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99-08 Comparison by month & Year

99-07 stats 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 2009, additional columns have been added to indicate the number of personnel that showed up for each alarm.  It is to the right of the Officers list.

Run
#
Cat
#
Date Time Location Type/Description Officers

FF
#

Ofr
#
83 16 06/20 1039 4,000 block of Jennie Lane, Swartz Creek At the conclusion of alarm 82, responded to wires arcing.  On scene, it was determined the only thing that could be done was place emergency tape around the area to contact CE.  E11 responded with 4. Batt. Chief Jack King (C)
Capt. Dave Plumb (R)
12 4
84 8 06/20 1222 SW corner of Elms & Corunna, Clayton Township Dispatched to the same location as alarm 82, due to not being able to extinguish the fire previously.  Due to the potential for wires coming in contact with traffic, the intersection was closed.  E21 & S26 were on scene until 1727. Asst. Chief Eric Merriam (C-R) 11 5
85 15 06/20 1357 At the intersection of Morrish & Calkins, Clayton Township While still on  scene for alarm 84, a 2 vehicle accident, with fluid spill, was dispatched.  E11 responded with to assist the ambulance and remove the spill. Batt. Chief Jack King (C)
Capt. Steve Tabit (R)
3 2
86 16 06/20 1733 Winshall & Durwood, Swartz Creek At the conclusion of run 84, 911 reported another wires arcing call.  E11, responding with 4, were unable to locate the exact location.  After calling the caller, the incident was found.  CE was contacted. Batt. Chief Jack King (C)
Capt. Dave Plumb (R)
13 3
87 1 06/20 2145 7,000 mile of Calkins Rd, Clayton Township Responded to a report of a structure with AMA from FFD & GTFD.  911 reported the home owner had indicated the fire may be out.  On scene investigation determined the fire was out.  AMA with GTFD was canceled.  FFD stood by for a few minutes on scene.  E21, E11, E12, S16 & S26 responded. Asst. Chief Eric Merriam (C-R) 18 4
88 8 06/21 0633 SW corner of Elms & Corunna, Clayton Township Dispatched to the same location as alarms 82 & 84.  CE, over night, had installed a new pole & cross members. There was a ground short causing the cross member to catch fire. Once the power was cut, CE used a Class A extinguisher to put the fire out.  E21 responded with 6. Asst. Chief Eric Merriam (C-R) 16 5
89 11 06/27 2232 2,000 mile of N. McKinley Rd, Clayton Township Responded to a smoke investigation.  After talking to the caller & obtaining a wind direction, the exact location of the fire was undetermined.  E21 responded with 6. Chief Brent Cole (C-R) 17 3
90 11 06/29 1611 4,000 mile of S. Duffield Rd, Clayton Township Dispatched for a smoke investigation.  A call back to the reporter determined the smoke was coming from the Duffield & I-69 area.  C3 on scene, holding all apparatus, found the fire, & determined it was a brush fire. Batt. Chief Jack King (C)
Chief Brent Cole (R)
10 4
91 2 06/30 1006 8,000 mile of Coldwater Rd, Flushing Township AMA dispatched received to assist the FFD with a potential structure fire.  Before responding, Flushing IC canceled Montrose & SCAFD. Chief Brent Cole (R) 7 6
92 P 07/02 1821 Pending Pending Pending P P

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1999 through 2009 Alarm Comparison By Month & Year

Month

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Running
Total
for
2008
2009 Running
Total
for
2009
Difference
from
previous
year by month/year
January 14 12 12 21 11 12 13 11 10 13 13 13 13 0/0
February 13 22 16 8 26 19 8 23 19 13 26 7 20 -6/-6
March 19 21 25 20 19 15 12 26 17 12 38 19 39 +7/+1
April 18 15 19 18 26 24 29 14 24 21 59 18 57 -3/-2
May 26 20 24 20 18 14 17 18 28 18 77 17 74 -1/-3
June 18 17 24 24 21 26 25 19 19 21 98 17 91 -4/-7
July 25 16 20 28 20 10 23 20 25 16 114
August 17 23 16 24 21 21 16 15 24 7 121
September 14 21 18 22 14 17 13 17 17 10 131
October 17 27 28 23 24 17 18 21 16 18 149
November 16 18 19 16 19 24 18 18 15 16 165
December 22 20 18 24 10 16 14 11 14 26 191
Total 219 232 239 248 230 215 206 213 228 191

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1999 Through 2008 Statistics By Category

Category

1999 2000  2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
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
2. AMA's given to the Flushing Fire Dept (started 5/10/99) 20 25 24 29 23 28 19 35 33 29
3. AMA's given to Gaines Township Fire Dept (started 11/13/99) 0 8 4 6 13 7 11 9 12 9
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
5. Mutual Aid responses not involving AMA 20 29 20 34 22 17 21 11 18 14
6. Vehicle fires & those out on arrival 28 15 21 17 12 8 10 14 12 7
7. Vehicle fires (false; steam/unfounded) 2 12 12 5 7 21 9 4 6 4
8. Misc. minor fires 3 4 15 6 7 1 6 2 7 4
9. Grass and/or brush fires 22 8 12 17 15 9 17 14 17 17
10. Open burns (permit/authorized & unauthorized/unattended) 6 20 11 14 7 13 12 9 18 10
11. Smoke investigations/smoke scares 10 7 11 8 12 15 4 4 9 4
12. Fire alarms (false, unfounded or burnt food) 34 30 28 35 15 18 24 21 23 12
13. Vehicle extrications & entrapments 12 8 6 7 9 7 12 7 3 5
14. Electrical problems, no fire 2 1 3 1 4 4 2 1 1 2
15. Spillage of vehicle fluids 9 6 13 11 11 12 11 12 17 10
16. Lines down and/or arcing
(power and/or phone)
10 9 10 9 15 14 6 15 12 18
17. Assist ambulance with lifting, public assist & etc. 3 11 15 5 5 2 3 6 2 2
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
19. Weather watches 1 3 4 3 3 5 1 1 3 5
ALARMS TOTALS

219

232

239 248 230 215 206 213 228 191

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