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Community Information Update |
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Media Release |
For Immediate
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CITY OF YUMA POLICE, FIRE, AND PARKS &
RECREATIONCALLS FOR SERVICE & ACTIVITIES
Information For This Reporting Period and Year to Date
(As of November 18,
2010)
Yuma, Arizona
- Employees of the City of Yuma Police Department, Fire Department
and Parks & Recreation Department responded to the following
calls for service and reports of vandalism and graffiti this
week.
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For the
period of Monday, November 1st through Sunday, Novemer 7th, Yuma
Police Department responded to an average of 175 calls per day.
During this period YPD:
- Responded
to 1,231 calls for service
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Documented 275 police reports
- Responded
to 49 non-injury accidents
- Responded
to 26 injury accidents
SIGNIFICANT INCIDENTS
& COMMUNITY EVENTS
From January 1st to November 7th, the Yuma Police
Department has:
- Responded
to 54,817 calls for service
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Documented 11,473 police reports
- Responded
to 1,935 non-injury accidents
- Responded
to 750 injury accidents
- Responded to
4,146 alarm calls resulting in 24 police reports
From
January 1st through August 31st, 2010, the Yuma Police
Department:
- Received 123,669 Incoming phone calls into the Public Safety
Communications Center
- Received 30,522 9-1-1 calls
- Issued 5,181 Traffic Citations
- Made 2,613 Adult Arrests and 837 Juvenile Arrests
Stop signs mean just that, STOP!
When you approach a stop sign you are required to come to a
complete stop. This means all forward movement of the
vehicle must stop. Even if you notice there are no
vehicles approaching as you are slowing down, you must come to a
complete stop before proceeding. Officers looking for
stop sign violations, typically watch the tires of the vehicle to
ensure they are not moving. Slowly rolling through a
stop sign (sometimes called a California Stop), while yielding to
traffic is still a stop sign violation. In 2008 there were nearly
1,000 collisions where the cause was listed as running a stop
sign. Of those over 42% resulted in
injuries[1]. The
number of collisions does not include failing to yield from a stop
sign, which is also a violation
Please...
Drive Safe!
Source: Arizona Department of
Transportation
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Yuma Fire
Department:
For
the week of November 7th through November 13th, Yuma Fire
Department responded to 245 Emergency Calls for Service, which
included:
- 12 Commercial
Assignments this week for various alarms.
- 22 Motor
Vehicle Crashes - 2
involving a school bus, 3 involving a pedestrian, 1 involving a
pole, 1 head on collision, 1 involving a building, 1 roll over
crash, 1 involving a bicycle, and 1 involving a
house
- 188 Other Medical Emergencies
(serious to minor) - 13
for difficulty breathing, 14 for chest pain, 19 fall victims, 4
unconscious people, 4 seizure cases, 13 people with psychiatric
problems, 1 diabetic emergency, 4 possible strokes, 48 trauma
injuries, 2 allergic reactions, and miscellaneous other
illnesses and injuries.
- 23 Special
Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments that
included:
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vehicle fires, the smell of smoke inside of a residence, burned
food on a stove, the smell of natural gas at a residence, a carbon
monoxide alarm, utility wires down, a couch on fire, a grass fire
behind a business, straw bales on fire outside of a restaurant,
treatment of an adult who was pulled from a canal,
and various alarms.
From January 1, 2010 through November 13, 2010, the
Yuma Fire Department has responded to 9,963 emergency calls for
service including:
- 294 Commercial Assignments: 16 fires in
businesses, 11 fires in apartments, and various alarms.
- 29 Hazardous Material Responses.
- 19 Mutual Aid Assignments.
- 805 Motor Vehicle Crashes.
- 7,688 Medical Emergencies (serious to minor):
339 for
difficulty breathing, 473 for chest pain, 1009 fall victims, 290
unconscious people, 359 people with an altered level of
consciousness, 218 seizure cases, 173 diabetic emergencies, 86
possible stroke cases, 19 poisonings, 582 people with psychiatric
problems, 25 allergic reactions, 1789 with a trauma injury, 43
calls for a child locked inside of a vehicle, and miscellaneous
other illnesses and injuries.
- 1,128
Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential
Assignments: 56
fires in private residences, 54 dumpster
fires, 30 grass or brush fires, 24
fires outside of a structure, 55 vehicle
fires, and various alarms.
Fire
Department Tip of the Week
Cooking fires are the number one cause of
home fires and home fire injuries.
Every year hundreds of Americans die,
thousands more are injured, and roughly half a billion dollars in
property damage results from cooking fires. No surprise that
cooking fires peak on Thanksgiving. According to the National Fire
Protection Association (NFPA), cooking fires on Thanksgiving Day in
2008 resulted in over 1,300 structure fires (almost 3 times the
daily average!). Unattended cooking is a major reason these fires
occur.
Here are a few suggestions for a safer
Thanksgiving:
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Stay in the kitchen when frying, grilling, or broiling food.
- If
you must leave the kitchen, for even a short time, turn off the
stove. Be mindful of unexpected distractions (phone calls,
visitors, etc.) that take your attention away from your
cooking.
- If
you are simmering, baking, boiling, or roasting food, check it
regularly, remain in the home while food is cooking and use a timer
to remind you the stove or oven is on.
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Avoid wearing loose clothes (especially with dangling sleeves)
while cooking. Loose clothing can catch fire when exposed directly
to the many of the heat sources present in the kitchen.
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Also, use extra caution with candles and where you place them.
Never leave candles burning unattended!
In recent years deep frying of Thanksgiving
turkeys has become very popular. This method of cooking involves
using a large quantity of very hot oil, it can be dangerous, and
extreme caution must be used. Many scenarios can easily result in
extensive fire.
If you absolutely must use a turkey fryer,
be aware of the safety measures that must be taken, and how easily
a fire can occur.
Did you know you can
follow the Yuma Fire Department on Twitter www.twitter.com/YumaFireDept,
as we are often able to inform the public on major incident
locations.
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Parks and
Recreation Department:
For the period of November 10th through November 16th
in the City of Yuma Parks and Recreation
Department:
- The Graffiti Busters Crew responded to and cleaned up 83
incidents of graffiti
- 110 rounds of golf were played at Arroyo Dunes Golf
course
- 1,363 rounds of 18-hole golf were played at Desert Hills Golf
Course
- The Putter Inn served 1,124 delicious meals
- 20 events were held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance
of 919
- 40 organized games were played at City of Yuma athletic
facilities this week
- 3 events were held at the Yuma Art Center with an attendance
of 123
- 176 ramadas, parks and fields were rented for special
events
- 26 programs were offered through the City's recreation
program, with 1,484 members of the Yuma community participating in
those programs
- 8 programs were offered at the Yuma Art Center with 98 members
of the Yuma community participating in those programs
From July 1, 2010 to November 16,
2010:
- 1,220 incidents of graffiti have been addressed and cleaned
up
- 877 rounds of golf have been played at Arroyo Dunes Golf
Course
- 11,677 rounds of golf have been played at Desert Hills Golf
Course
- The Putter Inn has served 10,710 meals
- 508 events have been held at the Yuma Civic Center with an
attendance of 34,216
- A total of 2,367 games have been played at City of Yuma
athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center has hosted 48 events with a total
attendance of 16,032
- 3,668 ramadas, parks and fields were rented by Yuma area
residents
- 693 Recreation Programs have been offered with 79,193 people
attending those programs
- 86 programs were offered at the Yuma Art Center, with 1,009
attendees
There were 83 cases of graffiti cleaned up during the
period of November 10th through November 16th, with a total
of 1,220 removed from July 1st to date.
Vandalism and graffiti clean-up costs the Yuma taxpayers over
$200,000 each year. Please help us reduce vandalism by reporting
incidences of crime to 78-Crime and graffiti to the hot line of
329-2828.
If you witness a crime in progress, call 9-1-1.
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You can now follow the City of Yuma and receive the latest
information from your Twitter account. The City's Twitter address
is www.twitter.com/cityofyuma. You can also be a
friend of the City on Facebook. Our Facebook name is Cityof Yuma
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For
further information, please contact Greg Hyland, CPM, the City of
Yuma's Director of Community Relations at (928) 373-5023 / Greg.Hyland@YumaAz.gov or Dave Nash, City of
Yuma Public Affairs Coordinator at (928) 373-5015 / Dave.Nash@YumaAz.gov.
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Media
Contact:
Members
of the media may contact Director of Community Relations Greg
Hyland, CPM at (928) 373-5023 or (928) 580-4751, or Public Affairs
Coordinator Dave Nash at (928) 373-5015, or (928)
941-0199.
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About City of Yuma,
Arizona
The
City of Yuma is a full service Council/Manager form of government,
serving nearly 100,000 full-time City residents, the 215,000
residents of the Yuma Metropolitan Service Area and 100,000 Winter
Guests.
For
further information about the City of Yuma, visit our website - www.YumaAz.gov
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City
of Yuma, Arizona
Director of
Communty Relations
(928)
373-5023 - office
(928)
580-4751 - cell
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City
of Yuma, Arizona
Public
Affairs Coordinator
(928)
373-5015 - office
(928)
941-0199 - cell
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