2004 IRVING FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS

LOSSES = $21,013,518

ALARMS ANSWERED = 14,389

EMS CALLS = 11,817

BURN VICTIMS = 8

FIRE FATALITIES = 2

FALSE ALARMS = 465

RESIDENTIAL FIRE CAUSES 105 Single family/117 Multi-family, fires

#1 Cooking, #2 Appliance Malfunction, #3 Arson/suspicious, #4 Unknown causes, #5 Electrical, #6 Welding/cutting torches, #7 Improper storage of materials, #8 Children, #9 Lightning, #10 Smoking Material.

COMMERCIAL FIRE CAUSES 52 fires

#1 Unknown causes, #2 Appliance malfunction, #3 Electrical, #4 Cooking, #5 Welding/cutting torches.

155 VEHICLE FIRES electrical #1 cause.

IN 2994 THE FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION:

MADE 9,130 INSPECTIONS AND REINSPECTIONS

CORRECTED 6,774 FIRE OR LIFE SAFETY HAZARDS

EXAMINED 1,317 BLUEPRINTS OR PLANS

REVIEWED 411 MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS

CONDUCTED 148 FIRE INVESTIGATIONS

PRESENTED 307 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR 12,311 PEOPLE

AND ISSUED 156 CITATIONS FOR FIRE AND/OR LIFE SAFETY HAZARDS