Hurricane Fran - September 1996

Call Type Totals

Created September 10, 2018

Introduction

This page lists the compiled call types answered by the Raleigh Fire Department from September 5, 1996, at 1809 hours, through September 8, at 2106 hours.

The call types are divided loosely into current National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) categories.

Type Count Total
apartment fire (couch) 1
apartment fire (kitchen)  1
apartment fire (working fire)   1
burnt food  2
house fire (crawlspace)  1
house fire (nothing found)  1
house fire (storage area)  1
house fire (working fire)  1
house fire, special call (working fire)   2
oven fire  2
pot on stove  1
structure fire (air conditioner)  2
structure fire (air handler)  1
structure fire (mattress)  1
FIRE STRUCTURAL TOTAL 18
brush fire  2
dumpster fire  1
dumpster fire (working fire)  1
grass fire  3
grill fire  2
illegal burning  2
leaves on fire  6
trash fire  3
vehicle fire (no fire)  4
vehicle fire (working fire)  3
woods fire  1
OTHER FIRE TOTAL 28
EMS (amputated leg)  1
EMS (assault)  4
EMS (assist EMS)  2
EMS (bee stings)  4
EMS (breathing difficulty)  3
EMS (broken hip)  1
EMS (cardiac)  18
EMS (chain saw accident)  1
EMS (chest pains)  1
EMS (diabetic)  8
EMS (difficulty breathing)  31
EMS (DOA - natural)  1
EMS (DOA)  1
EMS (electrocution)  1
EMS (fell off house)  3
EMS (fell off ladder)  1
EMS (fell off porch)  1
EMS (fell out of tree)  1
EMS (heat exhaustion)  1
EMS (injured person)  9
EMS (intoxication)  1
EMS (maternity) (no delivery)  1
EMS (medical alarm)  1
EMS (overdose)  2
EMS (person in tree)  1
EMS (poisoning)  1
EMS (seizure)  16
EMS (shooting)  1
EMS (sick call)  1
EMS (stabbing)  3
EMS (stomach pains)  2
EMS (stroke)  2
EMS (suicide attempt)  1
EMS (unconscious)  16
EMS TOTAL 142
vehicle accident   24
vehicle accident (entrapment)  1
VEHICLE ACCIDENT TOTAL 25
flooded apartments  4
flooded apartments, special call 1
flooded apartments, subjects trapped  1
flooded building  8
flooded building (motel)  1
flooded building (nursing home)  1
flooded house  2
flooded house, subjects trapped inside  1
flooded houses  1
flooded vehicle  2
flooded vehicles  2
flooding, assist business   1
flooding, car trapped  1
flooding, subjects trapped  4
flooding, vehicles and subjects trapped  2
vehicle flooded  1
FLOODING TOTAL 33
tree on house, subject injured inside  1
tree on house, subject trapped inside   1
tree on house, subjects trapped inside  1
tree on mobile home, body removal  1
tree on person, subject trapped   1
tree on apartments  1
tree on house  26
tree on house with collapse  1
TREE ON� TOTAL 33
building collapse  1
child locked inside car  1
drowning (later found fatal)  1
drowning (rescued by civilians)  1
drowning, special call 2
elevator stuck  2
OTHER RESCUE TOTAL 8
electrical fire  8
electrical investigation  6
electrical outlet fire  1
electrical short  1
transformer  35
wire down  6
wires down  105
wires down on vehicle, subjects trapped inside  1
ELECTRICAL TOTAL 163
fuel spill (minor)  2
fuel tank ruptured   1
gas leak  41
gas odor  44
gasoline leaking from car  1
gasoline odor  1
gasoline odor in house  1
gasoline spill  1
kerosene leak  2
oil tank hit by tree  1
oil tank ruptured  2
FUEL HAZARD TOTAL 97
carbon monoxide alarm  3
haz-mat (ammonia leak)  1
haz-mat (chemical odor)  1
haz-mat (nerve gas leak)  1
haz-mat (xylene drums floating in stream)  1
HAZ-MAT TOTAL 7
assist invalid  5
tree in roadway  2 7
SERVICE CALL TOTAL
generator smoking  1
smoke in area  2
smoke in building  2
smoke odor in building  1 6
GOOD INTENTION CALL TOTAL
drowning (false call)  1
fire alarm (accidental)  6
fire alarm (malfunction)  107
fire alarm (malicious)  5
malicious call  1
report of building fire (malicious)  1 121
FALSE ALARM AND FALSE CALL TOTAL
lightning strike   1 1
WEATHER TOTAL
TOTAL 689

  


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