Fire Update

Royal Oak Fire Department - Acting Assistant Chief, Rick Wiegand

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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.

·         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: EMS runs this week: 78   Total for the year: 2459

 

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:

Birmingham

Mutual Aid Received            This week: 2              This year: 16

Mutual Aid Given                   This week: 0              This year: 1

Ferndale

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

Southfield

Mutual Aid Received            This week: 0              This Year: 0

Mutual Aid Given                   This week: 0              This Year: 1

West Bloomfield

Mutual Aid Received            This week: 0              This Year: 0

Mutual Aid Given                   This week: 0              This Year: 1