City of Yuma Parks & Recreation, Fire, Police Calls for Service & Incidents
Date:
02/25/2010Summary:
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 February 25, 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 Fire Department
For the week of February 14th through February 20th, Yuma Fire Department responded to 244 Emergency Calls for Service, which included:
- 5 Commercial Assignments including an artificial smoke generator that set off a smoke detector, and various alarms
- 25 Motor Vehicle Crashes - 1 involving a pedestrian, 2 involving bicycles, 1 involving a forklift, 1 rollover, 1 involving a wall, and 2 involving 3 vehicles
- 189 Other Medical Emergencies (serious to minor) - 6 for difficulty breathing, 10 for chest pain, 29 fall victims, 9 unconscious people, 6 seizure cases, 5 diabetic emergencies, 19 subjects with mental problems, 5 stroke cases, a call for an infant locked inside a vehicle, and miscellaneous other illnesses and injuries
- 25 Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments that included: a commercial dumpster fire, 3 calls for yard debris illegally burning behind a residence, burned popcorn at a hotel, a call for the smell of natural gas coming from a residence, grease build up on a heating element on a heater that started smoking, a call for a power line down in an alleyway, burned toast at a commercial building, a large water leak in a commercial building, and various alarms
So far 2010 has been busy for the Yuma Fire Department with more than 1770 emergency calls for service. Many of these were Emergency Medical Service (EMS) calls, but there were also a large number of fire related calls. Many of the EMS calls were for accidents that may have been preventable. Many of the fire related calls were for people having unauthorized fires on their property. Some of these were "party" bonfires and some were for people burning trash or yard debris. Neither of these are allowed without permits.
A bonfire with friends may be just the thing on a cold night out in the desert (in an allowed area, safely maintained and monitored) but it can be a nuisance and a hazard in residential neighborhoods. Fires too close to combustibles and property lines pose the risk of serious fire spread, especially under windy conditions. Un-permitted fires are unlawful and also result in many unnecessary Fire Department responses.
So, use a grill, use a fireplace, and keep cooking/heating fires small and attended (and fully extinguished after use). Also, be aware of weather conditions, such as the wind speed and direction. For information regarding permits for fires on your property in the City of Yuma, contact the Yuma Fire Department at 373-4850.
For more information, contact the Yuma Fire Department Public Information Office at 373-4855.
Yuma Police Department
For the period of January February 8th through February 14th, Yuma Police Department responded to an average of 204 calls per day. During this period YPD:
- Responded to 1,428 calls for service
- Documented 285 police reports
- Responded to 59 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 22 injury accidents
The following major incidents occurred during this time period:
- On February 9th, two 7th grade students at Crane Middle School were arrested for weapon violations after one of them brought a handgun to school.
- On February 13th an adult male & female were robbed near 8th Street & Magnolia Avenue by an unidentified black male.
From January 1st to February 14th, the Yuma Police Department has:
- Responded to 8,386 calls for service
- Documented 1,618 police reports
- Responded to 358 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 127 injury accidents
- Responded to 528 alarm calls resulting in 3 police reports
From January 1st through December 31st 2009, the Yuma Police Department:
- 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
Parks and Recreation Department
For the week of February 17th through February 23rd in the City of Yuma Parks and Recreation Department:
- The Graffiti Busters Crew responded to and cleaned up 101 incidents of graffiti
- 1,340 rounds of 9-hole golf were played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- 1,631 rounds of 18-hole golf were played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- The Putter Inn served 2,013 meals
- 5 events were held at the Yuma Civic Center with 1,564 people attending those events
- 145 organized games were played at City of Yuma athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center hosted 3 events with a total attendance of 1,063
- 241 ramadas, parks and fields were rented for special events
- 42 programs were offered through the City's recreation program, with 3,734 members of the Yuma community participating in those programs
Since July 1, 2009:
- 2,443 incidents of graffiti have been addressed and cleaned up
- 15,755 rounds of 9-hole golf have been played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- 26,080 rounds of-18 hole golf have been played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- The Putter Inn has served 27,807 meals
- 801 events have been held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance of 89,247
- A total of 3,742 games have been played at City of Yuma athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center hosted 102 events with a total attendance of 29,532
- 3,530 ramadas, parks and fields were rented by Yuma area residents
- 1,391 programs have been offered with 134,461 people attending those programs
There were 101 cases of graffiti abated during the week of February 10th through February 16th, with a total of 2,443 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.
