FIRE BRIGADES

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 78, Issue 7018, 11 February 1949, Page 5

FIRE BRIGADES

STATISTICS IN YEAR FIGURES IN THREE BOROUGHS The following statistics on the Te Awamutu Fire Board District are contained in the annual report of the Fire Brigades’ of the Dominion. Te Awamutu: Population as at March 31, 1948, 3300; rateable capital value as at March 31, 1947, £1,144,575; Insurance companies premium income to December 31, 1947, £5601; number of fire calls, 31; fires involving loss of property, 5; insurances on property involved fires, £9155; insured fire loss, buildings and contents, £65; uninsured fire loss, buildings and contents, £320; total fire loss £385. Authorised expenditure for year ending March 31, 1949, £732. For comparative purposes, the figures for Cambridge and Levin are given. Cambridge: Population 2760; rateable capital value, £813,605; insurance companies premium income £4602; number of fire calls, 8; fires involving loss of property, 2; insurances on properties involved in fires, £5371; insured fire loss, nil; uninsured fire loss, £7O; total fire loss, nil; authorised expenditure, £1125. Levin: Population, 3660; rateable capital value, £1,428,380; insurance companies premium income, £6,854; number of fire calls, 9; fires involving loss of property, 1; insurance on property involved in fires, nil; insured fire loss, nil; uninsured fire loss, nil; total fire loss, nil; authorised expenditure, £220.