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Fire Reporting in Qubec

Fire Statistics WorkshopOttawa, April 25


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Content Introduction

Municipal and Fire Safety Organization

General Statistics

Fire reporting Relevant Acts

Fire reporting evolution Fire reporting system


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Municipal and Fire Safety

Organization Population in 2004: 7,435,000

1,258 municipalities under 103 regionalauthorities

788 fire safety services 22,000 firefighters

2 full-time only departments Municipal fire safety budget: $500,000,000


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General StatisticsEstimates for 2003

23,000 reports 17,700 fires

4,300 bush fires 2,400 vehicle fires

2,600 chimney fires

86 deaths $540,000,000 in losses

Published stats for 2002

10,800 fires 9,500 structural fires

67 deaths $450,000,000 in losses

$58 per capita

132 major fires


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Relevant Acts Fire Safety Act

Article 7 for insurers and claim adjusters Article 34 for municipalities

An Act respecting Access to documents held by

public bodies and the Protection of personalinformation

An Act respecting the Protection of personal

information in the private sector Archives Act

Several ministerial policies and procedures


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Municipal Fire Report

Evolution


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What Has to Be Reported

Fire with losses

False alarm

Forest fire

Vehicle fire

Exterior firewithout losses

Building firewithout losses

2003 to 1998 to 20021992 to 1997

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What Has Changed Through

the Years

Outbuilding

included

Outbuilding

excluded

Outbuilding

excluded

Building

definition

Recorded

separately

Recorded as one

report

Recorded as one

report

Multiple

reports

Only structureIncludes contentand exterior

Includes contentand exterior

Valuebefore fire

Near CCSSimplifiedNear CCSCoding

Each buildingOnly buildingof origin

Only buildingof origin

Multiplebuildings

2003 to 1998 to 20021992 to 1997


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Fire Repor t DSI-2003and

Canadian Code Structure One fire = one report

no exposure codes

Incident situation: only fires must be reported

no forest fire (except if buildings are damaged) no false alarm

no explosion (except if fire-related) No information about how the fire spread


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Fire Repor t DSI-2003and

Canadian Code Structure Building: structure used or that will be used to

shelter people, animals or store things and of apermanent nature

Building uses: MAMR coding structure

Main use and use of local of origin arerecorded

Sprinklers and other fixed systems aretogether

Minimal victim information


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Insurers and Claim

Adjusters Fire Report Adapted through the years

Joined report

Minimal information

Includes compensations and liability for theevent

Since 2003, using date and address, reportsare matched to the municipal report under an

event header


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How to Report Municipalities and fire safety services

By mail or fax

Online at www.msp.gouv.qc.ca

Insurers and claim adjusters Only by mail or fax

No electronic form Other means will be added in 2005 and 2006


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Fire Safety System (SSI) Fire reports since 2003

Fire statistics for 1992 to 2002

Municipal resources and measures for fire

safety Information about each fire safety service

Summary of the annual activity reports (to belater developed)


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Online Services Fire reporting

Report consultation

List of unreported events

Batch transmission

Event management and follow-up tool (for the

MSP only) Developped in three phases


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