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CONSOLIDATED MONTHLY REPORT For the month of December FIRE DEPARTMENT A CLASSIFICATION OF ALARM• How Alarms Were Received: Box Teleol,one Auxiliary and Miscellaneous Total Alarms FIRES In Building, Brush or Grass Rubbish near Buildings Rubbish in Vacant Lots Dumps · Miscellaneous Fires Outdoora Vehicles in Street Total Fires ~ -· - This Month Last Month 136 1020 157 131 3 19 8 811 122 1131 117 641 114 8 72 186 371 11 1 1 16 8 19 7 14 154 102 5 1 4R 117 735 3R 99 522 lR 128 2 63 72 31 161 527 224 100 31 219 57 4 20 8 1262 This Month Last Year . ,I\ , CALLS OTHER THAN FIRES Rescue or Emergency N eodless Calls Accidental Alarms False Alarms Total Calls Other Than Fire, ~~ ~ Total Alarms in City 6 This Year to Date 2045 9 776 19 Last-Year to Dato 13557 126 8 8224 1459 10951 2059 2683 105 16 25 1796 2113 136 20 24 1 7ih LI.A t; '"J.?7 1545 F,q ] R 1392 c; R0R 1838 34 132 436 2501 87 ? 36q 238? 6124 47 4 7 1096 844 1304 2 10555 51 35 28 515 396 51 35 28 515 396 1313 1131 8 72 13557 109 51 40A F, ? 68 } ()Qt; 11q 14q c; OUT-OF-CITY CALLS Special Aid Contract Aid Mutual Aid Total Out-of-City Calla Total Alarm, i B This Month DIRECT ... IIIE L08S 6 4 6 548 17 18 Fire Loss (Bett Figures to Date) Persons Killed by Fire Persons Injured C LOSS BY SIZE OF' F'IRE Over $15,000 $5,000 to $15,000 $1,000 to $5,000 $100 to $1,000 Less than $100 No Loss 4. 11 . 55 9.34 1 5.0 0 2034 . 68 3643 . 46 Thi s Year to Date % of Lo11 % of Fires 3.20 5.71 10.91 20.18 5.18 54. 8 2 335232 3 5 . This Year to Date INDEX ,..IGUIIIES Fires per 1000 population Fires per $1,000,000 valuation Fires per 1000 buildings Fire lo8S per capita Fire loss per $1,000,000 valuation Average Fire losa per building fire D Same Month Last Year 77.05 12.56 7.75 2.55 .09 Last Year % of Fires ¾ of Lo11 2.61 5.17 13.28 19.79 9.06 50.09 66.41 16.40 13.04 3.29 .36 This Year to Date 7 702317 39 1 07 Laat Year to Date 471 5 91 2 18 107 Lut Year to Date 3 . 50 . 50 8 . 14 9.05 . 12 9 6. 05 2S86 . 33 Additional data uaed In C above: Population_ ,?_Q_Q.,_tQQ ____________ _ Valuation of Real Eatat.. corrected to true value Buildings in city_ ~?:.9,_.?§. _________ _ Note : Building fire, and loaea only are used in C and D. •--i~?..g4--4.Q,.~§.t __ �• PAGE 2 E Dece mbe r 1 9 6 8 This Year to Date ANALYS I S OF LOSS FIGURES - FIRES IN BUILDINGS Insurance Carried on Property Involved in Fires Preliminary E&timates of Insurance Losses Total Valuation of Pro~ rty Involved in Fires Insurance Losses Adju sted Insurance Losses Pending (Preliminary Eatimatea) Estimated Uninsured Louea Best Figurea ·to Date · Last Year to Dato 4 78 21 7089 7 0 2 9388 613 9 13 8 7 8 40 2 3 251 352 0698 ':47.250 8 7501 89 6 26 4 75 6 63 4 4 ?n11qn 327921026 3 36 08 20 1031732 25250 9 4 645061 200 4 2.L 7702317 7085.L 4715912 OUTDOOR FIRES (Automobilea, Graa1, Misc.) Beat Figure, to D ate Total1 . ,. F CAUSES OF FIRES IN BUILDINGS Fire• Lon (Beat Figure) % of Total Lo11 No. of Fire1 Lo11· ( Beat Fipre) % of Total Lo.. I Chimneys, Flues 3. Sparks on Wooden Shingle Roofl 4. Sparks on Other Roofing 5. Defective Heaters 6. Rubbish Near Heaters 7. Combustibles Near Heaten a. Open Light,, Flamea 9. Hot Ashes 10. Oil Burners 11. Starting Fires, Kerosene, Gaao- 5 27 1F.7F.7 L1.Rq 9 41 11 152 14 99201 7945 2 3 8547 2 1 6100 1. 3 1 9 .105 3 . 172 2. 8 74 ?.7 c; 00 1 c; 6.34 ? .866 fi34 2 .074 3.343 .003 2.140 2 477 172 fi 1 149 84 1 64 15 2 ] line 42 12 6 14 12 12. Carele11 Smoking Total Building Firee No. of LHt Year to Date 1 1. Chimneys, Soot Burning 2. Defective or Overheated 13. Children with Matches 14. Other Carele11 Uae of Matches 15. Defective Electric Wiring 16. Electric Appliances and Motors 17. Home Dry Cleaning 18. Other Use of Flammable Liquids 19. Lamps and Stov es 20. Gas and Appliances 21. Grease on Stoves 22. Spontaneous Igni tion 23. Fireworks 24. Lightning-Rodded B uildings 25. Lightning-Not Rodded 26. Thawing Pipes 27. Sparks from Machinery 28. Incendiary 29. Miscellaneous Known Causes 30. Suspiciou11 31. Unknown Th11 Year to Date No. of Firea Thi, Month 6 1 535 132 58 151 122 1 66 A.1.-6e4h 65173 47fi83 155995 251355 250 160943 ?? 1 .L 29 10 1 14 9 4 ?O F. l t; .44 652 2 5 ? 7A1t; 1 739 53 25 90 1700 RAnn 1.401 . 59l 3 . 7 3< . 0 5c . 031 10805 36473 169190 117fiS 29314.8 71390 . 23; 7. 76~ 3. 63. . 68 ' 1. 30; 1. 53L 131727 2. 83 .. l.02J 5.26 .09~ . 45, . 00~ .67 8. 69' 4. 56: . 04: 49. 58: _ lR< 2 1 16 1 ' I 1 6 13 51 167 4 11015 207151 47c; .146 2 755 28 141 oni::. R 47520 24i;n19 4S80 1 17 4662 1 .620 20925 571149 116600 .278 7.596 1 . 550 9 2 16 134 90 2 157 21155 120 21500 404631 212349 2040 2306231 1796 4645061 ?~ 22 165 105 2 212 186 2059 4770880 53.452 7501896 �PAGE3 G Thia Year to Date Occupancy of Building a. b. c. d. e. I. PUBLIC BUILDINGS Government Buildings Hospitals and Institutions Schools Churches Amusement Buildings II. DWELLING OCCUPANCIES a. Hotels b. c. d. e. December 1 968 INSPECTIONS, FIRES, AND LOSSES l!IY OCCUPANCIES Lodging Houses Apartments Dwellings Stores and Dwellings III. MERCANTILES Office Buildings Small Retail Stores Restaurants Large Single Occupancy Mercantilea e. Multiple Occupancy Mercantiles f. Wholesale Houses 11. Storue Warehouses a. b. c. d. IV. MANUFACTURING Textile, Fabric Workers Metal Workers W ood Workers Food Products Chemical Works Flammable Liauids and Gases Multiple Occupancy Manufacturin2 b. Miscellaneous Manufacturin2 a. b. c. d. e. f. g. V. a. b. c. d. MISCELLANEOUS BLDGS. Lumber Yards Railroad, Wharf Property Bulk Oil Stora2e Public Garages and Filling Stations e. Private Garaa:es f. Miacellaneoua Structurea Total in BuiJdinga Inspectlona Firea La1t Year to Date LolHI Inapectiona Firea Lo11e1 192 489 1 ? qo 629 1077 2 17 lR 10 17 6 5 200 5714 ? 4.hR l q 52258 14565 0 156 45 1 1078 658 8 15 2 13 10 15 6 1286 7 1 66100 48946 5 64190 281 337 563 9 164 84 78 23 507 8 76 6 1771 5 4 5 49 5 504710 148 7918 2550 225 3 93 c:;1 2? q7 7? 85 25 Ll.lq RO t; 4. 43 319 16095 L].q ? ?04. 11nc.c; ? h t; R? OO 1 1 92 4 3 17 971 45 116 68 2439975 42481 0 160275 1567 1 Rl R q4. 1 48 c:;? c; 7 275950 1177qo ?L1LLR77 496 159 112 4 2300 14000 34075 226918 398 1c:;1 770 1053 5 1 5 23 2500 1 n<rn 4 6 7 c:;o 73000 133100 298 c:;c:;2 154 171 93 qR7 24 l7 6 3 2 25 50190 1 H; 1 01 .2]7 00 16 23550 Q c;Ann 250 2656 234 c:;4. 7 H,F. 137 118 943 R 5 4 29 ?c:;nnn 150 ROR71 762C::, 77 568 7 2S4000 31 6-=!0 l c; 558599 123 11 1 1 2 5000 l 7SOO 1147 1183 703 lR c:;c:;qi:; 44 60 34712 129310 899 1420 i::.R1 26 60 LI. c; 141180 ?41?41 37160 25659 2059 501896 23579 1796 4645061 , 7 67 29 8 2 �H December 1 968 FIR E S AND LOSSE S B Y TYP E OF B UILDING Lo11e1 to Date Fires to Date Type of Building Thie Year BUILDING IN WHICH FIRE STARTED Fi re-Resistive: R einforced Concrete Protected Steel Frame Not Fire-Resistive *: Brick or Stone Walls Iron-Clad Concrete Block or Tile Walla Wood Frame Not Classified Totals in Buildings Where Started Last Year 103 2 2 4 2393 22 88576 6512 8 3 2 460 9 28 31 58 9 20 12 8 50 27 39 750 19 27 6189 7 J 74?10 2 8381 qi::,0577 20~ ':1 .L / 'jb 325617 4 S2n17 2 6 0910 l?.q? 4 l l ? nn 4 r.:; 7 4 13146 4 5 9 1 826 29 22 88750 53235 7501896 4645061 5 188 167 2 I .LU 1 6 771 14 4 10 Total Loss es 1 nt_ .. ,,... _ en n c, I 1r t ! - - m nct l v w,... n A o r w it h u n nr ,.,_ ected St ed Plans checked f or new and alteration Fire al.arm s v s-c.ems new Exit liqht svstems new Fire alarms and e x i t liohts (Exist I Lut Year 77 33 E xposure Losses (Number of the above fires which spread to other buildiruzs, and losses in these other buildings):

Thi• Year meml rs. b 1q fiCj FOLLOW- U P O N IN S PECTIONS AND OTH ER F I RE PRE, E N TION WO R K N umb er of Cases in Which the F ollowing Wor k Was Done Inspection s by company personnel Inspe ctions by F ire Preve ntion Bureau Total re-insp ections Gas and fue l a ll i n_~ections New buildings i nspected 1Witef.. inspections of fires in buildinas Oil burners inspected Bottle gas inspections Zoning inspections Complaints received Violations found Extensions of time granted Notices of violations issued Liability notices served Violations corrected conditions referred to other denartments Court actions instituted Arrests made convictions Fire drills supervised Radio talks Other talks and lectures: Number Total audience Photographs taken: for Fire Prev. Bureau other School Exit Drills supervised Dynamite Permits Burning Permits issued =IJIISIIB! permits Issw=,n Thi a Month 129 98 Last Month 582 2056 363 16 16 1 42 180 21 80 237 13 22 133 78 571 33 338 151 457 15 3 31 57 4 19 297 229 406 27 1 I Thia Year to D ate 1503 25 6 59 3530 29 9 326 111.n~ 1 4 f.47 i::,qn 1 LutYear to Date 1S11 21S 77 3144 170 157 11 ~? 3 h? r.:; F.F.OQ 34~ ~Llf, 1012 21 qf. 50f:.1 ini::. 21 1 ?q7 ?175 dQ8fi 24 10 1 c:; 1 18 4 1 1 7 25 3000 _.5A._ __ l? - 38 3720 -· 23 i 1 87 12 2 f. 7 29 i~ 26 402 4h?4F, 482 19 7 1 ~Q 18 l ?l h 418 Remarks on Inspection and Other Fire Prevention Work May Be Found on Page No. 8. ~.4.__ 95 249 1?AOA 3S2 188 107 22 1 ~Ah 536 �December 1 968 T his Month INV GTIGATION OF FI R E S T otal Fires Investigated Determined· Accidental Determined Suspicious Undetermined Origin Incendiary Incendiary F ires : F ires. for which Arrests w ere Made Number of Arrests Cases in which Convictions were Secured N umber of Convictions F alse Alarms : Alaqn!> far which Arrests were Made Cases in which Convictions we,e Secured Misdemeanors (in connection with hres): Convictions Last Month This Y ear to Dato Last Year to Date 25 13 28 317 319 9 1 21 7 4n '6 6 3 16 2 48 144 c;i:; 119 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 22 31 1 - 5 18 ~4 11 1 i:; 21 15 11 6 .s 2 26 11 l. 2 2 1 Not Classified Remarks on Investigation Work : . ~ ., ,. .. December 1968 K PllRSONNEL DATA Manpower Total P ersonnel at End of Month Total Days- Lo.st for Sickness Total Days Lost for In.Jury Average Daily Absences smallest Fighting Force on Duty Largest Fighting Force on Duty Total Days vacation Days off, Personal Military Leave, Days off suspensions, Days off outy out<>0f•City, Days off Holidays Loaned from Ext. Div. This Month 911 880 84 90½ 14 10 7 240 21 Last Month 911 352½ 87 490 17 22 21 441 40 Same Month Last Year 895 439 147 53 24 20 2 178 21 Changes NJpointments Resignations Retirements Dismissals Deaths Promotions Demotions Military Leaves Ret .Mil .Lv. ~eemoloved 3uspended Reclassified This Month 9 6 2 3 1 3 2 2 6 5 This Year to Date 173 102 20 50 4 49 4 31 16 32 20 Last Year to Date 247 97 5 82 240 7 40 18 95 22 42 �PAGE& L December 1 968 This Month HOW ALL FI RES WERE CON T R OLLED o ut before arrival of apparatus BY occupants ( With extingUishers, hose lines, etc.) Automatic sprinklers controlled fire Automatic sprinklers held fire in check Heads Reolac e d BY Fire Department; using : Standp ipe Sys tems Water solution extinguishers Pump cans Foam extinguishers I u Carbon Tetrachloride ·units CO 2 or dry-chemical ·gas units Other type extinguishers Burned off Booster line with fog Booster line with fog and wet water One 1½- inch hos e line with fog One !½ ~inch hose line with fog & wet water Two or more l ½-inch hos e line with fo g Two or rr:ore 1½ - ·i nch hose line with tog · & wet water One 2½-inch hos e line with fog One 2½-inc...1 hose line with s traight stream · Two or more 2½ - inch hos e line with foll! Two or more 2½ - inch hdse line with straiizht streams Brooms _ .__Qther eauinment n 11.rdP-n hoi::e P ulling s ·.,itches or fuses 76 767 1395 ?? 41n 98 41 4 20 1?1 5 15 3 2 2 4 1 1 4 75 205 9 163 4098 180 · -5 45 1{;·1t:; 3 131 117 64 776 11 6 2 110 104 92 622 2? 111 52 110 4 l?~ S? 62 102 130 22 lf'lO 23 17 . 5 11 21 4 Rakes Last Year to Date This ·Year to Date 75 214 20 Ll.? 77 Total Fires At Fires M USE OF EQUIPMENT t 1t - FFeet of booster hose used c,f l½ • inch hose used Feet of 2½ - inch hose used Feet of ladders used Number of s alvage covers s pread Gallc"ls of water used {estimate) Gallons of Wet water used ( estimate) CO 2 {lbs. ) . ,___ Chemical foam (lbs, ) Gas maslrn - Resc. bv LadnPr Co. 's Smoke Eiectors N Last Year to Date 745634 283950 5314 75 37279 1011 588167 257585 459 200 40631 867 2220 1878 707 206 100 S2S 200 22 This MISCELLANEOUS WORK Fire alarm boxes tested F lJ·e alarm boxes painted Underg-round c~ble installed (feet) UnderL,'1"01ind cable removed (feet) - - --·Aerial wire installed (feet) ., Aerial ·,· ire remove-d ( feet) reasons for various r,1oved (Referred to water De_p.artr:!l~!!t) .. _ . - ·· HJtlrants .. Individual cut- o!f valves installed on existin~ l}Ldrants(Referred. WD) ( R:!~~d W~_t hydrants installed 1S 1 900 ! r This Year to D ate Last Year to D ate ·- T his Year to Date Mon.th ~ l~ ew At Drills This Year to D ate 1007 95 14271 1420 42334 10759 Last Year to Dato q?4 91 1615fl 990 2687R 8209 - �7 PAGE December 1968 fN I I MISCELLANEOUS WORK - This CON T. Month Lut Year to Date This Year to Dato EYdrants painted H.Ydre.nts lubricated ! HYdrants renal.red Work done by Engine Comoanies: Hvdrants flushed & insoected Hvdrants oainted HYclrants lubricated Flrewells inspected & lubricated (Not applicable in Atlanta) Pieces of ~l!aratus re~aired Material cost Labor cost Al>(!aratus tire ex11ense 25232 26380 9840 49

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of Number Rum at Work: at At Fires ' Hra. Min. RUD ll'ir- ' - --· - Engine Truck Mile, · - --- Special Hn. Min. At FirN Min. Hra. Special Hn. Min. �PAGE 8 De c e mbe r 196 8 EQUIPMENT USED BY SQUAD CAR This Month No. of Runs This Year Last Month to Date Last Year to oate 42 37 4 32 ~11 , 3 10 4 32 53 30 32 Bandages First Aid Resc. Inhalatcrs & 10 Splints Blankets I I Diving Hoods Oxygen Masks Mileage ESTIMATED MILES SAVED BY CANCELLATION VIA RADIO This Month ·Last Month This Year to o a.t e L ast Year t o oate REMARKS (Use space below for comm ents or explanation of important or unusual i t ems in any section, A too, above.) �I December 196 8 WORI< OF FIRE COMPANIES THIS MONTH p T 1 n7 31 2 QF, 3 54 57 96 88 90 33 40 107 79 64 67 34 61 97 80 44 62 45 40 73 50 19 57 53 15 19 18 56 39 14 54 47 59 11 29 20 9 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 I 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 R-1 R-2 R-3 R-4 Y-1 Y-2 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 R- 21 C 47 53 s 71 29 121 108 80 89 86 R- 43 2 p 89 62 72 72 LAST YEAR THIS YEAR R- 4 2 18 48 37 37 38 23 15 I I I 971 8 15 74 3 763 1266 996 1161 522 465 1000 808 790 617 363 588 1138 765 431 534 452 465 845 507 242 58 3 6 03 139 241 231 38 9 397 26 2 6 31 534 537 140 322 183 101 4 T C 478 630 8 71 1137 8 14 398 694 717 786 1 486 1156 968 1130 817 309 547 315 4 06 355 243 83 s p 583 525 483 575 956 826 785 398 · 276 766 596 625 489 311 467 734 551 . 320 517 424 408 609 344 25 4 472 488 179 251 24 5 293 344 216 4 24 468 4 46 1 57 249 13( 65 R-34 1 T C 28 3 4 36 647 Rnn 521 291 486 1086 4 76 980 537 514 667 621 246 389 23 0 30 2 34 6 22 7 s �