29 185,959 May 34 114,880 June 26 143,483 July 25 58,285 1 August 28 304,560 3 1 September 27 8,277 October 25 345,625 1 1 November 26 911,603 4 1 December 29 580,054 6 1 1974 _. 332 2,918,647 15 4 1973 _. 342 2,878,350 25 6 WS008 1,600 or Over Gallons per Minute Incidents January 52 February 34 March 86 April 108 May 153 June 154 July 122 August 78 September 97 October 115 November 102 December 98 1974 1,199 1973 _ 681 Loss Injured Dead 986,890 4,613,735 1,491,325 568,384 1,950,829 1,198,319 1,665,292 799,690 809,487 1,986,744 369,716 341,512 16,781,923 8,810,110 9 3 6 13 7 5 15 3 2 4 3 6 76 54 WS009 Unclassified January 6 53,223 February 5 71,488 March 6 22,760 3 April 5 63,464 1 May _ 9 51,500 June _. 5 11,000 July 5 93,000 August 7 72,247 September 4 147,000 October 5 45,485 November 1 300 December 6 75,850 1974 _ 64 707,317 1973 -. 50 744,815 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 2 17 9 XD Extent of Damage XD000 Unknown or Not Applicable January . February — March April May June July August September . October — November . December . 1974 2,957 1973 217 644,208 5 165 1,339,172 181 372,185 222 387,460 283 572,831 1 312 596,888 3 283 1,281,909 6 2 290 659,647 3 328 1,210,016 2 1 263 809,477 2 221 478,183 4 5 162 371,489 1 24 1 957 8,723,465 15 832 6,023,812 25 4 XD001 Confined to Object of Origin January 92 February 70 March 120 April 104 May 113 June 123 July — 84 August _. 77 September 106 October 104 November 88 December 97 1974 1973 1,178 1,366 139,287 47,379 75,349 49,783 92,710 819,204 41,615 75,711 227,581 192,648 80,088 113,080 1,954,435 2,072,064 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 16 30 11 5 XD002 Confined to Part of Room/Area of Origin January 96 163,386 2 February 53 96,441 3 March 64 44,665 4 _ April 68 30,427 3 May 52 56,710 1 _ June 79 52,976 5 July 76 432,254 1 August 64 74,845 3 _ September 69 71,076 4 _ October 59 589,330 1 November 73 66,517 1 December 71 90,152 1974 _. 824 1,768,779 28 1973 853 768,374 20 XD003 Confined to Room of Origin January 41 46,974 5 February 29 55,084 3 March 36 113,786 1 April 34 49,290 3 May 50 73,390 5 June 41 83,480 July 26 25,945 August _. 45 52,348 3 September 31 29,167 4 _ October 33 33,542 3 November 39 91,035 2 December 33 54,018 2 1974 _. 438 708,059 31 1973 _. 462 1,373,354 27 D 110 BRITISH COLUMBIA XD004 Confined to Floor Area or Origin Incidents January 44 February _. 24 March 34 April _ 29 May 37 June — 32 July 18 August 22 September 16 October 41 November 29 December 28 1974 - 354 1973 370 Loss Injured Dead 182,183 138,162 202,231 223,979 226,842 283,350 78,397 149,886 144,955 208,682 152,656 133,960 2,125,283 1,622,420 2 3 3 32 45 2 2 2 11 12 XD005 Confined to Building of Origin January 152 2,776,139 15 7 February _. 112 6,132,468 17 12 March .- 97 2,551,491 5 1 April _ 120 2,363,173 20 5 May 124 4,769,083 5 7 June - 104 2,283,798 6 5 July 104 2,753,632 14 August 112 3,044,479 4 7 September. 93 2,179,453 2 3 October 146 3,361,717 5 8 November 111 2,187,508 6 3 December 135 2,830,367 18 8 1974 1973 1,410 1,281 37,233,308 23,731,154 117 120 66 69 XD006 January .. February March .— April May June Extended Beyond Building of Origin 11 10 10 10 16 34 757,105 554,023 107,426 112,090 1,050,094 1,527,413 Incidents July 24 August 26 September 24 October 15 November 14 December _ 14 Loss Injured Dead 1974 1973 208 233 $ 347,408 313,762 998,750 224,300 1,424,838 2,082,475 9,499,684 7,413,148 13 22 8 15 XD007 Confined to Roof January February _ March May June July August September October November . December . 1974 1973 9 1,777 2 13,046 3 1,325 10 33,065 8 12,302 4 7,483 5 29,800 3 1,325 1 1 500 2 800 48 101,423 55 68,196 XD009 Unclassified January February . March April May June July August September October ... November December 1974 1973 5 44,250 5 7,569 8 110,572 3 12 54,704 1 5 17,500 7 3,433 7 15,000 1 18 70,380 2 1 10 158,400 13 82,713 9 81,925 10 81,300 7 109 727,746 1 165 2,637,644 9 4 XF Extent of Fire XF000 Unknown or Not Applicable January 217 656,365 February _. 164 1,339,174 1 March 180 389,855 2 April 222 391,865 1 May 276 571,576 1 June _ _ 311 586,168 3 July 278 1,271,149 6 August 289 659,802 3 September 329 1,093,516 2 October _ 262 798,080 2 November 219 513,533 4 December 193 371,495 1 1974 1973 2,940 2,845 8,642,578 6,060,486 26 27 15 6 XF001 Confined to Object of Origin January 124 135,473 3 February 88 61,646 2 March 129 66,701 1 April 126 125,677 2 May 125 93,490 6 June 137 160,787 July 105 116,280 2 August 100 91,852 3 September 122 276,597 3 October 110 217,112 2 November 103 80,141 2 December 113 127,771 3 1974 1973 1,382 1,605 1,553,527 2,249,393 29 40 12 7 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 111 XF002 Confined to Part of Room/Area of Origin Incidents Loss $ 162,504 Injured E lead January 95 2 1 February 65 175,585 5 March 86 112,001 4 April _ 74 47,717 3 May 93 214,678 5 June 97 185,485 4 1 July 82 390,875 1 August 80 135,709 5 September 74 95,978 6 October 94 693,105 5 1 November 95 203,437 1 December .. 81 . 1,016 160,599 41 2 1974 2,577,673 5 1973 . 1,034 1,386,307 40 6 XF003 Confined to Room of Origin January 45 257,656 3 February 31 126,757 4 March 31 172,169 1 April 42 204,566 6 May 43 143.811 4 June 48 216,853 5 July 23 113,200 August 37 116.600 2 September 26 50,681 October __ 34 135,259 3 November 38 167.420 1 December 37 117,959 6 1974 _. 435 1,822,931 35 1973 417 2,365,599 30 2 3 1 14 6 XF004 Confined to Floor Area of Origin January February .. March April ._. May June July August September October November . December . 1974 1973 . 41 393,392 7 1 21 171,297 2 2 33 285,974 4 27 536,814 7 30 412,028 3 23 355,463 1 3 18 250,887 2 17 201,792 3 18 312,157 34 796,532 21 160,715 4 1 25 236,375 7 40 3 308 4,113,426 10 252 2,270,324 53 14 XF005 Confined to Building of Origin January .. February March __. April 119 2,331,952 11 7 84 5,948,047 15 12 72 2,350,583 4 1 92 1,789,005 11 3 May June _ July August September _ October November December 1974 1973 ncidents Loss $ 4,438,394 Injured Dead 92 1 4 77 2,068,340 4 3 83 2,404,921 11 83 2,743,445 2 7 80 2,062,869 1 3 114 2,601,980 1 8 88 2,047,264 5 1 111 2,666,779 9 5 1,095 33,453.579 75 54 1,029 23,182,350 82 60 XF006 January .. February March April May June July Extended Beyond Building of Origin August September October November December 1974 1973 January „ February March May June July August September October ... November December 1974 1973 January .. February March — April May June July August September October — November December 1974 1973 10 754,561 3 1 9 531,023 2 9 89,600 7 43.700 15 965,200 31 1,421,113 1 23 381,848 1 1 28 315,262 1 2 17 939.700 2 13 165,900 1 13 1,341,265 3 11 1,978,475 3 1 186 8,927.647 14 8 209 5,889,472 19 15 Confined to Roof 9 1,777 2 2,246 4 1,575 8 7.490 9 16,302 6 18,483 7 148.100 4 21,325 3 12,750 1 500 3 17,088 56 247,636 65 09 86,200 Unclassified " 7 61,629 6 27,569 9 110,572 3 9 131,562 1 8 45,558 2 3 7 652,333 8 36,000 1 18 58,296 2 1 10 167,900 11 81,691 7 48,975 ._ 8 81,100 r— 108 1,503,185 9 4 161 2,220,035 7 2 D 112 BRITISH COLUMBIA YC Year of Construction YC000 Unknown January .. February March __ April May June July August . September October November December 1974 1973 Incidents 294 221 229 273 340 386 338 353 390 355 303 283 3,765 3,661 Loss $ 1,428,380 1,533,487 878,976 868,213 1,476,418 1,107,810 753,179 778,530 1,718,696 1,387,488 846,511 1,813,480 14,591,168 10,398,356 Injured Dead March April May June October November December . 1974. 1973 14 30 10,000 15,000 75,300 3,000 7,000 250,025 1,025,000 1,385,325 513,354 YC002 1900 to 1920 January 29 606,844 February 17 331,331 March 27 82,344 April 20 243,263 May 24 171,941 June 28 122,785 July 18 437,850 August 21 202,359 September 17 60,278 October 20 971,565 November 23 127,285 December 14 606,823 1974 258 3,964,668 1973 354 4,287,693 YC003 1921 to 1940 January .. February March . April May 68 49 72 73 62 459,695 140,107 278,153 488,511 928,985 4 6 2 1 4 7 5 6 3 5 7 5 55 60 YC001 Prior to 1900 35 24 10 2 6 7 5 7 3 1 4 2 2 1 4 4 5 4 37 24 4 1 1 10 17 Incidents Loss Injured Dead June July August September October November December . 1974 1973 January February _ March April May June July August . September October _ November December 73 47 52 50 56 42 52 696 759 $ 431,501 471,903 244,466 448,776 252,416 229,220 404.934 4,778,667 5,612,499 YC004 1941 to 1960 1974 1973 . 103 71 80 93 96 109 80 96 94 80 89 79 1,070 1,205 902,041 654,068 1,302,874 914,318 2,102,983 1,790,952 1,122,378 1,520,251 965,869 528,071 1,030,997 494,263 13,329,065 9,458,234 YC005 1961 to 1980 January — February .. March April May June July August September October __ November December 173 112 143 138 165 141 143 137 128 163 123 152 1974 1,718 1973 1,607 YC006 March 1 April 1 June 2 September 1 1974 5 1973 1 1,358,349 5,724,351 1,026,458 741,490 2,136,598 2,195,015 2,198,333 1,725,252 1,827,029 2,355,869 2,079,212 1,413,141 24,781,097 15,423,624 1981 to 2000 225 111 11,781 75 1 14 4 2 2 1 4 58 61 7 7 4 11 6 4 3 2 1 6 5 56 59 5 9 5 5 5 4 3 5 5 6 4 6 62 92 2 ~1 1 1 2 11 24 6 2 1 2 4 2 2 5 1 1 2 5 33 22 1 8 2 1 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 30 26 12,192 16,406 Provincial Totals January February March April May 667 470 553 599 690 740 626 4,755,309 8,383,344 3,579,030 3,270,906 6,892,225 5,662,844 4,983,643 4,470,858 29 31 19 31 22 17 24 21 16 14 2 7 9 10 5 12 September October November December 1974 1973 680 675 585 582 _. 7,526 . 7,617 5,020,723 5,502,409 4,563,250 5,757,641 12 14 20 29 269 298 9 14 11 13 June July 62,842,182 45,710,166 122 August 659 116 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 113 APPENDIX A FIRES INVESTIGATED Total Total number of fires investigated throughout the Province 1,400 Fires investigated by the Office of the Fire Marshal 289 Accident or negligence 96 Incendiary 156 Unknown 37 289 Charges laid throughout the Province 289 Number of persons charged 113 Charges laid 168 Arson 59 Setting fire to other substance 18 Other offences 68 Mischief 23 168 Disposition of charges— Convicted 43 Dismissed 2 Withdrawn 1 Stay of proceedings 11 Committed to institution 1 Pending 108 FIRE CRIME STATISTICS—CANADA Arson or Attempted Arson Suspected or known incendiary 1,400 Unfounded Actual number . 1,400 Offences cleared— By charge 168 Otherwise 48 Person charged (adult)— Male 53 Female 26 Persons charged (juvenile)— Male 32 Female 2 D 114 BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRE CRIME STATISTICS, 1974 Motive Unknown Fraud Insurance General Not Applicable Revenge Cover Crime Mischief Mental 39 1 15 1 34 4 45 5 57 6 46 4 39 4 26 1 50 3 60 1 28 3 14 1 Total Provincial Total January.— February- March April. May June July August September- October November- December— Year to date. Incendiary Actual: January „. February- March April May. June July August September- October November- December.- Year to date. Suspected or known: January February. March April May„ June July August September- October November- December... Year to date. Time 0001-0800: January February. March April May- June July August September- October November- December.-. Year to date. 0801-1600: January February. March April May June July August 51 42 53 54 73 70 55 64 78 94 79 71 784 51 42 53 54 73 70 55 64 78 94 79 71 784 51 42 53 54 73 70 55 64 78 94 79 71 784 31 18 23 23 39 40 32 34 35 41 39 24 4 5 13 10 9 379 | 12 12 12 | 2 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 13 3 10 5 17 5 12 4 13 12 3 1 2 30 | 1 | 30 30 I « 85 1 1 1 3 13 10 17 12 13 12 85 1 1 1 3 13 10 17 12 13 12 85 96 61 97 108 152 136 120 110 150 167 114 89 453 34 |1,400 39 15 34 45 57 46 39 26 50 60 28 14 453 39 15 34 45 57 46 39 26 50 60 28 14 34 96 61 97 108 152 136 120 110 150 167 114 89 1,400 96 61 97 108 152 136 120 110 150 167 114 89 453 | 34 11,400 4 6 8 17 10 6 10 5 3 42 23 32 34 67 56 49 52 53 55 45 29 36 | 94 12 537 16 1 10 i 16 12 3 15 1 5 7 ~ i 24 6 20 30 26 28 16 17 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 115 FIRE CRIME STATISTICS, 1974—Continued Motive Unknown Fraud Not Applicable Revenge Cover Crime Mischief Mental Insurance General Total September 13 1 5 10 2 31 October 14 3 17 1 35 November 12 9 1 22 19 2 5 26 123 2 1 .... | 6 17 123 9 281 1601-0000: January 12 1 1 15 1 30 20 1 10 1 32 25 1 1 18 45 April 18 2 21 3 44 May. 26 1 3 28 1 59 June 22 1 3 3 21 2 52 July — 13 2 9 28 3 55 August 21 2 2 5 11 41 30 2 1 2 31 66 October . .. 39 5 33 77 November ~ 28 1 2 14 2 47 December 28 — .... 6 34 282 7 .... | 1 11 32 236 13 582 Property Assembly: January _. 4 4 8 February 1 1 2 4 3 1 4 g April... .. 6 3 9 11 5 1 17 4 2 3 9 July ... 4 1 8 4 13 7 August 2 1 September 7 1 1 3 1 13 October 14 5 19 November 6 2 8 2 — _.. .... 2 4 64 1 1 4 2 45 3 119 Institutional: January 2 2 4 March 1 1 2 4 April 1 .... 1 June 1 1 July 1 1 1 3 August - „ 1 1 September 1 1 1 3 October 1 1 November... 1 1 December 5 — — ___. 1 6 12 | | _ .... | 2 .... 3 8 25 Residential: January 19 1 2 1 16 1 40 February 15 _ 1 1 7 1 25 March 20 2 . 1 13 2 38 April 16 l 1 15 4 37 19 2 13 2 36 June 17 10 3 30 July 11 2 10 1 24 August 15 5 1 7 . 28 September 20 . 14 1 35 24 18 42 20 1 3 7 1 32 December 16 1 2 4 23 212 4 l .... | 17 6 134 16 390 Office: February 2 1 3 2 1 3 April 1 1 May 1 1 June 1 1 1 3 July 4 4 August 3 .... .... — — 1 " " 4 D 116 BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRE CRIME STATISTICS, 1974—Continued Motive Unknown Fraud Insurance General Not Applicable Revenge Cover Crime Mischief Mental Total September.. October November- Year to date. Mercantile: January February. March — April _ May _ June _ July _ August September- October.— November- December... Year to date- Manufacturing: January February March — April ~_ May June July August September- October November- Year to date- Storage: January February- March April May. June July August September- October November- December— Year to date- Vehicles, outside areas: January February March April. May. July August _ September- October. November... December- Year to date- Miscellaneous: January _.. March _ April May June _ July August 17 39 19 8 9 7 8 11 5 7 9 5 8 6 6 89 15 12 14 17 22 33 20 26 38 36 39 34 306 2 I 4 I 22 | 2 | 55 1 1 12 7 15 10 11 10 67 3 6 14 27 14 10 11 25 26 7 3 154 3 2 4 3 6 7 23 5 3 6 4 9 11 4 5 4 6 8 2 67 I 24 11 10 13 16 16 14 11 11 8 14 13 10 147 24 15 21 33 63 58 48 49 77 72 47 37 544 3 3 5 3 8 12 3 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 117 FIRE CRIME STATISTICS, 1974—Continued Motive Unknown Fraud Not Applicable Revenge Cover Crime Mischief Mental Insurance General Total 3 3 6 October. 3 4 7 1 1 6 1 7 23 — — 1 34 .... 58 Incendiary Method Unknown: January. 19 1 18 1 39 February. 23 9 32 March 27 2 1 1 13 44 April 25 . 3 19 1 48 May 38 10 26 74 June 28 7 19 1 55 July 27 1 7 15 1 51 August 32 7 10 49 September. 34 1 9 19 1 64 October. _ 48 8 25 81 November 38 1 12 51 47 — — — 8 55 386 3 .... | 4 52 193 5 643 Flammable liquids: 8 1 9 February. _ 10 1 11 March 13 — i 3 17 April 6 4 4 14 May _ 12 i 3 5 1 22 June . . 13 2 i 2 3 1 22 July 10 _ 2 7 5 i 25 August 14 2 5 3 4 28 September 22 1 2 3 7 35 October 13 2 7 22 November..... 16 1 1 18 December 10 — — 1 1 — 12 Year to date 147 6 13 20 41 8 235 Incendiary devices: 1 1 May 1 1 June 1 1 July 2 2 4 September 1 .... .... 1 October... 3 3 November. 1 1 3 5 December. Year to date Matches and combustibles: 2 .... — .... 2 11 | .... | 1 .... | 1 5 .... 18 24 1 2 1 19 47 February 9 2 1 5 17 March 12 1 18 4 35 22 21 43 May. 19 2 25 4 50 June 27 i 1 1 22 2 54 July 16 2 1 17 2 38 16 2 9 1 28 20 i 1 1 24 2 49 October. _ 30 2 28 1 61 November 24 _. 1 12 3 40 December. Year to date Other: 12 — .._ 4 1 17 231 | 3 — 1 11 9 204 20 479 January 1 1 February. _ .... 1 1 March 1 .... 1 April 1 | 1 2 May _ 3 1 4 June 1 .... 1 .... 2 .... 4 D 118 BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRE CRIME STATISTICS, 1974—Continued Motive Unknown Fraud Not Applicable Revenge Cover Crime Mischief Mental Insurance General Total July 2 1 — — -- 2 2 3 i — 2 5 1 3 9 | .... — — 1 4 10 24 Not applicable: May 1 1 — — — — - 1 i 1 Persons Involved Unknown: 47 36 52 52 67 65 54 60 74 90 69 63 1 2 2 — — 2 i i l 2 2 2 ~2 1 1 3 13 10 17 12 13 12 30 13 30 41 49 35 34 23 46 52 21 13 1 81 49 86 96 131 June _ July 111 107 97 137 154 92 December 76 729 5 | .... — 13 82 387 1 1,217 Adult male: 3 4 1 4 4 1 1 2 6 2 1 3 2 1 i ~1 ~2 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 ~I 2 i ~2 2 2 2 3 2 i l l 6 7 3 4 8 12 July 5 8 2 3 9 December. 3 Year to date— 28 7 | 1 1 13 1 5 14 70 Adult female: 2 2 1 1 5 -- .... i l .... — l 2 1 2 1 3 3 May - July August October 2 2 2 1 2 December 5 Year to date 11 — — - 1 2 — .... 7 20 Juvenile male: 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 3 1 .... — l 2 6 4 4 4 11 5 1 4 8 7 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 7 5 8 8 June July 13 5 3 September October November December. 11 9 11 4 16 — _.. | 1 2 55 10 84 Juvenile female: January February. May July December. .... — l = 1 2 3 1 i 2 2 3 1 1 .... — .... l — 6 2 9 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 FIRE CRIME STATISTICS, 1974—Continued D 119 Motive Unknown Fraud Not Applicable Revenge Cover Crime Mischief Mental Insurance General Total Offences Cleared Charge: 4 1 5 10 9 February 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 9 6 1 6 1 June 2 2 1 Inly 1 1 3 8 August _ 3 2 1 2 September. 2 1 3 October 3 2 5 9 I 1 2 17 Deremher 7 — — 2 9 Year to date 43 6 1 — 9 3 16 7 85 Other: 2 4 June... 2 1 8 2 13 July 1 8 August ... 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 9 .... — .... 6 1 1 7 November 1 December .... — .._ — 1 1 1 3 3 .... | 5 28 12 48 Not cleared: January 47 1 2 1 34 1 86 February... 36 15 1 52 March 53 2 1 1 1 32 3 93 April 54 3 45 4 106 May 67 2 13 54 3 139 June 66 i 1 10 38 1 117 July 54 3 17 34 1 109 August 61 3 12 23 99 September. 75 2 2 13 46 138 October 91 12 52 155 November. 70 2 23 1 96 December. , 64 — .... .... 13 77 738 5 .... 1 16 82 409 15 1,267 Persons Charged Adult male: 1 2 6 5 1 " " 2 i March. 1 April 1 1 2 3 1 1 5 June 1 2 1 4 July 1 1 2 August 1 2 1 2 6 September 1 1 October 2 2 November 5 1 1 1 8 December 2 .... — — — 2 20 6 | 1 7 l 5 4 Adult female: February. 4 4 March. 1 1 2 May 1 1 July ... 1 1 1 October. 1 1 November 1 1 2 December 5 —. — — .... — 5 12 | .._ — — 2 .... | .... 3 17 Juvenile male: January. 1 2 3 March 2 2 May 3 — — — .... — .... 3 D 120 BRITISH COLUMBIA FIRE CRIME STATISTICS, 1974—Continued Motive Unknown Fraud Not Applicable Revenge Cover Crime Mischief Mental Total Insurance General 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 6 2 December. 11 .... — — 2 9 1 23 Juvenile female: January - 1 1 .... | .... — 1 .... | 1 No charges laid: 47 36 53 54 67 68 54 61 76 91 70 64 1 2 i 2 — 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 3 13 10 17 12 13 12 34 15 32 45 56 46 39 24 50 58 25 14 1 1 2 4 5 3 3 1 3 1 1 1 86 52 92 106 143 130 117 102 147 162 98 80 July 741 6 1 21 82 438 26 1,315 Total charges laid: January 4 6 6 2 1 3 2 3 9 7 1 2 2 1 i — 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 2 5 2 i 2 2 3 ~2 1 1 1 1 2 10 9 5 2 9 6 3 8 3 5 16 9 July October 43 6 | 1 .... | 9 3 15 8 85 Disposition of Charge Convictions: 3 1 4 1 i i l l 2 - i .... 1 3 1 4 1 2 3 1 1 1 July November 13 | 2 | .... i — .... 1 17 Dismissals: l .... 1 1 1 — 1 — — l — 2 Pending: January ~ 1 5 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 i .... 2 1 i i i i 5 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 7 8 4 2 4 6 1 5 2 July September. REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 121 FIRE CRIME STATISTICS, 1974—Continued Motive Unknown Fraud Not Applicable Revenge Cover Crime Mischief Mental Insurance General Total October. 3 7 6 1 -- — i 2 2 •3- ~1 5 13 g 28 6 1 .... 7 3 15 5 65 Withdrawn: 1 1 1 — — — __ | .... — 1 Committed: _ .._ _ 1 1 Year to date _ | _ _._ | .... _ _.. 1 1 Authority for Charge Criminal Code: Sec. 387 6 3 1 — .... 1 1 i .... 5 i 5 7 1 1 1 3 1 April 10 _ | 3 5 i 19 Sec. 389 (1) January— March May June July... - 4 4 2 2 1 2 3 5 1 1 i i .... 2 1 2 2 i i i 5 3 5 3 1 5 1 4 5 5 September October. : December... 23 2 | .... .... 2 1 3 37 Sec. 389 (2) 1 2 2 1 i .... 1 1 3 2 June 1 4 1 .... | 1 — .... | .... 7 Sec. 390 February May. September October 1 1 1 1 — l l 2 3 .-. 1 1 2 1 5 December. 3 4 — 3 2 3 1 13 Sec. 392 (1) August . November 1 1 — — .... 1 1 2 .... | .... .... | .... — _.. 2 Other: February _ June July 1 1 1 2 .... 1 1 i 1 2 2 1 September _ 1 1 3 2 1 2 8 D 122 BRITISH COLUMBIA APPENDIX B INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY LOCAL ASSISTANTS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL City Municipalities (31) Inspections Orders Inspections Orders 547 T587 615 157 Tl51 3,868 607 471 1,245 724 2 "l 423 2 54 New Westminster 6,440 2,350 1,006 301 ~~351 1,688 581 139 187 282 27,940 2,211 11,554 346 17 North Vancouver 27 Penticton 3 2 Port Coquitlam 2 Grand Forks Revelstoke Trail 184 3 Langley... Nanaimo 6 White Rock Totals 66,348 726 District Municipalities (38) Abbotsford. . 110 1,675 54 382 19 320 1,295 320 284 260 501 1 5 774 "~i 4 1,386 3,116 ~ 411 1,682 3,342 173 ~ 26 17 56 202 4,907 647 386 1 Oak Bay 6 Pitt Meadows Pnrt Hardy 1 Delta 2 Salmon Arm Houston „ _ Spallumcheen Sparwood 1 Kent Kitimat . . . . Stewart _ _ Summerland. ._ 13 1 Terra cp. 1 Mission 161 1 412 1 West Vancouver 1 Totals 22,148 809 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 123 INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY LOCAL ASSISTANTS TO THE FIRE MARSHAL—Continued Village Municipalities (59) Inspections Orders Inspections Orders Alert Ray 23 82 30 43 Montrose 32 New Denver.. _ 2 100 Mile House 14 3 Elkford ~72 Port McNeill Fraser Lake Pouce Coupe Gold River . Salmo 37 19 Harrison Hot Springs Sechelt Invermere . 6 Slocan Keremeos Tahsis Taylor ... . Lillooet Telkwa — Torino _ Logan Lake Lumby 13 207 16 50 4 Valemount ...... Vanderhoof Warfleld Zeballos- Totals Masset Midway 601 6 Town Municipalities (13) Castlegar Comox . ~ To9 Ladysmith Merritt . Quesnel Sidney 114 40 46 163 Fort St. John 205 55 Hope Kinnaird 732 Fire Districts (15) 4 27 202 94 218 3 1 1 Sooke. 770 1 98 172 1 Nanaimo, County of .„„ Westminster, County of Totals Prince Rupert, County of. 1,589 3 Grand totals, 1974 Grand totals, 1973 Grand totals, 1972 Grand totals, 1971 Grand totals, 1970 Grand totals, 1969 Grand totals, 1968 Grand totals, 1967 Grand totals, 1966 Grand ttoals, 1965 Inspections --. 91,418 ..... 87,266 63,940 84,104 _ 81,056 77,927 __ 92,074 _ 85,969 ._ 84,874 83,678 Orders 1,544 1,686 888 588 92 197 172 529 603 178 D 124 BRITISH COLUMBIA APPENDIX C TEN-YEAR COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES Year City Municipalities District Municipalities Town Municipalities Incidents Losses Incidents Losses Incidents Losses 1974 3,870 4,129 4,261 3,465 3,352 3,463 3,081 3,264 3,350 3,351 $ 25,927,848 18,383,376 11,976,681 12,777,142 9,529,652 8,466,521 6,899,093 7,327,896 10,340,128 4,756,985 1,985 1,988 2,202 2,308 2,362 2,524 2,301 2,129 2,026 2,030 $ 13,101,693 10,725,484 7,525,806 7,890,285 8,721,629 6,924,503 4,296,276 5,307,350 3,173,114 2,855,954 154 157 169 176 168 141 173 154 144 109 $ 2,229,183 1973 197? 1,898,429 1,858,834 1971 714,423 1970 1969 19SR 988,678 694,863 763,822 1967 .. 558,875 1966 - . 554,895 1965 342,522 Totals 35,586 116,385,322 21,855 70,522,364 1,545 | 10,604,524 1 Year Village Municipalities Fire Districts Totals Incidents Losses Incidents Losses Incidents Losses 1974 228 239 264 166 180 170 178 161 187 184 $ 4,601,838 3,020,548 3,023,716 2,099,707 1,029,951 703,746 1,455,474 1,619,445 912,541 878,033 1,289 1,087 1,224 1,339 1,484 1,304 1,277 1,226 1,196 1,253 $ 17,015,608 11,396,257 13,004,079 11,235,201 14,291,164 10,724,813 7,702,306 6,676,487 8,164,901 5,304,290 7,526 7,613 8,120 7,454 7,546 7,602 7,010 6,934 6,903 6,977 $ 62,842,182 1973 45,693,116 1972 - 37,389,116 1971 34,716,758 1970 34,561,074 1969 27,514,446 1968 21,116,871 1%7 21,490,053 1966 23,145,579 1065 14,137,784 Totals 1,957 19,344,999 12,679 | 105,551,106 1 73,685 332,606,979 REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 D 125 APPENDIX D LOSS OF LIFE, 1965-74 Occupancy Number of Fires Causes of Fires Loss of Life Men Women Children Total ApartmentS- Barge fires (oil)~ Dwellings Gillnetter boat- Helicopter - Hospital Hotel Mobile home- Motor-vehicle- Outside. Rest home Summer cabin Trailer (travel) Totals, 1974— Totals, 1973— Totals, 1972 Totals, 1971 Totals, 1970— Totals, 1969— Totals, 1968— Totals, 1967— Totals, 1966— Totals, 1965 Ten-year totals 19 50 102* 85 84 95 71 74 81 78 58 71 799 Combustibles too close to stove (1) Apron ignited by electric stove (i) Improper fueling of gas stove (1) Colour TV fire (1) Smokers' carelessness (15)— In bed (7) In the home (4) _.. While intoxicated (4) Gas vapours exploded (1) Gas exploded when a match was struck (1) Arson (conspiracy) (1) Tear gas bomb (1) Coal oil lamp overturned (1) . Electrical (4)— Wiring (2) Electrical equipment (1) Sandwich toaster (1) Fire-fighter (heart attack) (1) __ Intoxicated (4)— Set fire to home (1) Diesel fuel beside heater ignited (1) Threw kerosene onto wood pile (1) Oil stove exploded . Matches (children playing with) (4) Propane (3) Smokers' carelessness (21)— In the home (9) . In the bed (7) While intoxicated (5) Stove (6)— Electric (3) Wood (3) . Suicide (2)— Murder and suicide (1)__ Improper fueling of gas oven (1) Crash (1) Smoking (fell asleep) (1)- Arson (1) Smokers' carelessness (6) Electrical (3)— Heater (2) Electric trypan left on (1) Furnace (malfunction) (oil-burning) (1) Smokers' carelessness (3) Accident (4) — Intoxicated while driving (hit a power pole (1) Oxyacetylene torch (1) Smoking in truck (fell asleep) (1) Suicides (3) Treehouse (1) Candle ignited clothes in closet (1) Cigarette ignited chair fabric (1) Electric heater (1) :— 71 57 46 81 32 54 49 46 39 46 521 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 — 32 29 24 39 28 17 27 25 13 17 251 26 30 30 33 44 16 24 35 18 28 284 1 1 1 1 7 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 6 12 7 7 3 5 2 2 1 1 1 2 9 2 1 4 4 7 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 129 116 100 153 104 87 100 106 70 91 1,056 • See footnote on page D 40. D 126 BRITISH COLUMBIA APPENDIX E [/> Q Z < if) 0 O X H (A m o UJ CO S o\ CO l*- 0\ i—t i—t r- ON, O •—< ON M_> ON. OO vo o\ r- VO °\ VO on vO ON m N h REPORT OF THE FIRE MARSHAL, 1974 APPENDIX F LOSSES OF $250,000 AND OVER, 1974 D 127 Date Occupancy Cause Loss Jan.13 New Westminster- Miscellaneous act or omission— unclassified or unknown $ 282,000 Jan. 4 Cariboo County— General item storage—unclassi fied or unknown - 350,000 Feb. 28. Nanaimo County- Mercantile Act or omission unknown — . 922,929 Feb. 18 Port Coquitlam Sawmill, planing-mill Electrical short circuit 300,500 Feb. 5 Prince George Hotel (year-round use) Miscellaneous act or omission— unclassified or unknown ■ 253,450 Feb. 14 Burnaby Plastic 4,432,000 Mar. 21 Kamloops General warehouse Incendiarism, suspected incendi- 335,350 Mar. 6 Vancouver Hardware Miscellaneous act or omission— unclassified or unknown 1,000,000 Apr. 9 . Cariboo County. Sawmill, planing-mill Welding or cutting too close 254,852 May 29 Dawson Creek Motor-vehicle repairs _ Miscellaneous act or omission— unclassified or unknown 450,000 May 25 Vanronver Sawmill, planing-mill Incendiarism, suspected incendi- 600,000 May 25 North Saanich Junior high, intermediate school — Incendiarism, suspected incendi- 500,000 May 13 Surrey Apartment over 20 units, with or Incendiarism, suspected incendi- 352,696 May 8 Chetwynd Hotel (year-round use). — unclassified or unknown 1,000,000 May 2 Fort Nelson Hotel (year-round use) Human failing—unclassified or 823,000 268,000 May 11 Vanderhoof Sawmill, planing-mill... Welding or cutting too close June 30 Vanderhoof Elementary school. Mechanical and electrical fail ure—unknown or unclassified 650,000 June 14. unclassified or unknown 279,000 June 15 cultural products storage unclassified or unknown 500,000 July 5 unclassified or unknown 270,000 July 30 Vancouver.. Printing, publishing Miscellaneous act or omission— unclassified or unknown 268,370 July 18 Campbell River Hotel (year-round use) Disposal of smokers' material .... 546,405 July 26. . Richmond General business office - arism (no charges laid) 480,000 July 24 Flammable liquid to kindle fire.. Miscellaneous act or omission— 500,000 July 24 Nanaimo County- Boat-building and repairing—(ves sels 65 feet and under) unclassified or unknown 300,000 Aug. 18. . Vancouver 250,000 Aug. 15 Prince George Sawmill, planing-mill. — Incendiarism, suspected incendi- 400,000 Sept. 14 Vancouver Lumberyards, building materials- Incendiarism, suspected incendi- 500,000 300,000 Sept. 7 Sept. 12 Westminster 258,360 Sept. 3 Merritt Hotel (year-round use) Petroleum refineries 500,000 Oct. 26 Cariboo County Construction design or installa tion deficiency—unclassified or 500,000 Oct. 29 unclassified or unknown 800,000 Oct. 13... ... Miscellaneous act or omission— unclassified or unknown 344,000 Nov. 7 ... . Loose or bagged processed foods 307,573 Nov. 30 Incendiarism, suspected incendi- and repairs Bridges, trestles, overpass, ele- 383,200 Nov. 23 Cariboo County. 250,000 Nov. 16 . Cariboo County— William Lake 600,000 Nov. 3 General business office Incendiarism, suspected incendi- 250,000 Nov. 6 Smithers Motor-vehicle and trailer sales Miscellaneous act or omission— 250,000 Dec. 31 800,000 Dec. 29 Miscellaneous act or omission— 1,000,000 Dec. 15 . Apartment over 20 units, with or without business Mechanical and electrical failure—unknown or unclassified 338,750 Printed by K. M. MacDonald, Printer to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in right of the Province of British Columbia. 1976 1,400-1175-2607
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