2002 IRVING FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS

LOSSES = $7,267,428

ALARMS ANSWERED = 17,638

EMS CALLS = 11,315

BURN VICTIMS = 3

FIRE FATALITIES = 0

FALSE ALARMS = 2,768

RESIDENTIAL CAUSES 119 single family/163 multi-family, fires

#1 Cooking, #2 Electrical, #3 Appliance Malfunction, #4 Smoking material, #5 Improper Storage, #6 Candles, #7 Arson/suspicious, #8 Children, #9 Welding/torches, #10 Lightning.

COMMERCIAL CAUSES 51 fires

#1 Electrical, #2 Appliance Malfunction, #3 Cooking, #4 Arson/suspicious, #5 Welding.

219 VEHICLE FIRES - Electrical #1 cause.

IN 2002 THE FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION:

MADE 9,523 INSPECTIONS

CORRECTED 5,0-62 FIRE OR LIFE SAFETY HAZARDS

EXAMINED 1,306 BLUEPRINTS OR PLANS

REVIEWED 304 MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

CONDUCTED 171 FIRE INVESTIGATIONS

PRESENTED 213 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR 10,730 PEOPLE

AND ISSUED 213 CITATIONS FOR FIRE AND/OR LIFE SAFETY HAZARDS