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Community Information Update

Media Release For Immediate Release

 
City of Yuma's Police, Fire,
Parks & Recreation
Calls For Service & Activities
 
 

Information For This Reporting Period
(As of March 31, 2011)

 

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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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There is nor report from the Yuma Police Department this week.  YPD statistics will return in next week's report.

 

 

COMMUNITY EVENTS 

  • Drive Safe Location was 1st Avenue. 
    • From January 1st to March 21st, the Yuma Police Department has issued 624 citations in Project Drive Safe areas.   
       

 Safe Driving Tip - YPD Motors  

During 2007 in Arizona there were over 378,000 people involved in traffic collisions. Of those people, over 323,000 or about 86% were know to be wearing seatbelts. Of the people wearing seatbelts, less than 1/10th of 1 percent were killed and less than 15 percent were injured.[1] These statistics demonstrate that seatbelts do save lives. The Yuma Police Department encourages all motorists to do their part by buckling up and as always

 

 

Please...

      Drive Safe!

       



      Source: Arizona Department of Transportation 


       
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    Yuma Fire Department:
  



For the week of March 20th through March 26th, Yuma Fire Department responded to 239 Emergency Calls for Service, which included:  
  • 3 Commercial Assignments, including a fire in the kitchen of a restaurant, an unattended cooking fire in an apartment, and various alarms.
  • 1 Mutual Aid Assignment to assist San Luis Fire Department with a fire investigation
  • 32 Motor Vehicle Crashes. 1 involving a motorcycle, 1 involving a canal, 4 involving 3 vehicles, 1 involving a semi truck, and 2 rollovers. 
  • 186 Other Medical Emergencies (serious to minor) : 9 for difficulty breathing, 8 for chest pain, 31 fall victims, 9 unconscious people, 6 seizure cases, 9 people with psychiatric problems, 4 possible strokes, 6 diabetic emergencies, 54 trauma injuries, 1 poisoning, a call for a baby locked inside of a car, and miscellaneous other illnesses and injuries.
  • 17 Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments that included: grease fire in an apartment, a brush fire, a warming fire in a back yard, utility wires down, and various alarms.

 

Fire Department Tip of the Week:

 

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Governor Brewer has proclaimed the week of March 27th through April 2nd , 2011 "Wildfire Awareness Week" in Arizona. March/April is a good time to think about wildfire awareness. It is starting to warm up and Yumans may be thinking about more outdoor recreational activity, such as camping. With low humidity, and occasional periods of gusty winds, fires can spread quickly and be more difficult to stop. Preventing fires is much easier and safer than putting them out.

 

Here are a few things we would like you to keep in mind:

 

  • Use extreme care in the use of all fire and potentially fire causing activities whether it is for industrial, home, or recreational use.
  • Make sure campfires and smoking materials are extinguished, and cold to touch before leaving them.
  • Use spark arrestors in mechanical equipment such as chain saws and off-road vehicles.
  • When you pull off a roadway, be sure not to park in grassy areas.
  • Observe "Red Flag" warnings. Those warnings will be issued by the National Weather Service when weather conditions are conducive to the easy start and rapid spread of wildfires. During such times, citizens should curtail activities that could cause fire and should obey all fire restrictions and area closures.

Fortunately the City of Yuma does not have much of the "Wildland-Urban interface" where brush and forest lands enter into our community. Areas traditionally of greatest risk here have been along the Colorado River. Development of parkland areas along the river, like the West and East Wetlands, have reduced the threat to our community by reducing fuel and adding green space areas. 

 

For more information, contact Mike Erfert or Kayla Holiman at 373-4850..

 

 

Follow us in 2011 on Twitter Follow us on Twitter at  www.twitter.com/YumaFireDept,


 


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   Parks and Recreation Department:



 
For the period of February March 23rd through March 29th in the City of Yuma Parks and Recreation Department:   
  • The Graffiti Busters Crew responded to and cleaned up 72 incidents of graffiti 
  • 349 rounds of golf were played at Arroyo Dunes Golf course 
  • 1,543 rounds of 18-hole golf were played at Desert Hills Golf Course 
  • The Putter Inn served 1,808 delicious meals
  • 18 events were held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance of 1,907
  • 105 organized games were played at City of Yuma athletic facilities this week 
  • 2 events were held at the Yuma Art Center this week, with an attendance of 789 
  • 363 ramadas, parks and fields were rented for special events
  • 23 programs were offered through the City's recreation program, with 2,935 members of the Yuma community participating in those programs
  • 7 programs were offered at the Yuma Art Center with 93 members of the Yuma community participating in those programs

There were 72 cases of graffiti cleaned up during the period of March 2nd through March 8th, with a total of 2,195 cleaned up from July 1st to date.

Playful City 2010Vandalism 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. 

With your help, we can eliminate graffiti and vandalism in the City of Yuma.  If you witness a crime in progress, call 9-1-1.

You can now follow the Yuma Civic Center on Follow us on Twitter Twitter www.twitter.com/yumaciviccenter.  Follow the Civic Center to receive the latest event information.





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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.
Media Contact:

Members of the media may contact the City of Yuma Community Relations staff member on call at (928) 581-1815.



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 
City of Yuma, Arizona
Director of Communty Relations
(928) 373-5023 - office
(928) 580-4751 - cell
City of Yuma, Arizona
Public Affairs Coordinator
(928) 373-5015 - office
(928) 941-0199 - cell

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