FW: VFIRS Monthly Report - August 2012

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Jenkins, JD (VDFP)

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Aug 14, 2012, 10:39:45 AM8/14/12
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Stats from VFIRS, how many of us are devoting 34+% of our fire safety training to cooking fires?  Of course if we can figure out the unknown fires then we can work on over half the fires in the commonwealth.
 
just saying!
 
JD


From: Crews, Dwight (VDFP)
Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:31 AM
To: AllDFP
Subject: VFIRS Monthly Report - August 2012

Here is your VFIRS Monthly Report for incidents reported for 2012 as of 8/14/2012.  Attached are additional reports for more information.  Please let me know if you have any questions.  Thanks.

 

Incident Summary, Virginia, 2012

 

Total

Percent

Fires

13,490

 

3.8%

 

Rescue and EMS

238,179

 

67.7%

 

All Other Calls

100,163

 

28.5%

 

Total Incidents

351,832

 

100.0%

 

Aid Given

21,325

 

 

 

Fire Exposures

225

 

 

 

Grand Total

373,382

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Fire Dollar Loss

$166,970,355

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Civilian Fire Injuries

233

 

 

 

Civilian Fire Deaths

33

 

 

 

Fire Service Injuries

382

 

 

 

Fire Service Deaths

2

 

 

 

 

Top 3 Residential Structure Fire Causes, Virginia, 2012

 

Fire Cause

Total

Percent

#1

Cooking

1,265

 

34.9%

 

#2

Unknown

761

 

21.0%

 

#3

Heating

598

 

16.5%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dwight

 

Dwight E. Crews

Information and Statistics Manager

VFIRS - Virginia Fire Incident Reporting System

Virginia Department of Fire Programs

1005 Technology Park Drive

Glen Allen, VA 23059-4500

Ph: (804) 249-1989

Cell: (804) 205-7275

Fax: (804) 371-3444

Email: dwight...@vdfp.virginia.gov

 

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Summary By Incident Type 2012 VA 08-14-12.PDF
Residential Structure Fire Causes 2012 VA 08-14-12.PDF
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