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Fires in single family: dwellings continue to

plague the District of North Vancouver with losses
totalling more than 50 per cent of the $1.1 million

worth of damages in 1976.

In his report to Municipal
Hall. Fire Chief Bob Mc-
Donald said: *‘We have had
‘some tragic blazes including
one with a life lost and have
had some significant and
unprecedented single dollar
losses’’ in single family
homes totalling 140 cases, he
said.

One specific case involved
a home in Woodlands the
damage for which ‘‘will
probably exceed $130,000 in
the end,’’ he said.

‘‘Damages were due to
vandalism, mainly because
of a single large fire loss at
_ Braemar School. This inci-
dent accounts for over
$250,000 of our loss for the
year,’” he said.

A total of $294,246 worth
of property damage by fire
was recorded by North
Vancouver city last year, the
lowest it has been since 1971,
according to the annual
report to city council by Fire
Chief R.J. Hallaway.

- Faulty electrical equip-
ment. caused 30 fires in 1976;
24 resulted from vandalism;
and 23 due ‘to _ careless
smoking. :

Of these incidents, only
one resulted in death in a
house fire at 432 East 7th

Street. Eight persons receiv- |

ed minor fire-related injur-
ies.

The fire department han-
died 399 emergency fire
calls, 66 less than in 1975,
but it remains the second
highest number in the
department's history.

- The highest loss to fire was
in 1975 hen Burrard Term-
inals was destroyed causing
an $8 million loss.

Among the

Fire. companies responded

to 53 alarms in high rise.
complexes, a number of:

which were false alarms.
genuine 10
alarms was a fire on the 12th
floor of the Woodcroft towers
in which damage was set at
$5,600; a fire on the 7th floor

of the International Plaza.
‘Hotel, caused by a malfunc-
tioning color television set,

resulted in $7,000 damage.

There were eight fires in
condominiums and low rise
residential homes, but none
were major. ‘‘Losses are

usually kept to a minimum.

because of prompt detection

of a fire by occupants or

neighbors as well as built-in
protection required by the
fire code for buildings.

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There was. some more

good news...

Firefighters ‘and officers
responded to some 1,100

‘emergency alarms,. down 25-
~per .cent compared | to the

previous year’s total. “Tt

‘would appear that this is due

mainly to the reduction in the ©
number of bush fires. ans-
wered because of an incle-
ment summer’’

ambulance calls are now
organization.

‘‘The incidence of vehicle
fires has dropped sharply

cent. *‘We are of the opinion
that this drop results in a
hardening of the position of
ICBC in recognizing and not

accepting claims for fire

damage unless they have
been thoroughly investigated
by authorities,”’ McDonald
said.

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as well as
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: Nerth Skore News