2006 ANNUAL REPORT

EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA 9‑1‑1 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

FIRE AND EMS INCIDENTS DISPATCHED BY DISTRICT OF OCCURRENCE

FIRE/EMS DISTRICT	FIRE/EMS AGENCY	NUMBER OF INCIDENTS
		2004	2005	2006
1	New Church Vol. Fire & Rescue Co.	56	61	58
2	Greenbackville Vol. Fire Co.	139	126	138
3	Chincoteague Vol. Fire Co.	*90	*101	*136
4	Atlantic Vol. Fire & Rescue Co.	46	53	64
5	Saxis Vol. Fire Co.	207	189	195
6	Bloxom Vol. Fire Co.	704	636	681
7	Parksley Vol. Fire Co.	968	987	1,034
8	Tasley Vol. Fire Co.	34	27	48
9	Onancock Vol. Fire Dept.	726	744	735
10	Melfa Vol. Fire & Rescue Co.	615	587	596
11	Wachapreague Vol. Fire Co.	131	133	153
12	Painter Vol. Fire Co.	40	48	47
13	Community Vol. Fire Co. (Exmore)	714	644	632
14	Cheriton Vol. Fire Co.	27	33	23
15	Cape Charles Vol. Fire Co.	24	20	20
14/15	Cheriton/Cape Charles Joint District	22	45	18
16	Northampton Vol. Fire & Rescue Co.	472	516	570
17	Eastville Vol. Fire Co.	44	39	49
18	Onley Vol. Fire & Rescue Co.	441	424	488
19	Cape Charles Rescue Service	869	784	853
20	Oak Hall Rescue	809	877	890
21	Tangier Vol. Fire Co.	83	83	79
	TOTAL	7,261	7,157	7,507

Statistics Represent Incidents Occurring In Stated District, Regardless Of Agency Which Responded. Agencies Also Responded To Numerous Mutual Aid Incidents Outside Their Respective Districts.

* Reflects the number of incidents dispatched in response to calls received from the Chincoteague 9-1-1 Communications Center for mutual aid assistance.

EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA 9‑1‑1 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

9‑1‑1 CALLS RECEIVED AND TRANSFERRED TO POLICE AND OTHER AGENCIES

AGENCY RECEIVING TRANSFER	CALLS TRANSFERRED
	2004	2005	2006
Accomack County Sheriff’s Office	3,260	3,533	4,350
Northampton County Sheriff’s Office	1,736	1,772	2,107
Chincoteague Police Department	298	446	549
Virginia State Police	1,913	1,829	1,862
Other Public Safety Agencies	390	712	633
TOTAL	7,597	8,292	9,501

In addition to these direct 9‑1‑1 transfers, reports of personal injury accidents and other incidents in which fire or rescue agencies were the primary or initial responders were relayed by the 9‑1‑1 dispatcher to police and other agencies by standard telephone service or intercom.

The above transfer calls include multiple calls and callbacks from the reporting party for a single incident. These calls represent telephone traffic only, not the number of incidents handled by a given agency.

EASTERN SHORE OF VIRGINIA 9‑1‑1 COMMUNICATIONS CENTER

FIRE INCIDENTS DISPATCHED BY REPORTED NATURE OR CALL TYPE

TYPE OF CALL/NATURE	NUMBER OF INCIDENTS
	2004	2005	2006
Boat Salvage	1	0	0
Boat Fire	0	2	0
Bomb Threats	1	0	0
Brush Fires	64	86	94
Chimney Fires	11	9	5
CO Detector Activation	2	10	7
Dumpster Fires	8	7	9
Electrical Equipment Fires	15	28	13
Explosion – No Fire	1	0	0
Field Fires	20	13	17
Fire Service Standby	2	3	1
Fire Investigations	76	45	81
Hazardous Conditions	44	41	79
HazMat Incidents	2	2	1
Miscellaneous Fires	21	21	20
Plane Crash	0	0	0
Property Damage Accident – FD	50	24	24
Public Service – FD	30	21	42
Smoke Report in Structure	12	10	11
Smoke Report Outside of Structure	1	0	0
Spill or Leak (HazMat)	22	27	23
Structural Fire – Residential	106	140	94
Structural Fire – Institutional	5	6	5
Structural Fire – Commercial	22	16	25
System Fire Alarms	69	78	97
Trash Fires	6	8	4
Tree Fires	3	4