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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
25-114 18 5/30 2100 8,000 block of Crapo St, Swartz Creek Crews were on location on stand-by for the Community Fireworks Display. Batt Chief Cole (C,RR 12 6 B
25-115 2 6/3 1556 10,000 block of S. Seymour Rd, Gaines Twp Responded AMA to Gaines for a residential structure fire. E11 & T23 responded. Crews worked on scene until released by Gaines Twp IC.  Sgt Adams (R) 5 4 B
25-116 6 6/6 0215 EB I 69/Morrish Rd, Swartz Creek Dispatched to a vehicle accident to assist police with traffic control. C2, E11 and E21 responded. The vehicle was reported to be on fire but was out well before SCAFD arrived. Crews closed down each lane of the expressway while the tow company cleaned up an extensive amount of debris covering both lanes. Assist Chief Tabit (C,R) 3 5 1
25-117 6 6/7 1609 7,000 block of Aldridge Dr, Clayton Twp Dispatched for a vehicle fire. C2 & E21 responded. The fire was extinguished prior to our arrival. The vehicle was being driven on a flat tire, causing it to catch fire. Neighbors used a dry chem extinguisher to put the fire out before we arrived. The battery cables were disconnected before clearing. Assist Chief Tabit (C,R) 4 3 2
25-118 18 6/8 0815 9,000 block of Corunna Rd, Clayton Twp Dispatched for Dumpster. E21 resonded and arrived to find a 2 yard metal dumpster in the back corner of the lot with no exposures with heavy white smoke. Neighbor mentioned that there were fireworks inside the dumpster and that he heard one go off starting the fire. Firework boxes were stacked around the dumpster with mortar tubes improperly discarded inside. Crews used a booster and put the fire out from a safe distance. Sgt Diekman (C,R) 3 2 2
25-119 16 6/9 1723 9,000 block of Corunna Rd, Clayton Twp Dispatched for arcing wires at the intersection of Corunna and Seymour. Capt 6 ewaponded and was unable to locate, another caller reported the incident at Corunna and Van VLeet. Capt 6 determined it was a cable wire and removed the hazard. Capt. Warning (C,R) 3 4 2
25-120 18 6/12 1849 Corunna Rd/Morrish Rd, Clayton Twp  Dispatched for strong odor of natural gas in the area of Corunna rd between Morrish and Elms. C1 and E21 responded. C1 Check the area and it was unfounded and E21 was canceled.  Sgt Diekman (C,R) 5 3 2
25-121 18 6/12 1906 3,000 block of Elk Creek, Clayton Twp Dispatched for the report of a odor of natural gas. C1, R1 & E22 responded. Upon arrival the crew found a slight smell of natural gas on the second floor A/C and furnace room. The utilities were secured and the home was cleared of any further odor. The homeowner was notified of the findings and advised to contact her landlord and Consumers Energy. Lieut Fornari (C,R) 6 3 1
25-122 12 6/16 1220 4,000 block of Kroger Dr, Swartz Creek Dispatched to the above location for the report of a Commercial Fire Alarm per the alarm company. R1, E12 & E11 responded. Upon arrival nothing was noted from the exterior of the structure. The crew made contact with the Maintenance Director who stated no alarms were sounding but there was a dry system water flow. The crew checked the attic space where the dry system is and no water or hazard was noted. There were no further hazard and the maintenance director was remaining on scene until the fire suppression system company arrived and was advised to keep fire watch until the system was restored. Lieut Fornari (C,R) 2 2 B
25-123 1 6/16 1609 5,000 block of School St. Swartz Creek Dispatched to a report of a garage fire, with AMA from Flushing and Gaines Twp. C1 Enrt with heavy black smoke showing a mile out. E12, E11, E21, G17 and R1 also responded. C1 on scene found light brown smoked. E12 advised to stretch a 1 3/4 line to the garage entry door, AMA advised to slow down to code 1 and E11 advised to stage at the hydrant. Crews made a quick knock and AMA was canceled. Chief Plumb (C,R) 6 3 B

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2005 through 2025 Alarm Comparison By Month & Year

Month

'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20  '21 '22 '23 Total for Month 2024 Running Total for  2024  Total for the month 2025 Running Total for 2025 Difference
from
previous
year by
mth/yr
January 13 11 10 13 13 10 14 12 17 22 7 11 13 14 14 16  16 21 12 14 14 16 16 +2/+2
February 8 23 19 13 7 11 8 11 11 12 19 15 13 11 12 10 10 18 13 20 34 16 32 -4/-2
March 12 26 17 12 19 16 7 14 17 12 14 8 27 12 5 14 21 14 18 12 46 33 65 +21/+32
April 29 14 24 21 18 11 15 15 11 23 19 14 14 16 9 10 19 15 16 19 65 28 93 +9/+28
May 17 18 28 18 17 14 13 21 19 14 21 8 17 23 23 12 15 22 20 16 81 21 114 +5/+33
June 25 19 19 21 17 13 16 19 13 19 18 27 11 13 17 28 22 24 28 22 103 9 123 -13/+20
July 23 20 25 16 20 18 16 26 12 19 17 15 15 22 24 18 21 15 24 17 120  
August 16 15 24 7 11 21 8 16 14 12 15 14 14 15 14 25 23 18 22 17 137      
September 13 17 17 10 8 17 11 12 16 8 9 14 12 19 15  11 20 22  12 19 156      
October 18 21 16 18 14 19 19 18 19 12 11 21 12 19 21 22 28 13 17 22 178      
November 18 18 15 16 14 17 13 16 26 14 16 18 15 6 16 23 18 26 20 19 197      
December 14 11 14 26 14 12 10 15 30 21 11 11 15 12 23 10 23 20 18 13 210      
Total 206 213 228 191 172 179 150 194 205 188 177 6 177 177 193 199 244 228 220          

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2005 Through 2024 Statistics By Category

Category

'05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24
1. Structure (or dispatched as) Fires (in our fire district); Received Automatic Mutual Aid (AMA) 21 16 13 23 21 21 4 12 17 15 16 16 14 23 13 12 16 17 16 12
2. AMA's given to the Flushing Fire Dept (started 5/10/99) 19 35 33 29 26 21 18 18 33 13 21 16 21 15 15 26 29 19 24 24
3. AMA's given to Gaines Township Fire Dept (started 11/13/99) 11 9 12 9 11 13 10 12 9 10 6 5 3 7 8 5 11 14 6 6
4. AMA's given to Venice Township Fire Dept (started 03/11/02) 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1
5. Mutual Aid responses not involving AMA 21 11 18 14 21 23 22 18 14 21 16 7 10 27 17 23 16 21 23 14
6. Vehicle fires & those out on arrival 10 14 12 7 4 11 7 8 3 7 5 8 13 6 5 5 5 5 8 8
7. Vehicle fires (false; steam/unfounded) 9 4 6 4 2 5 2 8 5 5 3 9 5 6 8 7 1 4 3 8
8. Misc. minor fires 6 2 7 4 5 2 5 10 4 5 9 6 5 2 4 2 1 11 3 3
9. Grass and/or brush fires 17 14 17 17 14 11 4 11 9 13 9 12 9 8 4 7 7 9 5 3
10. Open burns (permit/authorized & unauthorized/unattended) 12 9 18 10 9 9 3 11 11 13 8 7 14 10 7 15 14 10 9 6
11. Smoke investigations/smoke scares 4 4 9 4 11 10 10 8 7 7 6 9 4 5 4 6 5 6 5 6
12. Fire alarms (false, unfounded or burnt food) 24 21 23 12 6 17 13 16 15 28 19 33 23 29 36 31 45 45 35 33
13. Vehicle extrications & entrapments 12 7 3 5 3 4 4 4 12 9 5 5 3 6 7 5 3 8 8 5
14. Electrical problems, no fire 2 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 0 3 4 0 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 1
15. Spillage of vehicle fluids 11 12 17 10 5 1 3 5 10 1 4 4 10 2 20 2 2 0 4 5
16. Lines down and/or arcing
(power and/or phone)
6 15 12 18 18 14 19 26 34 6 21 18 18 14 4 16 29 13 14 26
17. Assist ambulance with lifting, public assist & etc. 3 6 2 2 6 4 3 2 3 7 1 0 2 9 30 4 29 6 4 4
18. Misc. non fires (CO, gas odor, unfounded, etc. or situations that don't catalog above) 17 30 20 15 9 11 17 22 15 20 22 19 20 11 2 30 28 32 47 42
19. Weather watches 1 1 3 5 0 0 3 0 4 3 0 1 1 0 0 1 3 1 2 0
ALARMS TOTALS 206 213 228 191 172 179 150 195 205 188 177 176 177 182 193 199 244 228 220 210

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