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FIRE SUPPRESSION <br /> CLEAN-UP COSTS Statewide fire statistics play a major role <br /> in the prevention, education, and safety <br /> The correlation between clean-up costs of for residents of California. To assist the <br /> a tire fire and the method of fire service with correctly coding tire fires, <br /> extinguishment varies from state to state. the following information will provide the <br /> The enforcement of laws and regulations CFIRS program accurate statewide <br /> relative to the classification of hazardous statistics: <br /> waste around the country plays an <br /> important role in the bottom line. SECTION A <br /> Another factor includes the cost of doing CATEGORY CODE DEFINITIONS <br /> business from one area to another. <br /> Situation(s) Found 17 - Outside fire with <br /> Comparatively, the cost for clean-up at the definable value <br /> Santa Rosa Fire is $1,000,000 for General Property Use 91 -Refuse disposal <br /> approximately 15,000 burned tires using <br /> the drown-it strategy. Clean-up costs specific Property use 747 -Rubber products <br /> Reclaiming rubber <br /> using the burn-it strategy at Shasta <br /> from used tires <br /> College in Redding was $45,000 for 8,000 <br /> burned tires. These statistics for two fires <br /> in the same state within the same time SUMMARY <br /> period would indicate that the clean-up <br /> costs of the drown-it strategy are higher The data collected for the pre-incident <br /> than the burn-it strategy. plan will empower size-up decisions. <br /> Control and extinguishment could either <br /> remediate or exacerbate the <br /> CALIFORNIA FIRE INCIDENT environmental damage of a tire fire. <br /> REPORTING SYSTEM Incident command decisions, therefore, <br /> will impact the environment and clean-up <br /> Collecting data and fire-related costs of this emergency. <br /> information is as important after the fire Before you can protect your community <br /> as it is before the fire. Accurately from a tire fire emergency, you must first <br /> recording tire fire information will protect yourself. Fire fighter safety while <br /> increase our understanding of tire storage working a tire fire must remain a number <br /> problems and benefit developing codes <br /> one priority. <br /> regulations. <br /> The California State Fire Marshal's Office <br /> tracks and records fire-related information <br /> through the California Fire Incident <br /> Reporting System (CFIRS). <br /> 53 <br />