City of Yuma Parks & Recreation, Fire, Police Calls for Service & Incidents
Date:
01/28/2010 (Last updated: 01/29/2010)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:
Information For This Reporting Period and Year to Date (As of January 28, 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.
Yuma Police Department
For the period of January 11th through January 17th, Yuma Police Department responded to an average of 169 calls per day. During this period YPD:
- Responded to 1,185 calls for service
- Documented 212 police reports
- Responded to 39 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 14 injury accidents
The following major incidents occurred during this time period:
- On January 13th, an adult male victim was robbed at his home in the 1700 block South 6th Avenue by two male suspects.
- On January 15th, a suspicious military container was located in an alley near the 2400 block South Melody Lane. The container was found to be empty. Yuma County Sheriff's Office and MCAS - Yuma assisted.
From January 1st to January 17th, the Yuma Police Department has:
- Responded to 2,668 calls for service
- Documented 493 police reports
- Responded to 88 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 33 injury accidents
- Responded to 181 alarm calls resulting in 2 police reports
From January 1st through December 31st, the Yuma Police Department has:
- Received 208,555 calls into the Public Safety Communications Center
- Received 52,035 9-1-1 calls
- Issued 8,288 Traffic Citations
- Made 1,317 Juvenile Arrests and 4,164 Adult Arrests
- Responded to 84,332 calls for service
- Documented 13,740 police reports
- Responded to 2,384 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 933 injury accidents
- Responded to 5,085 alarm calls resulting in 25 police reports
Yuma Fire Department
For the week of January 17th through January 23rd, Yuma Fire Department responded to 216 Emergency Calls for Service, which included:
- 10 Commercial Assignments including a stove fire due to unattended cooking in an apartment, a report of an air conditioning unit on fire and various alarms
- 1 Hazardous Materials Response for an ding an unknown substance in leaking in the basement of the Hotel San Carlos, which later turned out to be fuel oil
- 19 Motor Vehicle Crashes 2 involving a pedestrian, 1 roll over, 1 involving a trailer, 1 involving a motorcycle, 1 involving a building, and 1 involving a wall
- 188 Other Medical Emergencies (serious to minor) 11 for difficulty breathing, 18 for chest pain, 29 fall victims, 6 unconscious people, 6 seizure cases, 6 diabetic emergencies, 16 subjects with mental problems, 3 stroke cases, 1 possible overdose, and miscellaneous other illnesses and injuries
- 40 Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments that included: assisting several citizens with special needs during a storm, a jacuzzi smoking, 4 calls for a burning or smoke smell inside of a residence, 10 calls regarding power poles/lines either down or on fire, 2 calls for trees down, a dumpster fireand various alarms
Last week the Yuma Fire Department responded to 4 calls for a burning or smoke smell inside of a residence. It was found that 3 of these homes did not have properly working smoke alarms. There was also a call for a smoke alarm sounding in an apartment complex that alerted a neighbor to an unattended cooking fire.
Every year more than 3000 people die in fires in the United States. It is estimated that half of those that died may have lived, if there had been a working smoke alarm in the home. Most homes these days are equipped with smoke alarms, but due to poor maintenance (often batteries are found to be dead or disconnected) many of these alarms fail to work properly when a fire occurs.
Batteries should be replaced at least once a year and alarms should be tested monthly. Combine these tests with doing home fire drills (your kids do them at school and they are just as important at home!) and your children will be more likely to recognize the sound of the alarm and take the proper action in a real emergency.
It is recommended to do your annual battery replacement in connection with some annual event. In many parts of the country that is when they change clocks back to standard time in the fall. There are even long life 10 year lithium batteries now available to install in smoke alarms. It is also recommended to replace smoke alarms every 10 years.
Smoke alarms save lives, and they are some of the cheapest insurance you can buy, but they will do no good if they are not working properly. For more information about fire and injury prevention, contact the Yuma Fire Department Public Information Office at 373-4855.
The City of Yuma Fire Department is dedicated to providing the best in quality service to the City of Yuma.
For more information about fire and injury prevention, contact the Yuma Fire Department Public Information Office at 373-4855.
Parks and Recreation Department
For the week of January 20th through January 26th in the City of Yuma Parks and Recreation Department:
- The Graffiti Busters Crew responded to and cleaned up 129 incidents of graffiti
- 771 rounds of 9-hole golf were played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- 1,049 rounds of 18-hole golf were played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- The Putter Inn served 1,311 meals
- 21 events were held at the Yuma Civic Center with 6,522 people attending those events
- 99 organized games were played at City of Yuma athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center hosted 4 events with a total attendance of 1,323
- 183 ramadas, parks and fields were rented for special events
- 9 programs were offered through the City's recreation program, with 3,180 members of the Yuma community participating in those programs
Since July 1, 2009:
- 2,047 incidents of graffiti have been addressed and cleaned up
- 10,343 rounds of 9-hole golf have been played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- 19,651 rounds of-18 hole golf have been played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- The Putter Inn has served 20,809 meals
- 693 events have been held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance of 70,133
- A total of 3,195 games have been played at City of Yuma athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center hosted 86 events with a total attendance of 25,269
- 2,664 ramadas, parks and fields were rented by Yuma area residents
- 529 programs have been offered with 119,429 people attending those programs
There were 129 cases of graffiti abated during the week of January 13th through January 20, with a total of 2,047 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.
The 2010 Census Is Coming...
Did you know that each person living in Yuma who is not counted in the 2010 Census means a loss of $400 per person in state and federal funds for community services such as roads, schools, job training centers, etc.?
Accurate data reflecting changes in our community are crucial in apportioning seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and deciding how more than $400 billion per year is allocated for projects like new hospitals and community centers. That's more than $4 trillion over a 10-year period.
Stay tuned for more Census 2010 information.
For immediate information on the 2010 Census, visit the Census website (This link will take you to an external website that is not part of the City of Yuma official website.)
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.
