A message to residents from Fire Chief Lance Maples The men and women of the El Cerrito Fire Department and Kensington Fire Protection District work hard everyday to reduce the impact of fire related losses in our community. Please help us by clearing brush from your home, ensuring you have a working smoke alarm in each bedroom in your home, and being safe around open flames. For more information about vegetation management and fire prevention, see Fire Prevention Tips For Residents

The Call Log entries represent a brief summary of the incidents responded to by the El Cerrito Fire Department and Kensington Fire Protection District.

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September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008

December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007

For the Call Log Archive (2002-2006), see www.el-cerrito.org/fire/call_log_older.html

Overview of Calls for Service 2004-2007

The El Cerrito-Kensington Fire Department provides a full range of fire prevention, fire suppression and emergency services. The information below is intended to give an overview of the Fire Department's Requests for Services over the past four years.

The Fire Department responds to approximately 3000 calls for service a year. The following is a list of total responses for the past 4 years:

Year	Number of Responses
2007	2926
2006	2929
2005	3059
2004	2929

The El Cerrito Fire Department responds to a wide variety of calls for service including controlling and extinguishing fires, intervention in medical emergencies which threaten life and health, and protection of life, the environment, and property from the effects of storm, flood, earthquake, disaster, hazardous chemical releases and other emergency events.

Calls for service are categorized as follows:

• Fire - Structure Fires, Vehicle Fires, Wildland Fires, Explosions
• Medical - Rescues, Vehicle Accidents
• Hazardous Condition ? Spills, Electrical Problems, Toxic Conditions
• Service Calls ? Person in Distress, Water Problems, Severe Weather
• Good Intent ? Cancelled Calls, Wrong Location, No Hazards Found
• False Calls ? False Alarms, System Malfunctions, Malicious False Alarms

The following lists the fire loss for the City of El Cerrito from 2004 thru 2007. Fire loss averages remains very low compared to cities with similar demographics. Fire loss over this four year period averages $787,055 per year.

Year	Dollar Loss
2007	$559,370
2006	$891,270
2005	$1,412,430
2004	$285,150

Notes: A spike in fire loss in 2006 is from a large fire loss to an EBMUD pumping trailer, caused by human error during maintenance. In 2005 it can be attributed to three fires in the month of December. These three fires in 2005 were all classified as accidental in nature and had no similarities in cause.