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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 it s' f r'. t a O EN' 1 t a r t C ANNUAL REPORT 1 ` ~wrtwn~r c Mwo , 'r \ 1978 t i N 1;~ r f I { {1 MO I E a AUMINISTRA'f ON CITY ov DBN'CON CITY MANAGUR CHRIS HARTUNG MAYOR JOB MITCHELL, MAYOR 1 RO-viral COUNCIL hf13hIB1sli MARY CLAUDE GAY f ` }SILL NASH F 3 , j j y COUNCIL MEMBER COUNCIL MEMBER RICIIARV SITIVART Ri.INOR HUG1IFi5 i 1 n i.W~4~ 888333 , 1Clryo/DENrokrEX48 MUNICIPAL SUILDING / DENTON, TEXAS 76201 / TE'LEPNONE(817}3829601 is February 7, 1979 - - - Mr, Chris Hartung City Manager Damon, Texas Bear Sirs { J am pleased to submit the Annual Report of the fi.ra Department for the Ij year 1978, This report of activities in the department provides u brief, but relatively comprehensive autmnary of the work of the department, G " In June 1978, this department was given the respanslbility of Clio Gmer- II gency Medical Services for the city and a large would commend our people for the long hours and hard workhtoCAccomplish l j this task, and say the transission has gone very well, Our planning and training is on schedule, and we will be fully independent in our department to carry on the Advance Life Support System coma June 1979, I ' The State Board of Insurance reduced our insurance key rate from ,20to ! 11 ,180 effeut.ive September 1, 1978. This will he a an- ings to our citi- zens who carry insurance with our local agents, We extend our thanks for the planning and support for the improvoments in equipment, facilities, and personnel this past year, In submitting this report, I want to express my sincere thanks to you, f Members of the Council, other Public Officals and their departments, for the cooperation and service rendered to this department, r Respoctfull submitted, F ,Jack Gantry Fire Chief I JG/ec . k15cf.W5 N rF M rt ~J R' h 0 aHro a ro C Q ~ 0 M ~ p i~ 4 Y~ a j f) r'1 i 1 ~ fA f~ ~0 KJ C ro i4 1 i M rh ~ rh ~ rn ~ ~ cr n ro f t~ ~1 N 0 N Y ~ cr ~ ~ N 0 R+ j f ~ ° n t P, w ~ Y Y r+ ~~g ro ~ N o, ca IQr ~ z Id H E~~HWyJyy '9 ~ 03 FIRE AND FMER(,FNC,Y RUNS 1978 1 Commercial 63 Residence 220 Institutions 39 i Cars & Trucks 148 Orass & Trash 251 i Apartments 42 ! C Mistaken Alarms 18 False Alarms 25 € Rosoun 37 Mutual Aid Miscellaneous 113 Assist Ambulance (9 mos.) 228 ; 1! TOTAL 11197 R: I F f s' 4 44 I' 1 y,~ Summary Of Alarms & Calls Annual Report 1978 i ~a Alarms & Calls rime of Alarms Total 1197 Aotual. Piro - 670 12 a.m. ~ Non-fire - 527 6 a.m. -12 p.m. - 263 (22%) ~ 12 6 P.m. 427 (368) 6 p.m- -12 a.m. - 360 (308) i C of Week i Lc-c_ at:ion In City Alarms Occurre Sunday 182 (158) Monday 175 (158) North 303 (258) Tuesday 179 (15g) south 277 (238) i 1 Wednesday 165 (148) East 313 (276) Thuradny 152 (138) West 304 (25%) -3 Friday 162 ? Saturday 182 (148) i t 5tat.ion Annw a nn Shifts L Central 565 (442) Station #2 62 "All 394 Station #3 450 ( 58) (3!)%) 399 (338) Station #4 ?.1,8 8) uCn 409 (33g) r (178) (348) - n in Compnn k Com an 412 297 #13 62 ( 7 #10 179 if #18 70 (208) #11 257 (338) i #19 ) (98) 282 14 ( 2%) #J14 fib (12%) #23 { ( r #24 196 (32%) #17 11 ! 59) (238) ( 78) { f .a i jIF{Jay kY:dtYJd YI.F-FY $Lt] Yyi3h'A t , STATISTMAL INVORMATION - 8;Mf ROENCY M OICAL SKRVICL f , E Ambulance Calla - City 783 74% i County 1 Argyle 5 47% w1 Aubrey 1 109% Frisco 2 .18% j Justin 8 .75% .i Krum 13 1.23% f Lake Dallas 58 5,48% t Ponder 5 .47% jr- Roanoke 17 1,61% Sanger 45 4.26% INighlnnd Village 5 ,47% ,I Other 1.16 10.96`/, 11 ~ / 'Fatal. A.l.arma 1,058 .,i i s i ~-5•sxst Oi. AMBULANCE CALLS Average Response 'd'ime{ city 3.59 County 13,16 Total 8.37 h h Average Alarms Par Day: city 4 80% 1 County 1 20% Total g Average Time Spent With Patient @ Stone 12 min, Average Time from Dispatch until Patient 24 min, t was in Hospital I Averuge.Time from Dispatch until Ambli'.gnce 37 min. Cleared from Hospital Alarm Source: Total 0/0 j 4 Telephone 832 79% Police/,Sheriff 226 21% f 1 No Transportsi Total 0/0 False Alarm 8 316 i No Sick or Injured 13 5,9 1+ ?,D, Refused Transportation 19 8,9 ~0 Patient Refused Transportation 108 49,8 patient Left Scene 8 3.6 'f p:# Disregarded Enrouta 61 28,2 s: Total No Transports 217 t Ambulanco Total Runs Monthly Avotago 1127 (Reserve) 25 4 1128 537 90 029 496 83 r TYPE OF AMBULANOr CALLS Aggravated Assault 24 2.26% Alcohol 6 .568 1 Asthma 2 lA Auto Accidents 271 25.61% Bite/Sting 0 .008 Burn 5 .478 Convulsion/Seizures 311 3.49% cuts/bruises 26 2.458 Diabetic 20 1.898 Drowning A .758 Drug Reaction 2 .188 Dyspnea 29 2.748 Electrocution 2 .188 Emergencv Transfer Al 7.658 Emphysema 1188 Fainted 23 2.178 Fall 65 6.14% Female Complaint 3 .2f?8 Flu 1 .098 Fracture 62 5.868 Gastro Intestinal Complaint 52 4,918 Gunshot 14 1.328 Heart 113 10.b88 Hyperventilation 6 .568 Hypoglycemia 2 388 maternity 1 .098 ! Medioal Emergency 17 10608 Muscular/Skeletal 30 2,638 Overdose 23 2.178 Poisoning 1 .098 Psychiatric 11 1.038 f Shook 0 .008 I Sickle call 0 008 ! Stabbing 9 .85% L- Stroke 27 7..55$ suffocation 3 1288 w1 Suicide 1 .09% Tuberculosis o ,'OA8 Venereal Disease 0 .00.8 Dead @ scene 23 2.178 Dead 0 hospital 6 0008 ! None 33 3.3.1% Other 23 2.178 E E ~ I i 7 3 S "'I Q~Mll . t t ttry 1 ~ E Ambulance collections Report f~ a Amount Amount Collected g Month of 8111od Thru 12-21-78 Collections ) Juno Jul $ 60348,00 $ 3,185,75 5012% r' Au Ust 5,949,00 2039000 40.1$ r, 8 40986,00 2,101.00 42.1% i September 61$32. 2,718,00 ~n October 2,650,00 ~J50,Q0 41.6 ` Novomber 6,200,00 35,91- - _.2 140, 00 34 5% TOTAL $32,665,00 $13,484,75 ~Y f 41,3$ t I r I i f . ~.i FiM1 a Xl R:4 5. is19 Fire PrevQntion lnspeotlan Activities ~4 1978 Fire Inppootions s~ Ftau~.~.ttie Inspeetlona 868 Re-inspections 405 Cer.~i~iaatF of Ocscupancy Inspectionq , ~ Tonal Ynsp©ations S I~ E~ Code information Cons:acts A6 ' ~ i i~:i j ` t ~ e~OOfal 2'e~tg s gasoline 'Cank installa~.ion {a{,r i:egt} 19 i i ~°t Carban .Monoxide {fir ~rimnla tAS~) Total mends ~ `"t E 4 I Complaintes i ` l 5l I Itc~osived L ~ . ' UnCaundec9. ' Clen~ed 50 j i Consti~n_ E~lnns ri©vi~rwed 13 ~f ..~L ~ 1 .a ~ . 1 4 . I f 1 ~ if 1,. I 1 is I ~r: i 1 .1111 .1 , t .~rtr C r rC G 'M C4 N N N a ( ro n G z w ~ r"t 1-4 • o u a mcn o w m i y f, co 0 I w n w r+ .a to N eta n~ o~ N da q p i~ 4k H OD 0 N O o w N W w o W L. N i 13 i -4 1 ~aJ N t0 N 01 }a n d C ~ W H D' 1-f. tt Ixi f 00 - P 01 W N w 0 U1 ~l 4 .,J Ut f-r N Cy $Q~ R es!RS sxnr~sun PIP] I Fire Tnvestigation Activities i 1978 I~ i y'I 7nvestigationa Conducted ! 173 Y Cases Cleared 160 Cases Pending 5 Fire Causes (Accidental) 156 Fire Causes (Tncendiary) 17 k J 1 I FIRE CAUSL - 1978 (Insurance Loans) 1 i NUMBER CAUSE OF FIRES PERCENZ COST HOT GREASE A COOKING 6 23% 5#071.42 I! CARELESS SMOKING E 4 15% 25,757:17 LIdHTNINd 4 158 1.,473.34 HEARING APPLIANCES 3 128 ' 33,420.21 ` UNKNOWN 3 128 9,846.79 INCENDIARY' 2 B8 23,976.12 ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES 2 8$ 852.32 z, ~4 CHILDREN WITH MATCHES 1 4% ~ 726.03 ' MISCELLANEOUS 1 48 r; - 358.85 26 n !E Ld I I 1 ~ ~ t Mat{~" Wweb Fire Cause and Insurance Lose ~x Per occupancy - 1978 ( b HOT GREASE AND COOKING Residential. PropertyrJ sti 1. Dwelling; year-round use (one family) 1,534.05 1#± 2. Dwellings year-round use (one family) 309,46 ( 3, Dwellings ,year-round use (one family) 241.00 ! 4. Dwelling; year-round use (one family) 653.51 E 5. Apartmentst year-round use (7 - 20 units) 1,700.00 11: ~E 6. Dwelling= year-round use (one family) 637.40- CARELESS_SM0KING Residential Property: 1. Dwellingt.year-round use (one family) 777,02 k 2. Apartments year-round use (7-20 units) 1,231.47 Store and Office Property: I I. Retail store (art supplies) 13,748.68 2. Retail Store (art supplies) 10,000.00 LIGHTNING Residential Property: ' I. Dwelling) year-round use (one family) 117.79 [ 2. Dwelling; year-round use (ore family) 46.10 3. Dwelling) Year-roursd use (one family) 275.76 E Store and office Property: 1. Office Building 1,433.70 .r i =f~txtgr~ r WPM ~.'4S?b `F7! !h%itLv Page 2 HEAVING APPLIANCES d' Residential. Property: 1. Dwellings year-round use (one family) 37663.22 t~3+, 2. Dwellings year-round use (ona family) 29,025.79 3. Apartments year-round use (7-20 units) 731.20 UNKNOWN ORIGIN k Residential Property: 1. Dwellings year-round use (one family) 265.23 20 Dwellingt year-round use (one family) 91131,60 3, Apartmentss ,year-round use (7.20 units) 449.96 i INCENDTARX Public Assembly Propertys 1. Church 11476.12 ( (Person set car fire under wooden t~ awning connected to Church building - cage cleared by arrest) Residential Propertys I 1, bwellingt year-round use {one Earni]y) 22,500,00 U I (.juvenile broke into house sot several fires in house when owner was not at home - case cleared by arrest) ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Residential. Propertys y '~g 1. Apartmentss year-round use (3-6 unite) 232.64 l x 1 2, pwell.ingt year-round use (one family) 619.68 11 ti CHILDRFN WITH MATCHES y Residential Property s 1. Dwellingt-year-round use (Ono family) 726.03 I y, u Page 3 tlSCFLLANEOU5 Re8idential Property: 1. OwbIlinyt Year-round use (one family) (rxposure damage from grass fire) 359.95 I s; ~ I I r ; Cl ; I f 1, ~ t. t, t: s, I k z Fire Prevention Programs j 1978 c Month Number. Presented Total Audience January 3 250 ;4 February 2 45 1 March 3 90 I April 5 [ 380 { May 4 350 June 2 125 1 July 5 200 August 5 ( 325 li September 7 { 157 ~ October. J 42 1715 November { L 11 643 December 9 _..i $75. TOTAL 97 4955" r , :J i Fire Prevention Educational Activities 1978 f I Fire Prevention programs Programs Total Group (Age) Audience Public Schools Given Kindergarten - 1st grade 31 1250 2nd-3rd grade 9 700 t*! 4th-5th-6th grade 9 650 I ' Jr. Hl.gh(7-8-9th grades) 3 225 E~ Sr. High (1.0-11-12th grades) 2 150 i i - Denton State School 3 65 i ? university 2 125 I ( id Other c3raups-(Youth) G Cub 4 , ouut Vens 12 Boy Scout Troops l30 3 4-11 Clubs (Career da 2 95 622 Total audience 600) Girl Scouts '(Brownies) 3 1 23 E Girl Scouts 1 10 Adults J .Service Clubs 10 110 PTA 3 350 Church Groups 1 150 tnduOtrial Groups 3 204 Piro prevention presentations were also aired on KDNT and North Texas State t University Radio station. Fire Prevention Articles were presented in, the Denton Record Chronicle and North Texas Daily and the Denton County Enter- _ prise. ~T J I ~ f j s ti_ rom Training Report 1978 In-Service 'training s TOTAL Classes 175 Class hours 297 Man hours 1,881 Emergency Medical Technician School i ? me 37 Students - Total class hours 2,960 i P" Schools, Seminars & Conferences Attended: v I Total Personnel Attending 0 Texas Fireman Training School 4 t Texas Eire & Arson Investigators Seminar 1 North Texas Regional Fire Protection School 3 Texas A & M H,xtonsion School 1 14 Hazardous Material Emergencies 3 Dallas Paramedic School 3 Other Activities: R Conducted a clans for the Denton County Firefighters Association on the use of self-contained breathing apparatus and extinguishing petroleum fires. Conducted a class for teaching assistants at North =t Texas State University Chemistry Department on the use of fire extinguishers, self-contained breath- ing apparatus and basic instructions on first aid, I ,n The testing of water distribution to determine the availnbi.lity for fire protection is strategic areas sJ of the City, j The performance tasting of fire apparatus. r The testing of fire hose for any defects, t, I I ~ { I l f a s+» MANf] y . f l i 1 S I f LETTUS OF APPRECIATION t i 1 June 7 s 1478 North Texas State Unfvarrity Denton, Texas F 78203 Denton Fire Department Department 215 E. McKinney chamirtry Denton, TX Dear Sirs; T Wish to express the appreciation of the Chemistry Depart- ment for the prompt and efficient response YOU gave our request for assfstance yesterday, Fortunately the combination of your help and that of our graduate students averted a possibta serious Problem, we appreciate your Cooperationand If We can be of any service to you-$ We would be happy to reciprocate. , Thank you again. Sfnc~ir ly yo s, obart E, Lyle } I, ~ Ci~a i rman L-J REL:ack CC: John Truitt Robert nesiderato ..l j j 3 i N,r Bnk flkfA • wr,rn rqx,? h w ~syaKr wRU2ra r: F , STUDENT ASSOCIATION 1,o Box 6293 North Texas Station NORTH rExAS Donlon, Texas 76203 STATE UNlUER517Y Phone (817) 788-2011 Located on the 9th level of the union Bldg. is 4. I~ r Oetoben 40 1918 M. chte6 rack oen#~ty Denton Me Depart tment Denton, TX 76901 bean chie6 Oenthy, Thank you do much 6oh.' paWa pating,.in om Police and F)Ae Au AWA6 Week. T know that att a.ttendtxg ztuden.t6 bene6dtted gteatty 6tom 66A the f .tn6dnmatton that you pnovtded on Wednesday and the demon6.ta.tton that you 7 h¢ettdd on Thun,6day. .1 hope that the student AwdAtton can wank wM you in ,the 6utttu to hetp keep the Noiwh rexa6.ztuderct6_wett-in6onmed. 16 .these i.6 even anything that the Student Awelati.on etch he.tp you with, ptea6e beet 64ee to tet me know. Agabi,thank you 6oh hetping u4 to exWe a ducw,&s t pnog)cam. Stnee~¢,ty, Juddah Mom J44 / fteztdent Aaeoa&Uo+t ~ ~ ! JM i nan tom. ! pox 7226, N.T. Station Denton, Tx 76203 i Nov. 4, 1978 , r n. Emergency Reecue Denton Tire Dept, Denton, TX 76201 i Dear Sirsr r^± to After sustaining an infury last Wednesday evening, Nov, 1, T felt inclined } to write and compliment the rescue personnel on the Trost responsive, friendly job I have ever seen. 'While playing handball in the Coliseum at North Texas State, I had a lateral dislocation of the right patella. This has happened 3 times before tome and I have always had to be transported to the hospital to have it reduced, so t asked a friend Oo call the rescue service, in the Meantime, I was able to reduce the dislocation myself; as a result, I did not require the services of the rescue squad, i My point however, is that within minutes, your equipment and men were at the Coliseum with a stretcher and were very, friendly and understanding, 'I have ! required service of this type several times before in various locations (mostly in Ohio) and have, never been so impressed with promptness and attitude. It's good to know that such great service is available. j Thank you once again and keep up the good work. i + Si~~cerely, ~ i ate en Crozier i i J w¢er ~a Y i r, 1-7 d{.t~iLd~ tzq a&u A- ,k 4 I ~c.v c.GG Cs »w 4,0 ~z 0 All 2L C/,4 i '4~i NAWIYr.Gi4L.lwr~"i"~-~~~.l.ryyr~~ << '~.~Ii~LLs i 4 h, .S'teRld4 ttTfieY~y a1k+MVZS 79A01 &'VU+9 MIMI r North Texas October 17, 1978 sate 3 Y University Denton Tax" n+ W63 ' Chief Jack Gentry University Poke PRESENTATION BY HOB HAGEMANN i ~ On October the 12th, Thursday evening, Bob presented a fire safety program to my WeebloIa Den. Bob's performance is to be commended, not only with these boys quiet through the entire program, but the manner in whioh Bob dealt with enabled them to learn quite a bit w about fire safety. t He even went further and assisted the boys in completing two of I their achievements that were fire safety related. : i want to thank Bob for taking his time out away from his family ' and giving six boys an excellent presentation, one that could very ' well save someone's life in the future. Your department is very fortunate to have someone on your staff like gob, and X appreciate his presentation. If we can be of an assistance y , please don't hesitate to ask. ! ' Rob Robinson Chief of relies . RRt}a f xcs gob Hagemann s 4 ; 1j xreox rr~6~ . ~rcer~aea.trra/r~n~1~~a TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE The Toxis&Af Urih,w5ily Syw-ni 7 Courthouse Annex Denton, Texas 76201 t+ August 23p 1978 Id Sue Jackson Fire Inspeotor Fire Marshall Office MoKinney St. i. r Denton, TX 76201 I E } Dear Sue f ! -y Thank you to much for your presentation on Fire and Safety, This was a vital section for the 441 Babysitting I s Clinic and the girls responded well to your oomments, We greatly appreoiate your willingness to support youth programs in our oommunity. E Sincerely Susan Wo Jones 4-H Program Assistant SWJ/jdj i , 1-0 1 4H r , i M' the fo,as A&U UnNeoiq Syelam, US AyparroOMI U AqCUdur9, end ma COWy Comnw,u&M1J' C601 a fe,u Caipau np 9 NP~li4 LYtpSeAi 1 February 16, 19/8 Chief Jack Centry 0-1Fire Department North •xa• Municipal Building tats Denton, Texas 76201 university Denton, Texr• Dear Chief Oentq,, yszos pep ofm•nl Early the morning of February 14 a fire broke out in my little Chomistq boy 's bedroom. As I was getting the children outside, my wife was ceiling the Fire De artMent, not have been more than 5 minutesabefore therfiremen,were in could i were n the j house, putting things under control and thereby undoubtedly saving much cast in property. But not only was I impressed with the speed with which the firemen acted, but also the care they showed, They truly treated our house as a home, and they even went so far as to 72 clean up (and not the mess they made, but the mess the fire made). One fireman was even apologizing that he couldn't save any more of the little boys .toys,- Such perforreance I consider to be far and above r the normal call of duty. Congratulations and thanks ever so much, Sincerely, es 1, Marshall Professor of Chemistry cc: Captain McDade North Texas State University Fire Station #3 1204 McCormick cc: Denton Record Chronicle r E N.r9orJOd8 • ~Cd/1.fRd1081 i u~krr , t Ip February 22, 1978 I s I-, Fire Department 221 North 131m bonton, TX 76201 1 Rear Firemen; f I want to express morning of February sincere'appreciatiun to the firemen on call the 20th, 1 had never expected you would do so much and risk your own lives to save our belongings,` When I saw the out. standing job you had done In saving our clothes and what you could, 1 was overwhelmed, I just co„ldn+'t believe all you had done and ( wanted to thank you for everything. Wher, I walked in that house and you asked me if T was comin purse and then you knew right where it was, I was surprised gatoyour thoughtfulness and consideration during such a pressuring time.' Thank you again, but I hope we don't most under the same circumstances again, Sincerely, Mr, and Mrs. Ronald P. Gaines I "t 1 , rca~ R yhiy 1 The Ateblsan,Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company A Sanla Fe lnduAtrlas Company _ J. N. Tiehen W4 Santa Fe Building Superintendent Fort Xorthp Texas 76102 April. 6, 1978 Denton Fire Department 215 East McKinney I Denton$ Texas 76201 J~ R j v} Gentlemen t I i While I have boon delayed in writing you, please accept j my deep personal gratitude, and on behalf of the entire Santa IN ( Railroad organization, a warm commendation for the service of your w Fire Fighting organization in protecting the potential explosion i tire hazard at Justin on March 9 when our freight train derailed i1 as result of rail-joint failure. Your response 'along with that of other emergency groups I was certainly a well=organized and timely reaction to the difficult I situation and the professionalism of the entire effort was command P able. i Please extend to every individual involved my sinoers thanks. _a lY~ , L 111 , I jl i per tendon JWT/aob f