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May it please Your Honour : The undersigned has the honour to present the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1940. GORDON S. WISMER, A ttorney-General. Victoria, B.C., March 29th, 1941. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Report of Fire Marshal 5 Table I.—Inspections Made and Orders Issued 6 Table IL—Fires Reported 8 Table III.—Causes of Fires 10 Table IV.—Classification of Property Burned 12 Table V.—Summary 20 Table VI.—Loss of Life 21 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL. Office of Fire Marshal, Vancouver, B.C., March 29th, 1941. The Honourable Gordon S. Wismer, K.C., Attorney-General, Victoria, B.C. Sir,—Pursuant to section 44 of the " Fire Marshal Act," I have the honour to submit the Nineteenth Annual Report of the Fire Marshal for the year ended December 31st, 1940. I regret to state that the fire loss shows an increase over the year 1939 of $263,257, but this is due in some measure to the fact that the 1939 fire loss was the lowest for a number of years. During the year under review there was a substantial decrease in the fire loss in our city municipalities; while in the district municipalities, village municipalities, and fire districts there was a considerable increase, the most noticeable being in sawmills, logging and mining industries, and in mercantile establishments. Smokers' carelessness accounted for nearly one-third of our total number of fires. There was a reduction of incendiary fires from fifty-eight in 1939 to thirty-nine in 1940. Unfortunately there were seven deaths during the year due to fires, the same number of deaths from fire as in 1939. Fire-prevention activities have consisted largely of general inspections throughout the Province, this work being done by Mr. W. A. Oswald, Assistant Fire Marshal. During the year, 1,494 general inspections, fifty-six hospital inspections, eighty-three school inspections, and ninety-eight bulk gasoline and oil storage plant inspections were made. Under the Theatre Regulations he made 148 theatre inspections and thirty-seven film-exchange inspections; plans were checked for twenty-three new and remodelled theatres and twenty-one examinations for projection licences were conducted. Also, thirty inspections were made of Government buildings throughout the Province. One thousand one hundred and forty National Research Council approval labels were issued for oil-burners after inspection was made, 259 oil-burner installations were checked, and 584 oil-burners previously labelled by the National Research Council of Canada or the Underwriters' Laboratories were installed in the Province. Also, orders to correct defects found during inspections were prepared for the local authorities to sign and serve. Thirty-three appeals were made to the Fire Marshal and hearings granted. No appeals were taken from his decisions to the Courts. Ninety-five investigations of fires of undetermined origin were made, most of them by Mr. W. P. Nicholls, Acting Deputy Fire Marshal, resulting in twenty-five inquiries being held under the " Fire Marshal Act." Four charges of arson were laid, one conviction was obtained, two were acquitted, and one is awaiting trial. Two persons were charged and convicted of perjury arising out of evidence given by them at Fire Marshal inquiries. Four persons were charged and convicted of conspiracy to defraud and one was charged and convicted of mischief in connection with the damaging of a fire-hose which was being used in fighting an incendiary fire. The accused in this case was the son of the owner of the house where the fire occurred. There were nine prosecutions and nine convictions under the " Fire Marshal Act " and regulations. At the request of the Royal Canadian Air Force authorities a survey of all air bases in British Columbia is being made by Mr. Oswald and recommendations are being submitted covering adequate fire-protection for them. Owing to the war, an even more rigid and comprehensive system of inspection is being carried on, especially in industrial and manufacturing establishments. In conclusion, I desire to express to my staff my appreciation of their excellent work and loyal support during the year. Also, I wish to thank members of the police forces throughout the Province, local Assistant Fire Marshals, and insurance companies and adjusters for their splendid co-operation. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient servant, W. A. WALKER, Fire Marshal. G 6 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS. Name. Inspections. City Municipalities (33) Alberni Armstrong -... Chilliwack Courtenay Cranbrook Cumberland-, Duncan._ Enderby Fernie Grand Forks . Greenwood „. Kamloops Kaslo _ Kelowna — Ladysmith Merritt Nanaimo Nelson New Westminster. North Vancouver... Port Alberni Port Coquitlam Port Moody _ Prince George Prince Rupert Revelstoke Rossland Salmon Arm Slocan Trail Vancouver- Vernon .„ Victoria District Municipalities | Burnaby Chilliwack Coldstream— Coquitlam Delta— Esquimalt Fraser Mills- Glenmore Kent Langley Maple Ridge. Matsqui — Mission— North Cowichan.... North Vancouver.. Oak Bay Peachland Penticton Pitt Meadows Richmond — Saanich Salmon Arm— Spallumcheen Sumas - Summerland Surrey 36 105 181 96 759 69 IS 13 536 137 27 339 170 786 78 72 734 884 3,756 795 375 20 43 121 903 82 937 2,038 46,497 295 12,564 73,504 21 144 478 300 16 207 81 20 14 15 49 16 4 2 16 9 2 19 3 24 916 56 93 2 15 1 5 63 2 72 3,306 14 4 1 15 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1940. G 7 TABLE I.—INSPECTIONS MADE AND ORDERS ISSUED BY ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS—Continued. Name. Inspections. Orders. District Municipalities—Continued. 12 18 Totals 1,372 Village Municipalities (19). 43 37 412 25 17 9 5 48 Dawson Creek „ 9 McBride __ New Denver Pouce Coupe _ ___ __ Quesnel ... _ Silverton.. Smithers Stewart. Tofino _ Vanderhoof __ Williams Lake..— _ Totals 59G 65 Fire Districts (12). Cariboo, Countv of 148 340 3 552 65 50 27 46 209 loco __ Kootenay, County of _ __ _ Nanaimo, County of Powell River __ __ Prince Rupert, County of University Area ..__ Vancouver, County of Victoria, County of Westminster, County of Yale, County of Totals 1,440 76,912 5,104 Grand totals. 1939. 73,464 74,371 68,079 66,549 5,530 5,864 Grand totals, 1938 ___ Grand totals, 1937 5,826 5,929 Grand totals, 1936 G 8 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IL—FIRES REPORTED. Districts reporting. Number. Amount of Loss. City Municipalities (33) 5 1 4 14 10 7 10 2 10 5 1 17 25 5 4 36 24 92 36 13 2 10 5 13 2 13 7 22 1,754 8 240 $2,749 15 92 7,078 886 1,002 221 360 2,090 20 1,185 3,789 94 3,465 2,683 50,281 136,662 3,135 4,411 2,634 2,299 647 1,091 3,337 Trail 5,847 233,226 17,715 Totals 2,397 $488,195 District Municipalities (28) 83 13 2 10 7 12 4 4 26 28 13 10 14 20 56 1 19 4 27 59 2 2 6 14 39 $56,305 6,983 1,830 5,152 3,585 3,459 1,281 Delta _ — Kent . 2,270 39,536 26,784 58,008 23,211 2,354 6,200 1,842 Oak Bay 2,192 39,764 4,641 5,485 2,600 10,034 35,703 103,228 ! REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1940. G 9 TABLE IL—FIRES REPORTED—Continued. Districts reporting. Number. Amount of Loss. District Municipalities—Continued. 14 43 $12,335 4,940 Totals- 532 $495,855 Village Municipalities (19). 1 1 2 3 1 1 7 2 1 1 9 2 8 2 4 $20 27 4,317 430 2,283 4,500 5,648 62 261 45 581 4,649 Toflno ... 471 14,140 Totals 39 $37,484 Fire Districts (12). 52 3 77 115 8 5 20 4 40 42 17 68 $69,956 311,521 287,131 26,105 1,405 29,909 36,932 52,544 20,033 109,009 Totals 451 $945,333 3,419 $1,966,867 Note.—Construction of Buildings— Fire-resisting. Brick or concrete- Frame 34, loss $2,686 . 241, „ 78,644 . 3,144, „ 1,885,537 3,419, $1,966,867 G 10 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE III.—CAUSES OF FIRES. Causes of Fires. Number. Amount of Loss. Acetylene-torch carelessness.. Ashes against wood Boiler insufficiently protected . Candle carelessness _ Carburettor back-firing Car upset - — — Children playing with fire — Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe Clutch slipping - Coal-gas explosion — — Coal-oil carelessness .— — Collision — — Curtains from lamp Curtains from stove Defective brooder - '_.. Defective chimney Defective engine — Defective fireplace Defective furnace — Defective gasoline-line — - Defective matches — — Defective motor — Defective oil-burner Defective stove or stove-pipe _ Defective wiring — Dust explosion - Electrical appliances Exposure Film-break at the aperture .— Fire-crackers Friction in pulley - — Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected Gas-burner insufficiently protected — Gas explosion — — - - Gas-furnace back-firing:— — Gasoline carelessness — — Gasoline explosion. - - Gasoline on exhaust-pipe - — Gasoline-pump damaged by car Gasoline-torch carelessness — Gas-plate insufficiently protected ... Grease on stove — Incendiary — Lamp explosion Lamp upset — Lantern upset — - Lightning — - - Live coals — — — Match carelessness _ Matches, children with Molten metal Oil-furnace back-firing Oil ignited from burning rag- Oil-stove explosion — Oil-stove upset Overheated electric motor.. Overheated kiln — Overheated machinery bearings. — Sawdust-burner back-firing Sawdust-burner insufficiently protected.. Short circuit - - Smokers' carelessness — — Sparks from acetylene-torch— Sparks from boiler _ Sparks from bonfire — 39 5 18 37 12 4 58 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 212 1 25 7 6 13 1 8 24 20 5 146 95 2 18 2 23 1 2 2 28 1 12 1 7 4 56 39 2 12 2 23 9 49 44 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 2 16 3 136 1,098 7 11 14 $115 3,053 168,297 1,319 4,108 6,152 137 5,727 27 7.078 243 140 22 43 345 89,157 25 1,431 12,342 432 232 36 1,029 13,386 42,209 10,510 26,579 116,660 122 444 123 27,914 12 670 92 11,842 401 3.178 4.097 3,453 458 6,306 44.149 10.875 4,258 14.616 17.128 530 4.839 5.980 743 744 30 5.034 50 10 45 266 2,076 102 139,006 67,911 46,130 53,220' 6,194 J REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1940. G 11 TABLE III.—CAUSES OF FIRES—Continued. Causes of Fires. Number. Amount of Loss. 2 6 234 4 239 1 14 15 2 1 43 15 4 10 2 130 1 1 2 1 4 1 287 2 6 $27 17,042 70,796 112,723 7,390 25 2,663 7,524 402 140 6,115 24,898 . 2,928 1,130 12 71,529 48,500 300 Straw ignited from hot engine , 605,260 1,240 Totals 3,419 $1,966,867 G 12 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. . 163 Child playing with fire Clothes too near stove Defective chimney Defective matches Defective oil-burner 1 7 7 1 1 1 $86 66 1,183 9 72 49 106 50 97 12 45 233 20' 25 51 7 6,455 12,226 54 2,171 288 14 22 4 1 280 9 1 1 1 2 1 1 Grease on stove Lamp upset 2 1 2 92 16 4 4 Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from chimney - 5 Sulphur, ignition of — 1 1 1 1 2 31 12 1 Electrical appliances Acetylene-torch carelessness Carburettor back-firing Car upset - $23,345 14 $28 3,307 6,152 27 125 432 272 50 3,787 238 3,178 700 622 120 7,297 4,307 15 300 6.308 & 1 6 4 1 3 5 12 2 Match carelessness 7 2 82 84 Sparks from acetylene-torch Straw ignited from hot engine 1 1 23 1 37,265 $162 36 85 100' 3 2 1 1 1 1 383 B k $30 438 875 1 1 1 1,343 $46 15 29 Stove-pipe insufficiently protected 1 2 61 Barns $700 2,616 1,959 180 499 200 770 Lantern upset - - 1 2 1 3 1 1 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1940. G 13 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. Barracks Blacksmith-shops Boarding-houses - Boat-building works Bunk-houses Churches Clubs Court-houses Dairies Distilleries „ Dry-cleaning establishments Dwellings Canneries - — 1 Carpenter-shops 1 Cement-mixers 1 Chicken-houses 18 10 .2,075 Sparks from chimnev Spontaneous combustion Unknown Defective chimney Smokers' carelessness Unknown Defective chimney Electrical appliances — Smokers' carelessness . Sparks from fireplace Unknown Exposure Overheated machinery bearings Unknown Stove insufficiently protected Unknown Stove-pipe insufficiently protected _. Steam-pipe insufficiently protected Carburettor back-firing _ „ Ashes against wood - Defective brooder Defective wiring Electrical appliances Exposure Firecrackers Incendiary __. Sparks from bush fire Sparks from stove .__ Spontaneous combustion Stove insufficiently protected Unknown Ashes against wood Furnace insufficiently protected Spontaneous combustion .._ Stove insufficiently protected Unknown _ Defective chimney Electrical appliances Smokers* carelessness Stove insufficiently protected Unknown Spontaneous combustion Boiler insufficiently protected Defective chimney Sparks from boiler Sparks from chimney toiler insufficiently protected Electrical appliances Gasoline explosion Ashes against wood Candle carelessness __ __._ __ Children playing with fire Clothes too near stove or stove-pipe Coal-gas explosion — Coal-oil carelessness _ $750 10,50.0 15,947 $15 2 $1,700 17 135 15 7 $14,085 3 3,094 $4,201 11,513 345 750 4 3 15 15 2.645 40 2,400 762 7.821 $80 7,664 20 964 25 $1,100 4 974 6 6,000 $356 750 62 225 $625 401 $1,909 1,319 51 5,506 7,078 243 $34,121 17 5,559 1,874 17,182 15,714 50 1,500 25 14,863 8,753 8,084 65 1.393 275 1,026 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 1 1 4 180 25 4 11 6 17 8 104 30 11 15 2 11 5 2 46 18 2 10 19 8 33 33 1 1 1 16 2 18 644 8 1 1 187 229 9 4 31 1 5 1 85 1 1 2 120 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 $22 43 70,089 1,431 607 128 698 10,703 13,248 7.584 18,232 293 10,783 92 7,882 3,431 37 4,218 31,017 10,875 3.996 5,892 510 4,0,51 4,871 534 4,500 50 2,076 17 7,305 24.007 5,924 2 450 49,727 7,254 1.594 1,311 3,220 112 65 2 30,452 298 31 106 119,6'V) 222 639 Defective matches Defective wiring „ Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected - Gasoline carelessness - .- Grease on stove Lamp explosion - - Matches, children with - Oil-stove upset Short circuit _ Smokers' carelessness Sparks from bonfire ' Sparks from bush fire - Sparks from fireplace Sparks from furnace Sparks from stove or stove-pipe .: Spontaneous combustion Stove-lid falling on floor Sulphur, ignition of Tar boiling over - Wood too near furnace Wood too near stove $486,337 1,280 25 Electric-light poles 1 3 Defective wiring , $80'6 185 1 3 Overheated kiln 491 45 $40 15 114 1 2 Sparks from boiler — Sparks from mill burner 169 760 $10 362 Sparks from picker-machine 372 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1940. G 15 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued: Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 3 2 1 7 5 1 5 5 3 47 10 3 2 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 2 1 1 2 5 1 2 1 3 7 2 1 1 1 1 2 11 2 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 $101 45 47,500 Sparks from boiler .' — — — Furnace insufficiently protected — - $47,646 $125 31 156 282 $13 3 5 6 Smokers' carelessness — — 27 Fishing-boats — $875 1,529 27 2,431 634 $250 6,451 404 7,105 $30' 10 260 256 556 6,604 Fruit-packing plants — S63 1,892 30 36 2,685 593 5 4,310 40 5,748 1,114 40 600 50 967 4,696 530 37,652 Defective furnace : - Gasoline carelessness — .,. Short circuit - Spontaneous combustion Unknown 61,051 $1,600 4,097 534 57 5,714 Gasoline-pump damaged by car Short circuit Smokers' carelessness Sparks from fireplace 12,002 Golf-club houses _ $107 15 Defective chimney — Oil-furnace back-firing 122 $100 159 259 Halls $12 2,668 590 6,50-0 49 5 Furnace or furnace-pipe insufficiently protected — Incendiary G 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 1 1 $15 2,589 1 1 $12,428 5 Hays tacks 1 $34 100 366 — 125 1 3 1 500 $259 846 11,786 87 334 50 5 54 3,154 1,145 892 11,373 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 2 Smokers' carelessness — 103 2 3 3 1 29,985 15 3 2 ... 10 2 $606 25 Electrical appliances — 1 1 631 $116 47 1 1 163 $688 997 102,254 140 750 2,834 1 1 Sparks from engine — - - 3 1 1 Unknown - — 3 1 107,663 7 Acetylene-torch carelessness — — 1 1 $30 4,705 175 5 2,865 11 1 1 3 1 7,780 $424 7,000 44,815 13,169 10,469 1,982 16,524 9 Defective furnace Sparks from acetylene-torch — 1 1 2 1 1 4 3 94,383 $170 15 25 155 143 1 1 Defective engine - — 1 2 2 Defective chimney , — - 1 2 508 5,500 Office " 15 $70 12 378 29 20 13 3,043 1,667 Gas-burner insufficiently protected „ Incendiary — - — Lamp upset - — — _ .,„. 1 1 1 4 2 2 Unknown 2 5,232 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1940. G 17 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 1 Oil ignited from burning rag ..., 1 Overheated machinery bearings — 1 Sparks from boiler — 1 Sparks from chimney „ - 2 $30 Paper-mills — 5 2 $263 90 79 1,250 1,682 45,861 Poles - 1 5,000 1 112 1 4 2 3,588 $530 55 14 Sparks from furnace - 1 599 $10 48,500 1 48,510 50 $299 25 502 175 19,759 10 .... 74 31 16 Grease on stove 1 Smokers' carelessness 2 Clothes too near stove .. 1 20,760 $6 500 663 29 10 13 7 36 31 896 95 24 24 43 18 Defective stove-pipe — — 1 3 2 49 8 Sparks from fireplace - 2 1 2 1 Boiler insufficiently protected — - Electrical appliances ... Gasoline carelessness Incendiary — 1 1 1 ...—-. 2 1 2,395 Sawmills $167,500 10 269 1,878 12,000 553 10 106,312 249 53,006 1,559 1,140 46,644 Molten metal ... _ Overheated electric motor Short circuit Sparks from acetylene-torch - Sparks from boiler Sparks from mill burner 1 1 1 1 6 6 1 8 Defective wiring Fire-crackers - — - Grease on stove - Incendiary 1 — 1 1 1 1 391,130 $16,048 50 45 600 9,177 3,868 9 1,080 19,224 Smokers' carelessness — — 2 1 2 fi 50,101 G 18 BRITISH COLUMBIA. TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. Sheds — 44 1 8 1 ... 15 1 Clothes too near stove - - 2 1 $59 61 417 2 229 35 22 5 25 8 162 40 520 485 3,297 3 Match carelessness — - — 1 5 t 1 4 1 1 1 4 3 2 Sparks from bush fire — - - Sparks from chimney - - - - 4 11 1 1 Spontaneous combustion - j . $5,367 15 $6,000 4,500 19,861 Sparks from mill burner Unknown - — ■ 1 6 1 30,361 4,750 $10,510 15 825 25 950 25 5 Molten metal — - — 1 5 1 2 Spontaneous combustion 1 1 12,350 10 136 Acetylene-torch carelessness - - 2 2 6 1 $57 43 2,826 95 963 76 14,555 21,980 16 250 178 133 2,975 570 784 1,630 9 68 100 48 7,346 30 14,842 30,327 597 22 Defective chimney — - i 2 3 10 ... 17 2 : Electrical appliances - 1 2 1 3 2 5 — 46 1 Sparks from chimney — - 2 1 4 2 I 3 15 2 2 100,498 Stores and apartments $208 15 105 43 28.850 4,078 12 331 3,445 Clothes too near stove : 1 3 1 4 5 1 1 4 i Smokers' carelessness - - - Sparks from chimney — - - Spontaneous combustion — — 37,087 REPORT OF FIRE MARSHAL, 1940. G 19 TABLE IV.—CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY BURNED AND CAUSES—Continued. Property. Causes. Amount of Loss. 24 1 3 5 $11,614 15 6,409 408 187 111 19 1,600 5,513 1 1 Gas-plate insufficiently protected 1 5 Sparks from chimney Sparks from fireplace — — 4 2 2 3 1 $25,876 774 1 $2,289 12 1,890 ... 33 1 1 Unknown — - - - 1 3 4,191 $86 7 718 209 2,582 76 12 25 9 2,008 1 Gasoline carelessness -. — Grease on stove 2 1 16 Sparks from chimney — — - 3 1 Stove explosion — 1 1 Unknown — 4 5,732 2 $5,731 122 3 1 4 Film-break at the aperture Clothes too near stove -.. 2 1 1 5,853 $75 1,000 20 1,769 2 Sparks from acetylene-torch — Stove insufficiently protected 1 1 2 4 2,864 1,353 $484 118 30 568 33 137 1,434 79,510 "Warehouses - 21 2 5 1 1 Friction in pulley — - Gasoline carelessness Incendiary Short circuit Smokers' carelessness 1 1 2 1 _ 4 4 . . 2 82,314 70 Wharves __ $3,033 5 50 3,514 400 Woodworking plants Defective chimney — Friction in pullev — Sparks from bonfire ... Spontaneous combustion Unknown - - 1 1 1 1 1 1 7,002 48 Woodyards __ _. 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K O" C « C" B a c a c C" « c ■j a H- c Cr V a +■ C - > r f c f. * B- E- E- E- E- > i. ( C a •- 1 r 1 r i a J > C •- +■ I i i E < E a 1 r- 2 c 1 1 1 1 ' REPORT OP FIRE MARSHAL, 1940. G 21 TABLE VI.—LOSS OF LIFE, 1936-40. Cause of Fire. Loss of Life. Adults. Children. 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Oil-stove explosion.. - Totals, 1940 7 7 7 3 4 Totals, 1939 Totals, 1938 3 Totals, 1937 Totals, 1936 1 VICTORIA, B.C.: Printed by Charles F. Banfield, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty. 1941. 700-441-9959 """@en ; edm:hasType "Legislative proceedings"@en ; dcterms:identifier "J110.L5 S7"@en, "1941_1942_V01_08_G1_G21"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0314210"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; dcterms:publisher "Victoria, BC : Government Printer"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. 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