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Fire I~s Report for period of April 1%o April 25, 1977 Offide of~nergency Services The Cabarr~m CountfVolfmteer Fire Departments spent 19 hours fi~ting 30 fires. Tnese fires are broRen d~,mWith approxD~ated figures of vslue and loss. ~YDe Number Vslue Los~ Residential 8 $202,000 $7%050 Mob:~le ]{~me 1 8,000 0 C~mmereial 2 150,000 500 Manufacturing 2 [300jO00 2,000 Automobile 6 9,000 2,500 Wood and Grass 10 Other 1 Total 30 $669j000 $82,050 These fires 9esulted in o~e aSath and two injuries. In addition to normal department training, two special classes were taught. Buddy Wilson of the Charlotte Fire Department ~as the fi~structor of a class for the Cabarrus County Fire Investigation Team. During the class, several abandoned h~mes were burned and team members were given ]the task of determining how each ~as started. The second clgss, taught by Bob Wilson of the Guilford College Fire Department, was to instruct firs departments how to increase - the amount of water available at a fire. This is don~ by quick dump tankers with- drop tanks. The class ended with a water shuttle s~mulation where five fire departments w~re used %o maintain a flow of 500 gallons of water per minute for one houri. A safe~y,.suggestion for the public: Fire and smoke detectors are proven life savers which provide early warning in case of fire. Early warning equipment should be ~nstalled in every ho~e to give the occupants the best possible chance of escape should a fire occur. The National Fire Protection Association reca~nends that one smoke alarm be located in each separate sleeping area and at the head of each s%aim~.~ab, to an occupied area. Suitable detectors can be obtained locally for varying prices, but should Jlways carry the Unde~vriters Label and/or the Factory ~Zutual Seal of Approval. Submitted by: William O. ~-cha~ds f~pril 2% 1977