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Media Release |
For Immediate Release |
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City of Yuma's Police, Fire,
Parks & Recreation
Calls For Service & Activities
Information For This Reporting Period, and Year To Date
(As of June 9, 2011)
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 |
For the period of Monday, May 23rd through Sunday, May 29th Yuma Police Department responded to an average of 158 calls per day. During this period YPD: - Responded to 1,110 calls for service
- Documented 234 police reports
- Responded to 39 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 13 injury accidents
From January 1stst to May 29th, the Yuma Police Department has:
- Responded to 25,726 calls for service
- Documented 5,850 police reports
- Responded to 998 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 416 injury accidents
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
- Over the Memorial Day Weekend, the Yuma Police Department, Yuma County Sheriff's Office and the Arizona Department of Public Safety worked in conjunction to prevent and detect impaired drivers over the course the Memorial Day Weekend. Numerous people were contacted, cited for various traffic and criminal violations and there were seven DUI arrests..
- Drive Safe Location was 32nd Street.
- From January 1st to May 23rd, the Yuma Police Department has issued 1,094 citations in Project Drive Safe areas.
Safe Driving Tip -
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...
Source: Arizona Department of Transportation
Responded to 2,018 alarm calls resulting in 10 police reports |
Yuma Fire Department:
For the week of May 29th through June 4th, Yuma Fire Department responded to 199 Emergency Calls for Service, which included:
- 9 Commercial Assignments, including an air conditioning unit emitting smoke at a school, and various alarms.
- 19 Motor Vehicle Crashes. 1 head on collision, 1 involving a pole, 1 involving 3 vehicles, 1 involving a fence, 3 involving bicycles, and 1 involving a pedestrian.
- 149 Other Medical Emergencies (serious to minor) 3 for difficulty breathing, 7 for chest pain, 10 fall victims, 6 unconscious people, 7 seizure case, 9 people with psychiatric problems, 3 possible strokes, 42 trauma injuries, 3 poisonings, 3 people with diabetic symptoms, a child locked inside of a vehicle, and miscellaneous other illnesses and injuries.
- 22 Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments, that included: the smell of smoke inside a home, two calls for gas leaks from a severed line while a builder was excavating, a tree that had fallen in a roadway during high winds, a utility pole that had fallen in a roadway, a small brush fire, a vehicle fire, burned food in a toaster at a hotel, a pot of food on a stove that started smoking when the home occupant forgot about it, and various alarms.
Fire Department Year to Date Totals (January 1st to May 31st):
- 149 Commercial Assignments, including 6 fires in businesses, 4 fires in apartments, and various alarms.
- 34 Hazardous Materials Responses
- 19 Mutual Aid Assignments
- 468 Motor Vehicle Crashes.
- 4,078 Other Medical Emergencies (serious to minor) 183 for difficulty breathing, 205 for chest pain, 476 fall victims, 138 unconscious people, 112 seizure cases, 316 people with psychiatric problems, 909 trauma injuries, 83 diabetic emergencies, 74 possible stroke cases, 13 allergic reactions, 16 poisonings, 187 people with an altered level of consciousness, 14 calls for a child locked inside of a vehicle, and miscellaneous other illnesses and injuries.
- 416 Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments, that included: 22 fires in private residences, 34 dumpster fires, 14 grass or brush fires, 5 fires outside of a structure, 24 vehicle fires, and various alarms
Fire Department Tip of the Week:
According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), there were nearly 400,000 residential fires in 2007. Are you and your family ready to react if there is a fire in your home? What would you do? Your children practice fire drills in school every month. They know what to do when the fire alarm goes off at school, but that does not mean they know what to do at home.
We would like to introduce you to E.D.I.T.H.
E.D.I.T.H. can help you be prepared to react in a fire emergency in your home. E.D.I.T.H. stands for Exit Drills In The Home. Here are three easy steps to being better prepared:
- Survey your home. Look for alternate ways out of every room and where you would go if one way was blocked.
- Make a plan based on what you have found. You can even draw a floor plan of your house showing where all your emergency exits are. Be sure to identify a place where everyone will meet once they get out. This way, you will be able to tell firefighters that everyone is safe, or if someone is missing.
- Practice your plan with all those that live in the home. This helps children to know what to do. A fire is a frightening experience, and too often children will hide under beds or in closets if they don't know what else to do. That response is very dangerous.
Get to know E.D.I.T.H., E.D.I.T.H. It may save your life some day!
For more information, contact Mike Erfert or Kayla Holiman at 373-4850..
Follow us in 2011 on Twitter at www.twitter.com/YumaFireDept, |
Parks and Recreation Department:
For the period of June 1st through June 7th in the City of Yuma Parks and Recreation Department: - The Graffiti Busters Crew responded to and cleaned up 86 incidents of graffiti
- 13 rounds of golf were played at Arroyo Dunes Golf course
- 889 rounds of 18-hole golf were played at Desert Hills Golf Course
- The Putter Inn served 711 meals
- 19 events were held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance of 1,994
- 94 organized games were played at City of Yuma athletic facilities this week
- 3 events were held at the Yuma Art Center this week, with an attendance of 193
- 279 ramadas, parks and fields were rented for special events
- 34 programs were offered through the City's recreation program, and 7 offered through the Yuma Art Center. 9,516 members of the Yuma community participated in those programs
From July 1, 2010 through June 7, 2011: - The Graffiti Busters Crew responded to and cleaned up 2,724 incidents of graffiti
- 9,457 rounds of golf were played at Arroyo Dunes Golf course
- 45,891 rounds of 18-hole golf were played at Desert Hills Golf Course
- The Putter Inn served 48,379 meals
- 1,098 events were held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance of 185,496
- 5,896 organized games were played at City of Yuma athletic facilities this week
- 128 events were held at the Yuma Art Center, with an attendance of 36,015
- 11,927 ramadas, parks and fields were rented for special events
- 1,340 programs were offered through the City's recreation program, and 252 offered through the Yuma Art Center. 187,014 members of the Yuma community participated in those programs
There were 86 cases of graffiti cleaned up during the period of June 1st through June 7th, with a total of 2,724 cleaned up from July 1st 2010 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.
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.
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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.
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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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