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By CHRIS LLOYD

Residents of North Vancouver’s Maple wood ‘area’ are demanding that all three levels of —*

“government act

Hazards Alert Committee

s Committee member “In November we may immediately _ to (CHAC) citizens’ group Sheila Gordon opened chosé to endorse political negotiate the Tuesday spent over an the meeting by declaring candidates who have relocation of the hour thrashing out the that those in the declared their support of nearby Hooker wording of the resolution. organization were not CHAC goals” and she Chemical chlorine H AN them. except one members of the Com- quipped: “Are you

ooker employee in the munist Party and were listening out there?” production plant audience, were agreed strictly apolitical. By ae end of the from the Burrard the plant must be moved, But she issued a evening the meeting had Inlet area. and even he didn't rule warning at the outset agreed upon six motions

a More than 150 people out the idea as long as directed to North who attended.a meeting plant workers were Vancouver District

adequately compensated. politicians.

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‘ALDERMAN ERNIE CRIST details his motion to North Van District council of a month ago tn which he asked for a cost-benefit analysis of the Hooker plant. The motion did not even receive a seconder at the time but residents who

attended the Chemical Hazards Alert Committee public meeting last week demanded that council should reconsider it. (Chris Lloyd photo)

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| major fire cause in West Van

Arson was one of the major causes of fire in West Vancouver last year, second only to vehicle wifing as the single greatest cause of fire damage

in the municipality,

according

to the fire

department’s annual report.

The report shows [5.4 per cent of the fires listed as “incindiary” - arson.

And the two major fires in West Van during 1979 were writteh off as being due to undetermined causes.

A fire on-March | caused $314,500 damage at 1792 Inglewood Avenue and a fire at 6550 Wellington Avenue caused $65,000 worth of damage on May 15.

One person was killed in a fire and four other civilians were injured in fires during the year.

While fighting fires, 43 West Van firemen suffered

minor injunmes and three firefighters were severely injured

A total of $556,039

damage was caused in 71 reported fires and fourteen per cent of these incidents were atttmbuted to careless smoking

The biggest cause of fires in West Van was vehicle wiring and 25 per cent of the fires were alinbuted to this

West Van fire fighters responded to J1 per cent more calls in 1979 than in 1974

“As the communily grows, the fire load increases, and the calls on services” for inhalator and first aid have shown a dramatic increase.” Fire Chief Colm Evans said ino his introduction to the report

“As we are expenencing an increase in first aid and inhalator calls due to the growth of the community and traffic through = the

municipality we see the need for a light rescue and inhalator unit for - the

western reaches of our area,” Evans said. “Our most immediate

need is to replace our out- moded no: 3 fire hall, and strengthen the fire defences of the western area of the municipality where most of our growth is taking place.”

Evans mentioned that fire crews were busy during the year gathering pre-fire plan information so it could be compiled and put on micro film.

This plan, which its the first of us kind in the province 1s aimed al aiding fire fighters if fires should break out in buildings that have been “pre-fire plan- ned”

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