2003 IRVING FIRE DEPARTMENT STATISTICS

LOSSES = $4,194,020 (fiscal year loss)

ALARMS ANSWERED = 17,579

EMS CALLS = 11,673 (fiscal year calls)

BURN VICTIMS = 3

FIRE FATALITIES = 0

FALSE ALARMS = 2,653 (fiscal year totals)

RESIDENTIAL FIRE CAUSES 129 single family/170 multi-family fires

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

COMMERCIAL FIRE CAUSES 76 fires

#1 Appliance Malfunction, #2 Electrical, #3 Cooking, #4 Smoking, #5 Improper Storage and Welding/cutting torches.

354 VEHICLE FIRES = Electrical #1 cause.

IN 2003 THE FIRE PREVENTION DIVISION:

MADE 9,325 INSPECTIONS

CORRECTED 5.573 FIRE OR LIFE SAFETY HAZARDS

EXAMINED 1,161 BLUEPRINTS OR PLANS

CONDUCTED 179 FIRE INVESTIGATIONS

PRESENTED 326 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR 17, 882 PEOPLE

AND ISSUED 155 CITATIONS FOR FIRE AND/OR LIFE SAFETY HAZARDS