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99-11 Alarm Comparison by month & year
99-11 Statistics by Category

Abbreviations List:
 AMA = Automatic Mutual Aid
CTPD = Clayton Township Police Dept
CE = Consumers Energy
DEQ = Department of Environmental Quality
FFD = Flushing Fire Dept
FTFD = Flint Township Fire Dept
GTFD = Gaines Township Fire Dept
IC = Incident Command
MDOT = Michigan Department of Transportation
MSP = Michigan State Police
MTFD = Mundy Township Fire Dept
MMTFD = Mt. Morris Township Fire Dept.
PDA = Property Damage Accident
PI = Personal Injury
POV = Personal Owned Vehicle
PPV = Positive Pressure Ventilation
RIT = Rapid Intervention Team
SCAFD = Swartz Creek Area Fire Dept
SCBA = Self Contained Breathing Apparatus
SC-DPS = Swartz Creek Dept of Public Services
SCPD = Swartz Creek Police Dept
TI = Thermal Imager
USAR = Urban Search and Rescue
VTFD = Venice Township Fire Dept
(C) = Command (R) = Report

Category Number Definitions:
1 = Structure fires or alarms dispatched as such with AMA received
2 = AMA given to Flushing
3 = AMA given to Gaines Township
4 = AMA given to Venice Township
5 = Mutual aid responses not involving AMA
6 = Vehicle fires & those out on arrival
7 = Vehicles fires deemed false (no fire)
8 = Misc. minor fires
9 = Grass and/or brush fires
10 = Open burns
11 = Smoke investigations
12 = Fire alarms (false, unfounded, burnt food)
13 = Vehicle extrications, entrapments
14 = Electrical problems, no fire
15 = Spillage of vehicle fluids
16 = Lines down and/or arcing (power or phone)
17 = Assist ambulance with lifting, public assists, etc.
18 = Misc non fires (CO, gas odor, etc.)
19 = Weather watches

The Last 10 Alarms List:
Starting in 2010, an additional column (S = station) has been added to indicate the station the incident was located in (1 or 2), if both were utilized or required (B) or if an N is used, not applicable for run percentages.

Run
#		 Cat
#		 Date Time Location Type/Description Officers

FF
#

 Ofr
#		 S
7 11 01/18 2240 7,000 mile of Miller Rd, Swartz Creek Responded to a report of an odor of smoke in a commercial building. Investigation of the interior and exterior (including roof) with Thermal Imagers, but found nothing.  E11 & E21 responded. Chief Brent Cole (C-R) 11 3 1
8 3 01/19 0927 8,000 mile of Hill Rd, Gaines Township Dispatched as AMA to assist GTFD with a structure fire. E12 assisted with Operations, extinguishment and overhaul. T23 was canceled. Capt. Steve Tabit (C-R) 5 5 B
9 18 01/25 2314 2,000 mile of S. Elms Rd, Clayton Township Responded to a report of a natural gas leak.  E21, responded with 2.  Investigation was unable to determine the cause of the odor. Asst. Chief Eric Merriam (C-R) 6 4 2
10 18 01/27 2322 2400 area of S. Elms Rd., Clayton Township Dispatched to a report of gas odor.  E21, responded with 4. An extensive search for the source of the leak determined the natural gas was leak from an underground pipe near the ditch. CE was notified. Asst. Chief Eric Merriam (C-R) 9 4 2
11 7 01/28 0813 I-69 btw M-13 & Duffield, Clayton Township Responded to a report of a vehicle fire. On scene it was determined a vehicle had collided with a semi, without fire. E11, E12 & S26 responded. Batt. Chief Jack King (C)
Sgt. Kevin VanArsdale (R)		 10 6 1
12 5 01/31 0727 2,000 block of Brooks St, Flint Dispatched for potential mutual aid to the City of Flint. Before responding, all units were canceled. Asst. Chief Eric Merriam (R) 8 3 B
13 5 02/01 1936 4,000 block of Commerce Dr, Mt. Morris Township Responded as MA under County Coordination, to assist the Mt. Morris Township Station 2 with a commercial structure fire. E12, responded with 6, and assisted with ventilation and overhaul. Lieut. Brendt Cole (R) 9 5 B
14 6 02/03 1013 1,000 block of Winfield Dr, Clayton Township Dispatched by a Clayton Township Officer for a vehicle fire. E12 (in place of E21 while having oil changed) and E11 repsonded. Asst. Chief Eric Merriam (C-R) 6 4 2
15 10 02/05 1837 1,000 mile of S. Elms Rd, Clayton Township Responded to a report (from FTFD originally responding) of a large open burn. C2 responded & held all units at their station. Asst. Chief Eric Merriam (C-R) 11 6 2

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1999 through 2012 Alarm Comparison By Month & Year

Month

 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Running
Total
for 2012		 Difference
from
previous
year by
mth/yr
January 14 12 12 21 11 12 13 11 10 13 13 10 14 12 12 -2/-2
February 13 22 16 8 26 19 8 23 19 13 7 11 8 3 15 -5/-7
March 19 21 25 20 19 15 12 26 17 12 19 16 7      
April 18 15 19 18 26 24 29 14 24 21 18 11 15      
May 26 20 24 20 18 14 17 18 28 18 17 14 13      
June 18 17 24 24 21 26 25 19 19 21 17 13 16      
July 25 16 20 28 20 10 23 20 25 16 20 18 16      
August 17 23 16 24 21 21 16 15 24 7 11 21 8      
September 14 21 18 22 14 17 13 17 17 10 8 17 11      
October 17 27 28 23 24 17 18 21 16 18 14 19 19      
November 16 18 19 16 19 24 18 18 15 16 14 17 13      
December 22 20 18 24 10 16 14 11 14 26 14 12 10      
Total 219 232 239 248 230 215 206 213 228 191 172 179 150  

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 1999 Through 2011 Statistics By Category

Category

 1999 2000  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
1. Structure (or dispatched as) Fires (in our fire district); Received Automatic Mutual Aid (AMA)

14

 19 16 16 27 21 21 16 13 23 21 21 4
2. AMA's given to the Flushing Fire Dept (started 5/10/99) 20 25 24 29 23 28 19 35 33 29 26 21 18
3. AMA's given to Gaines Township Fire Dept (started 11/13/99) 0 8 4 6 13 7 11 9 12 9 11 13 10
4. AMA's given to Venice Township Fire Dept (started 03/11/02) N/A N/A N/A 1 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1
5. Mutual Aid responses not involving AMA 20 29 20 34 22 17 21 11 18 14 21 23 22
6. Vehicle fires & those out on arrival 28 15 21 17 12 8 10 14 12 7 4 11 7
7. Vehicle fires (false; steam/unfounded) 2 12 12 5 7 21 9 4 6 4 2 5 2
8. Misc. minor fires 3 4 15 6 7 1 6 2 7 4 5 2 5
9. Grass and/or brush fires 22 8 12 17 15 9 17 14 17 17 14 11 4
10. Open burns (permit/authorized & unauthorized/unattended) 6 20 11 14 7 13 12 9 18 10 9 9 3
11. Smoke investigations/smoke scares 10 7 11 8 12 15 4 4 9 4 11 10 10
12. Fire alarms (false, unfounded or burnt food) 34 30 28 35 15 18 24 21 23 12 6 17 13
13. Vehicle extrications & entrapments 12 8 6 7 9 7 12 7 3 5 3 4 4
14. Electrical problems, no fire 2 1 3 1 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 2
15. Spillage of vehicle fluids 9 6 13 11 11 12 11 12 17 10 5 1 3
16. Lines down and/or arcing
(power and/or phone)		 10 9 10 9 15 14 6 15 12 18 18 14 19
17. Assist ambulance with lifting, public assist & etc. 3 11 15 5 5 2 3 6 2 2 6 4 3
18. Misc. non fires (CO, gas odor, unfounded, etc. or situations that don't catalog above) 23 17 14 24 21 12 17 30 20 15 9 11 17
19. Weather watches 1 3 4 3 3 5 1 1 3 5 0 0 3
ALARMS TOTALS

219

232

 239 248 230 215 206 213 228 191 172 179 150

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