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Historical Summary of ESS Responses

Year # of people assisted # of incidents
2009 28,670 417
2008 5,101 414
2007 4,100 381
2006 6,858 372
2005 5,063 310
2004 2,581 339
2003 40,035 297

 

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2009 Summary of ESS Incidents

Month
# of people assisted
# of incidents
January
262
39
February
432
41
March
314
40
April
180
27
May
222
42
June
150
21
July
25,178
31
August
638
30
September
129
25
October
183
33
November
415
38
December
567
50
Total
28,670
417

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2009 ESS Incidents by Type

Incident
# of people assisted
People assisted by Incident type
House Fire
1,319
4.60%
Apartment Fire
1,259
4.39%
Forest Fire
25,024
87.28%
Flood
319
1.11%
Apartment Flood
105
0.37%
Sewer Backup
6
0.02%
Industrial Fire
160
0.56%
Boat fire
2
0.01%
Burst Water Pipes
37
0.13%
Police Incident
6
0.02%
Meth Lab
36
0.13%
Gas Leak
20
0.07%
Explosion potential
156
0.54%
Explosion
12
0.04%
Power Outage
200
0.70%
Roof Collapse
2
0.01%
Landslide
7
0.02%
Total
28,670
100.00%

 

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2008 Summary of ESS Incidents

Month
# of people assisted
# of incidents
January
215
37
February
659
32
March
174
27
April
2,391
29
May
168
36
June
360
38
July
329
32
August
116
26
September
126
39
October
230
38
November
173
26
December
160
54
Total
5,101
414

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2008 ESS Incidents by Type

Incident
# of people assisted
People assisted by Incident type
House Fire
1,071
21.00%
Apartment Fire
600
11.75%
Forest Fire
8
0.16%
Flood
50
0.98%
Airport Evacuation
35
0.68%
Hazardous Materials
1
0.02%
Bomb scare
9
0.18%
Boat fire
1
0.02%
Burst Sprinkler System
59
1.16%
Burst Water Pipes
9
0.18%
Bus crash
45
0.88%
Police Incident
78
1.52%
Meth Lab
53
1.04%
Gas Leak
686
13.45%
Warehouse Fire
153
3.00%
Hotel Fire
30
0.59%
Power Outage
7
0.14%
Roof Collapse
4
0.08%
School Lock Down
2,200
43.13%
Vehicle Fire
2
0.04%
Total
5,101
100.00%

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2007 Summary of ESS Incidents

Month
# of people assisted
# of incidents
January
225
39
February
156
21
March
248
36
April
216
24
May
247
27
June
654
29
July
437
36
August
166
27
September
242
28
October
1,017
39
November
140
35
December
352
40
Total
4,100
381

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2007 ESS Incidents by Type

Incident
# of people assisted
People assisted by Incident type
House Fire
1,058
25.80%
Apartment Fire
777
18.95%
Apartment Plane Crash
158
3.86%
Forest Fire
8
0.20%
Flood
832
20.29%
Stranded Travellers
45
1.10%
Hazardous Materials
17
0.41%
House Destroyed by car
7
0.17%
Landslide
54
1.32%
Oil Spill
136
3.32%
Severe Storm
20
0.49%
Hydrate Firefighters
35
0.85%
Ice Jam
25
0.61%
Police Incident
725
17.68%
Meth Lab
46
1.12%
Gas Leak
157
3.83%
Total
4,100
100.00%

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2006 Summary of ESS Incidents

Month
# of people assisted
# of incidents
January
98
36
February
211
32
March
227
28
April
115
25
May
280
31
June
291
32
July
4,389
30
August
100
25
September
116
26
October
126
32
November
652
39
December
253
36
Total
6,858
372

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2006 ESS Incidents by Type

Incident
# of people assisted
People assisted by Incident type
House Fire
936
13.65%
Apartment Fire
1,121
16.35%
Apartment Evacuation
100
1.46%
Forest Fire
3,699
53.93%
Flood
49
0.71%
Ferry Sinking
99
1.45%
Dangerous Goods
4
0.06%
Bus Fire
63
0.92%
Landslide
5
0.07%
Broken Water Main
45
0.66%
Severe Storm
683
9.96%
Hydrate Firefighters
unknown
0.00%
Hotel Fire
11
0.16%
Police Incident
39
0.56%
Faulty Wiring
4
0.06%
Gas Leak
unknown
0.00%
Total
6,858
100.00%

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2005 Summary of ESS Incidents

Month
# of people assisted
# of incidents
January 934 41
February 209 22
March 99 24
April 137 22
May 78 21
June 185 31
July 74 22
August 758 20
September 2,154 24
October 107 25
November 154 25
December 174 33
Total 5,063 310

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2005 ESS Incidents by Type

Incident # of people assisted People assisted by Incident type

House Fire

812  16.04%

Apartment Fire

468  9.24%

Potential Explosion

20  0.40%

Flooding

310 6.12%

Gas Leak

123 2.43%

Police Evacuation

186 3.67%

Landslide

431 8.50%

Bus Fire

12 0.24%

Armed Stand Off

50 0.99%

Forest Fire

567 11.20%

Toxic Fumes

60 1.19%

Stranded Travelers

11 0.22%
Dangerous Goods 2,000 39.50%
Roof Collapse 2 0.045%
House Destroyed 11 0.22%
Total 5,063  100.00%

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2004 Summary of ESS Incidents

Month # of people assisted # of incidents
January 159 44
February 320 32
March 262 34
April 150 28
May 166 27
June 184 27
July 207 15
August 132 25
September 469 15
October 110 19
November 206 29
December 216 44
Total 2,581 339

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2004 ESS Incidents by Type

Incident # of people assisted People assisted by Incident type

House Fire

945

36.61%

Apartment Fire

826

32.00%

Apartment Evacuation

26

1.01%

Flooding

12

0.46%

Gas Leak

400

15.50%

Hostage Taking

20

0.77%

Landslide

31

1.20%

Sewer Backup

91

3.53%

Severe Storm

23

0.89%

Forest Fires

147

5.70%

Hotel Fire

30

1.16%

Stranded Travellers

3

0.12%

Dangerous Goods

3

0.12%

Hydrate Responders 24 0.93%
Total 2,581 100.00%

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2003 Summary of ESS Incidents

Month # of people assisted # of incidents
January 51 18
February 193 25
March 72 20
April 233 30
May 52 19
June 68 13
July 176 26
August 85 27
September 37,337 31
October 1,427 28
November 232 29
December 109 31
Total 40,035 297

top 2003 ESS Incidents by Type

Incident # of people assisted People assisted by Incident type
House Fire 855 2.1%
Apartment Fire 443 1.1%
Apartment Evacuation 60 0.1%
Flooding 1,192 3.0%
Gas Leak 36 0.1%
Hostage Taking 21 0.1%
Severe Storm 36 0.1%
Landslide 89 0.2%
Forest fires 37,299 93.2%
Sewer Back up 4 0.0%
Total 40,035 100.0%

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