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City Council Meeting January 8, 2001 Page 12 of Christ arrived at the Police Station to offer the use of their church as their power was still on. A briefing and planning session was held at the Police Department among the Red Cross Officials and a shelter was opened atthe LamarAvenue Church of Christ. Therewere additional plans to open other shelters if needed. City Manager Malone reported thatthe Police Departmentworked 57 hours of overtime, EMS worked 232 hours of overtime, and the Fire Department worked 246 hours of overtime. There were no reports of damage to any city buildings that were occupied by these services or any Fire or EMS equipment. He said we did suffer $1,500.00 in damage from a fallen tree limb to a patrol car, and one CID car was also damaged. City Manager Malone reported that the EMS responded to 265 ambulance requests from December 25t" through January 3rd. Average calls per day increased by 50% during this time from 19.8 calls per day to 26.5 calls per day. He said the city did place the new ambulance and crew in service on the 23rd of December, so during most of this time the city had four ambulances and many times there were five ambulances responding to calls. The City Manager pointed out that the response time was impacted due to the ice and downed tree limbs. They worked 2,008 man hours during this time frame. City Manager Malone said the Fire Department during the time period of December 25t" through December 31St° responded to 142 calls. There were nine structure fires, three vehicle fires, three major accidents, three medical assists, 20 miscellaneous calls, and 104 calls that were due to downed power lines and tree limbs. The total overtime for the Fire Department was 246 hours. City Manager Malone said he was present on the evening of December 26t" when a fire call came in about 10:10 P. M., a structure fire at 120 South Main Street. He pointed out photographs that are available on the board for the City Council to take a look at. The fire units arrived approximately four minutes after the call came in and found heavy smoke and flames coming from the front and rear of the second floor of the Paris Investment Company. He said this fire was brought under control approximately five hours later. There was a total of thirty firefighters and seven pieces of fire equipment involved. Some fire units remained on the scene until 6:00 P. M. on December 27t". The building was a total loss, but the firefighters were able to recover file storage cabinets