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Incident Statistics for 2006 to 2009 
| Fiscal Period |
| |
2006/2007 |
2007/2008 |
2008/2009 |
| FIRES |
|
|
|
| Structure-Major |
63 |
70 |
58 |
| Structure-Minor (confined to room) |
168 |
116 |
111 |
| Structure-contents only (mattess, etc.) |
54 |
42 |
36 |
| Appliances (kettle, toaster) |
56 |
51 |
60 |
| Electrical |
43 |
51 |
45 |
| Chimney, wood stoves |
124 |
108 |
106 |
| Brush, grass, forest fire |
567 |
378 |
351 |
| Vehicles |
196 |
168 |
152 |
| Marine |
5 |
3 |
6 |
| Enclosed Garbage/debris fire |
147 |
103 |
115 |
| Open Garbage/debris fire |
168 |
124 |
121 |
| Illegal Burning |
295 |
214 |
242 |
| Cooking equipment fire |
133 |
111 |
104 |
| Outside Nuisance/Vandalism |
153 |
108 |
94 |
| Flammable gas/liquid fire |
14 |
13 |
6 |
| Furnace/heating equipment |
27 |
30 |
15 |
| Utility pole fire |
51 |
59 |
68 |
| Total |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| Alarms / Investigation |
| False Alarms / Malicious |
220 |
168 |
186 |
| False Alarms / Accidental |
1693 |
1702 |
1779 |
| Carbon Monoxide Alarm activated |
79 |
79 |
71 |
| Detector/Sprinkler activated |
993 |
871 |
925 |
| Smoke/Odour Investigations |
1036 |
990 |
1097 |
| Total |
|
|
|
| Accidents |
| Motor Vehicle |
1484 |
1452 |
1332 |
| Vehicle / Pedestrian |
126 |
114 |
88 |
| Industrial |
49 |
44 |
10 |
| Marine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Aircraft / Helicopter |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Rail |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Total |
|
|
|
| Dangerous Goods |
| Gas / Oil Spills |
88 |
67 |
77 |
| Liquid Propane Leaks |
45 |
39 |
28 |
| Chemical Spill/Leak |
18 |
17 |
14 |
| Natural Gas Incident |
2 |
5 |
6 |
| Total |
|
|
|
Public Assistance |
| Medical Assistance |
1266 |
1138 |
1175 |
| Medical Assist Ambulance |
838 |
732 |
713 |
| Assist Police/Other Agency |
31 |
33 |
16 |
| Special Services |
136 |
122 |
143 |
| Water/Ice Rescue |
25 |
25 |
26 |
| High Angle/Confined Space Rescue |
11 |
14 |
17 |
| Electric Wire Problem - Lines Down |
78 |
97 |
93 |
| Water, leaks, flood assists |
53 |
79 |
65 |
| Mutual Aid - Calls outside of HRM |
10 |
7 |
10 |
| Services Not Required |
1152 |
1107 |
1178 |
| Data Verification Required |
569 |
1169 |
725 |
| Total |
|
|
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TOTAL RESPONSES |
12267 |
11820 |
11467 |
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