THE IB following i isa
list of recent North
Shore emergency inci-
dents:

NORTH VANCOUVER
CITY & DISTRICT
FIRE DEPTS.

. September 21

2. 1200-blk. Caledonia
Dumpster/container fire.
2. 800-bik. West Queens
' Car/truck fire.
tember 23
3. 100-bik. East 4th St.
Multi-family apartment

4..100-blk. Riverside Dr.
Commercial /industrial

September 24
-5.- 1100-blk. | Frederick
School fire.

_6..W. 28th / Westview
Car/eruck fire.
7,3300-blkx. Dollarton

= Motor vehicle accident,

10. 2500+ bi Cap ilano Rd.
“_.; Apartment broken into,

“method. of entry not known.

VCR and remote stolen.

idence. Entry’

through insecure kitchen win-
, 30 CDs, jew-

year old male hiker fell while

_. descending * the trail. Other

2, 3712 calls in- 1996.

; he. figure represents a
.2:47% increase over the
ber of calls responded to
by: the fire department in

1995.

-The® ‘dollar loss resulting
-. from fires in 1996 amounted
to $824,033.

The department respond-
edtol ,423 réscue and safety
©: calls —~ “including emergency

medical calls and motor vehi-
‘. cle accidents — in 1996. The

.. volume of rescue and safety

calls increased by 9.9% over
1995.

hikers‘ reported’ his injury to
. Grouse Mountain: Resort staff

who’ activated. the North

‘Shore. Rescue team through

the RCMP. Grouse Mountain
personnel and 12 members of

the North Shore Rescue team

refighters busy

‘Seven civilians. and ‘five

“firefighters were injured in
’ fires in 1996.

Four fires involved signif-

-jcant losses:

@ On March 20 a retail-
apartment fire resulted in a
$247,000 loss on Clyde
Avenue.

@ On July 3, an apartment
fire on Marine Drive caused
a $60,000 loss.

@ On Aug. 11 a house fire
on Jacobs Crescent resulted
in losses totalling $115,000.
i On Sept. 2 a kitchen fire in
a home on Ottawa Avenue
resulted in losses totalling
$68,000.

The West Vancouver Fire
Department saw a decrease
in the number of arsons in
1996 from the previous year:
there were 21 arsons in 1996
versus 27 in 1995.

proceeded to approximately
the 500-metre level of the
trail, administered first aid,
and evacuated the hiker via a
wheeled stretcher to the base
of Grouse Mountain where he
was sent to Lions Gate
Hospital by ambulance at
approximately 9:15 p.m.

More people are installing
residential fire sprinklers. In
1996, 290 single-family
homes were equipped with
the devices, compared with
214 in 1995 and just two in
1985.

Losses resulting from fires
in 29 automobiles, trailers
and motor homes amounted
to $182,970 for the year.

THE annual provincial seat belt
awareness and enforcement cam-
paign was launched earlier this
month by Attorney Generai Ujjal

| Dosanjh.

“Overall, the vast majority of British
Columbians wear seat belts,” said Dosanjh.
“However, there's still room for improve-
ment. We are reminding motorists that
every one percent increase in the seat belt
wearing Tate saves more lives and reduces
injuries.”

The Ministry of the Attorney General,
police across B.C., and ICBC launched the
seat belt campaign on the same day as the
national operation impact campaign.

This is a 24-hour Canada-wide traffic law
enforcement and education initiative aimed
at high risk drivers — those who drink and
drive, speed and don’t use their seat belt.

Last year’s Operation Impact campaign

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-”

Seat belt initiative launched

involved mare than 200 Canadian police
services. ;

Authorities checked more than 298 000.
vehicles, and laid more than-9,000 seat belt
charges.

Drivers who fail to buckle up face a fine
of $75 plus a 15% victim surcharge levy. — .

Drivers who allow passengers under; the
age of 16 to ride without seat belts can also’
be fined. :

Seat belt use has been mandatory i in B: .
since November 1977. The wearing rate: at
that time was about 30%. :

Twenty years later, the wearing. rate i
B.C. has tripled to an average 92% — one of
the highest seat belt wearing . “rates :in
Canada.

However, an average of one in, 10 British
Columbians still don’t buckle up. ;

“I urge all motorists and passengers to

remember to wear their seat belts to save |
lives,” said Dosanjh. .

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