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99-15 Alarm Comparison by month & year
99-15 Statistics by Category

Abbreviations List:
 AMA = Automatic Mutual Aid
CTPD = Clayton Township Police Dept
CE = Consumers Energy
DEQ = Department of Environmental Quality
FF = Firefighters that responded
FFD = Flushing Fire Dept
FTFD = Flint Township Fire Dept
GCRC = Genesee County Road Commission
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.
Ofr = Officers that responded
PDA = Property Damage Accident
PI = Personal Injury
POV = Personal Owned Vehicle
PPV = Positive Pressure Ventilation
RIT = Rapid Intervention Team
S = Station (1=Station 1, 2=Station 2, B=Both stations)
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:

Run
#		 Cat
#		 Date Time Location Type/Description Officers

FF
#

 Ofr
#		 S
155 12 9/6 1854 4,000 block of Kroger Dr, Swartz Creek Dispatched for a pull station fire alarm at Springvale. C2 responded. While responding an employee advised that a resident pulled the pull station alarm and there was no fire. Assist. Chief Tabit (C,R) 9 4 B
156 12 9/7 1256 8,000 block of Ingals Dr, Swartz Creek Dispatched for a residential fire alarm. Chief 2 responded. On arrival homeowner advised there was no fire. Assist. Chief Tabit (C,R) 4 1 B
157 12 9/8 1147 4,000 block of Ita Ct, Swartz Creek Dispatched for a commercial fire alarm. E12 responded and arrived to find a 3 story multifamily dwelling with nothing showing.Site supervisorstated that they are welding, and the smoke set off alarms. the system had already been reset. The site was investigated with the TIC. Nothing notable. All units cleared and returned to service. Sgt Tabit (C,R) 5 1 B
158 18 9/15 1418 5,000 block of Birchcrest Dr, Swartz Creek Dispatched to investigate a microwave that got very hot. C2 & E12 responded. Investigation found the microwave plug and outlet were  without damage or sign of any heat or short circuit. The circuit breaker in the basement had no tripped breakers. Assist. Chief Tabit (C,R) 4 2 1
159 16 9/16 1012 5,000 block of Don Shenk Dr, Swartz Creek Dispatched to a report a sparks coming from a transformer. C1 & E11 responded. Investigation found a blown fuse on a transformer. Situation was turned over to consumers. Chief Plumb (C,R) 5 2 1
160 12 9/17 1422 8,000 block of Ingals Dr, Swartz Creek Dispatched for a residential fire alarm. Sgt 1 responded. On arrival homeowner advised there was no fire. Sgt Tabit (C,R) 9 2 B
161 12 9/19 2210 8,000 block of Ingals Dr, Swartz Creek Dispatched for a residential fire alarm. E12 & E21 responded. E12 investigated with a TI and CO meter with nothing found. Capt Warning (C,R) 10 1 B
162 6 9/22 1807 WB I 69/Nichols Rd, Clayton Twp Dispatched for a semi on fire with the driver attempting to extinguish the fire. C2, C1, E11 & T23 responded. C2 arrived to find the rear tires of a 53-foot trailer showing white smoke and that the driver had used a dry chemical extinguisher to knock down the fire. Further investigation found a fire in the brakes and rubber shreds of the tire. E11 arrived to take a right block covering the right lane and shoulder. C1 took a traffic point ½ mile up stream and triffic was temporarily shifted to the left lane. Crews stretched the 1-inch line to extinguish and remain fire and cool the brakes and axle. Assist. Chief Tabit (C,R) 9 4 B
163 12 9/23 0856 8,000 block of Ingals Dr, Swartz Creek Dispatched for a residential fire alarm. Chief 1 responded. On arrival homeowner advised there was no fire. Homeowner advised to get alarm system checked due to numorous dispatches. Chief Plumb (C,R) 5 2 B
164 16 9/24 1700 Elms Rd/Bristol Rd, Swartz Creek Dispatched at the request of Metro PD to cut a wire acrossed the road, before units could respond, PD canceled all units. Capt. Warning (C,R) 7 1 1

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2003 through 2023 Alarm Comparison By Month & Year

Month

 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20  '21 Total for Month 2022 Running Total for 2022 Total for Month 2023 Running Total for 2023 Difference
from
previous
year by
mth/yr
January 11 12 13 11 10 13 13 10 14 12 17 22 7 11 13 14 14 16  16 21 21 12 12 -9/-9
February 26 19 8 23 19 13 7 11 8 11 11 12 19 15 13 11 12 10 10 18 39 13 25 -5/-14
March 19 15 12 26 17 12 19 16 7 14 17 12 14 8 27 12 5 14 21 14 53 18 43 +4/-10
April 26 24 29 14 24 21 18 11 15 15 11 23 19 14 14 16 9 10 19 15 68 16 59 +1/-9
May 18 14 17 18 28 18 17 14 13 21 19 14 21 8 17 23 23 12 15 22 90 20 79 -2/-11
June 21 26 25 19 19 21 17 13 16 19 13 19 18 27 11 13 17 28 22 24 114 28 107 +4/-7
July 20 10 23 20 25 16 20 18 16 26 12 19 17 15 15 22 24 18 21 15 129 24 131 +9/+2
August 21 21 16 15 24 7 11 21 8 16 14 12 15 14 14 15 14 25 23 18 147 22 153 +4/+6
September 14 17 13 17 17 10 8 17 11 12 16 8 9 14 12 19 15  11 20 22  169 11 164 -11/-5
October 24 17 18 21 16 18 14 19 19 18 19 12 11 21 12 19 21 22 28 13 182      
November 19 24 18 18 15 16 14 17 13 16 26 14 16 18 15 6 16 23 18 26 208      
December 10 16 14 11 14 26 14 12 10 15 30 21 11 11 15 12 23 10 23 20 228      
Total 230 215 206 213 228 191 172 179 150 194 205 188 177 6 177 177 193 199 244 228        

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 2003 Through 2022 Statistics By Category

Category

 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22
1. Structure (or dispatched as) Fires (in our fire district); Received Automatic Mutual Aid (AMA) 27 21 21 16 13 23 21 21 4 12 17 15 16 16 14 23 13 12 16 17
2. AMA's given to the Flushing Fire Dept (started 5/10/99) 23 28 19 35 33 29 26 21 18 18 33 13 21 16 21 15 15 26 29 19
3. AMA's given to Gaines Township Fire Dept (started 11/13/99) 13 7 11 9 12 9 11 13 10 12 9 10 6 5 3 7 8 5 11 14
4. AMA's given to Venice Township Fire Dept (started 03/11/02) 1 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1
5. Mutual Aid responses not involving AMA 22 17 21 11 18 14 21 23 22 18 14 21 16 7 10 27 17 23 16 21
6. Vehicle fires & those out on arrival 12 8 10 14 12 7 4 11 7 8 3 7 5 8 13 6 5 5 5 5
7. Vehicle fires (false; steam/unfounded) 7 21 9 4 6 4 2 5 2 8 5 5 3 9 5 6 8 7 1 4
8. Misc. minor fires 7 1 6 2 7 4 5 2 5 10 4 5 9 6 5 2 4 2 1 11
9. Grass and/or brush fires 15 9 17 14 17 17 14 11 4 11 9 13 9 12 9 8 4 7 7 9
10. Open burns (permit/authorized & unauthorized/unattended) 7 13 12 9 18 10 9 9 3 11 11 13 8 7 14 10 7 15 14 10
11. Smoke investigations/smoke scares 12 15 4 4 9 4 11 10 10 8 7 7 6 9 4 5 4 6 5 6
12. Fire alarms (false, unfounded or burnt food) 15 18 24 21 23 12 6 17 13 16 15 28 19 33 23 29 36 31 45 45
13. Vehicle extrications & entrapments 9 7 12 7 3 5 3 4 4 4 12 9 5 5 3 6 7 5 3 8
14. Electrical problems, no fire 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 5 1 1 1
15. Spillage of vehicle fluids 11 12 11 12 17 10 5 1 3 5 10 1 4 4 10 2 20 2 2 0
16. Lines down and/or arcing
(power and/or phone)		 15 14 6 15 12 18 18 14 19 26 34 6 21 18 18 14 4 16 29 13
17. Assist ambulance with lifting, public assist & etc. 5 2 3 6 2 2 6 4 3 2 3 7 1 0 2 9 30 4 29 6
18. Misc. non fires (CO, gas odor, unfounded, etc. or situations that don't catalog above) 21 12 17 30 20 15 9 11 17 22 15 20 22 19 20 11 2 30 28 32
19. Weather watches 3 5 1 1 3 5 0 0 3 0 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1
ALARMS TOTALS 230 215 206 213 228 191 172 179 150 195 205 188 177 176 177 182 193 199 244 228

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