Fire Update
Royal Oak Fire Department - Acting
Assistant Chief, Rick Wiegand
248-246-3800
For the week: August 21, 2011 – August 27, 2011
3,671 total runs in 2011
5,470 total runs in 2010
TIP OF THE MONTH: Storage of Combustibles.
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Gasoline and other flammables
should be stored in tight metal containers outside of the home.
·
Never store gasoline or other
flammables in your basement.
·
Do not use flammable liquids near
any open flame or sparks.
·
Never use gasoline on a barbecue.
·
Sort and remove newspapers and
rubbish from furnace or heater area.
Fires: Fires this week: 1 Total for the year: 73
We were dispatched to a home filled
with smoke in the 300 block of N. Kenwood. Our investigation found the charred
remains of a plastic container stored in the boiler compartment of the stove.
We removed the drawer and ventilated the house with a fan.
EMS:
Car Fires: Car fires this week: 0
Hazardous Conditions: Conditions
this week: 10 Total for the Year: 234
Other Runs: Other runs this week: 28 Total for the year: 905
Mutual Aid Responses:
Mutual Aid Received This
week: 2 This year: 16
Mutual Aid Given This
week: 0 This year: 1
Mutual Aid Received This
week: 1 This Year: 14
Mutual Aid Given This
week: 0 This Year: 28
Madison Hts.
Mutual Aid Received This
week: 0 This Year: 14
Mutual Aid Given
This week: 0 This Year: 18
Mutual Aid Received This
week: 0 This Year: 0
Mutual Aid Given
This week: 0 This Year: 1
Mutual Aid Received
This week: 0 This Year: 0
Mutual Aid Given This
week: 0 This Year: 1