Good Annual Report of Brockville Fire Department The annual report of the Brockville, Canada, fire department, Chief H. George Gillespie, shows that during the year it responded to seventy-five alarms, fifteen from street signal boxes, forty-two from telephone calls and eighteen from verbal alarms. There were thirty-two day alarms and forty-three night alarms, being thirtythree more alarms than last year. Of this number of calls for the service of the department, forty-five were for fires of a more or less serious nature. Nearly one-half of the total fire loss for the year was due to seven fires, alone, involving a loss of $15,070.94, leaving a loss of $11,502,34 for the remaining sixty-eight fires, or an average of $169.15 for each fire. The total loss by fire and water for the year 1917 was $26,573.28; the per capita loss was $280. A fire prevention bureau was first inaugurated by Chief Gillespie…
