City of Yuma Parks & Recreation, Fire, Police Calls for Service & Incidents
Date:
10/15/2009 (Last updated: 10/21/2009)Summary:
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.Contact:
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.
Yuma Fire Department
For the week of October 4th through October 10th, Yuma Fire Department responded to 227 Emergency Calls for Service, which included:
- 9 Commercial Assignments including one for food left cooking in the microwave too long and setting off a smoke alarm, a fire in an apartment building that turned out to be located outside the City limits and various false alarms
- 26 Motor Vehicle Accidents, with 73 total patients, with one involving a pedestrian, one rollover, one head on collision, and three involving three vehicles
- 4 Hazard Materials Responses for the smell of gasoline
- 1 Mutual Aid Reponse for the deployment of the wild land strike team to California
- 175 Other Medical Emergencies (serious to minor), six for difficulty breathing, eleven for chest pain, twenty one fall victims, eight unconscious people, two seizure cases, three diabetic emergencies, four strokes, one allergic reaction, thirteen patients with mental problems, and miscellaneous other illnesses and injuries
- 12 Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments that included a small cooking fire that was contained to the stove, a small grass fire, a trash can fire, some burned food on an electric grill that set off a smoke alarm at an apartment complex, a smoke alarm activation at a home due to burned food in the kitchen, and various alarms
From January 1st to October 10th, the Yuma Fire Department has responded to 8,583 emergency calls for service, which include:
- 284 Commercial Assignments, including -14 fires in businesses, 11 fires in apartments, and various alarms
- 26 Hazardous Material Responses
- 13 Mutual Aid Assignments
- 804 Motor Vehicle Crashes
- 6,551 Medical Emergencies (serious to minor), Including - 835 for difficulty breathing, 571 for chest pain, 829 fall victims, 536 unconscious people, 203 seizure cases, 198 diabetic emergencies, 132 possible stroke cases, 109 poisoning/overdoses, 196 patients with mental problems, 53 allergic reactions, 60 calls for a child locked inside of a vehicle, and miscellaneous other illnesses and injuries
- 905 Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments, including - 44 fires in private residences, 67 dumpster fires, 18 grass or brush fires, 18 fires outside of a structure, 49 vehicle fires, and various alarms
Cooking fires are the number one cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Just last week the Yuma Fire Department responded to four separate fire calls that involved cooking. Every year hundreds of Americans die, thousands more are injured, and roughly half a billion dollars in property damage results from cooking fires. Unattended cooking is a major reason these fires occur.
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. Even boiling water can lead to a fire if left unattended and the water boils away.
Have a kid free zone at least 3 feet around the stove/oven. Keep handles turned in so small children won't pull on them, dumping hot food, oil, or water on top of them. If your stove has knobs that children can reach, get safety covers for them. If older children are allowed to help in the kitchen, always supervise their activities.
Always 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.
The Yuma Fire Department wants your family to follow this recipe for safety! Stop kitchen fires before they start!
Yuma Police Department
For the week of September 28th through October 4th, Yuma Police Department responded to an average of 166 calls per day. During this week YPD:
- Responded to 1,1688 calls for service
- Documented 237 police reports
- Responded to 32 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 11 injury accidents
The Drive Safe Location was Avenue C and the targeted intersection was 20th Street and Avenue C. As of October 5th, Operation Drive Safe has resulted in 2,388 citations being issued.
From January 1st to October 4th, the Yuma Police Department has:
- Responded to 48,430 calls for service
- Documented 10,4003 police reports
- Responded to 1,835 noninjury accidents
- Responded to 702 injury accidents
- Responded to 3,982 alarm calls resulting in 21 police reports
Last Fiscal Year (July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009), the Yuma Police Department:
- Received 27,832 9-1-1 calls
- Received 109,450 incoming calls in the Public Safety Communications office
- Issued 4,010 Traffic Citations
- Made 748 Juvenile Arrests and 2,113 Adult Arrests
Blocking intersections can be a serious problem. It prevents the flow of traffic and can interfere with traffic flow and intersections several blocks away. It backs up traffic and can prevent police and fire vehicles from quickly getting to emergency scenes. If you are at an intersection and are not able to clear it without stopping due to backed up traffic, do not enter the intersection. Even on a green light an intersection should not be blocked. If the light changes to red and you are stuck in the intersection, cross traffic will be blocked. Blocking intersections is a violation of the law and you can be cited. Follow the laws and as always Drive Safe!
Remember to follow all lane, speed and turning restrictions, especially in road construction areas, as they are enforceable traffic violations.
Parks and Recreation Department
For the week of October 7th through October 13th, City of Yuma Parks and Recreation Department:
- Responded to and cleaned up 45 incidents of graffiti
- No rounds of 9 hole golf were played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf Courses (Arroyo Dunes and Desert Hills are both in the process of overseeding for the Winter golf season)
- No rounds of 18 hole golf were played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf Courses (Arroyo Dunes and Desert Hills are both in the process of overseeding for the Winter golf season)
- The Putter Inn served 121 meals
- 27 events were held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance of 5,344 people attending those events
- A total of 202 games were played at City of Yuma athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center hosted 6 events with total attendance of 547
- 104 ramadas, parks and fields were rented for special events
- 19 programs were offered through the City's recreation program, with 2,067 members of the Yuma community participating in those programs.
Since July 1, 2009:
- 899 incidents of graffiti have been addressed and cleaned up
- 971 rounds of 9 hole golf have been played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf Courses
- 6,631 rounds of 18 hole golf have been played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf Courses
- The Putter Inn has served 5,274 meals
- 390 events have been held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance of 30,365
- A total of 1,989 games were played at City of Yuma athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center hosted 44 events with a total attendance of 6,772
- 1,240 ramadas, parks and fields were rented by Yuma area residents
- 375 programs were offered with 86,897 people attending those programs
There were 45 cases of graffiti abated during the week of October 7 through October 13, 2009.
A tree was vandalized at the new Bark Park at an estimated cost to taxpayers of $110 plus labor to replace it.
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.
For More Information
For further information, please contact Greg Hyland, CPM, the City of Yuma's Director of Communications & Public Affairs at (928) 373-5023 or by e-mail or Dave Nash, City of Yuma Public Affairs Coordinator at (928) 373-5015 or by e-mail.
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Media Contacts
Members of the media may contact Director of Communications and Public Affairs 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.
