City of Yuma Parks & Recreation, Fire, Police Calls for Service & Incidents
Date:
03/04/2010 (Last updated: 03/05/2010)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 March 4, 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 21st through February 27th, Yuma Fire Department responded to 251 Emergency Calls for Service, which included:
- 7 Commercial Assignments including an an electrical smell in the boys' bathroom at a school, smoke showing from a large commercial building that turned out to be the air conditioner, and various alarms
- 2 Hazardous Materials Responses including a suspicious odor, and a gas tank that ruptured on a vehicle - spilling gasoline
- 2 Mutual Aid Responses, assisting with a structure fire in Winterhaven, and a request for the dive team to assist with a patient seen going underwater
- 26 Motor Vehicle Crashes - 1 involving a pedestrian, 1 involving a motorcycle, 1 involving a fence and a tree, 1 involving a building, and 1 involving 3 vehicles
- 192 Other Medical Emergencies (serious to minor) - 9 for difficulty breathing, 18 for chest pain, 27 fall victims, 7 unconscious people, 4 seizure cases, 5 diabetic emergencies, 7 subjects with mental problems, 2 stroke cases, 1 allergic reaction, and miscellaneous other illnesses and injuries
- 22 Special Duty, Public Assistance, and Residential Assignments that included: a fire in an oven, 4 calls for burning fruit bins/crates that ended up being in the county, an alarm due to food smoking in a kitchen, a natural gas smell in an area, 2 calls for a pull station activated maliciously, an illegal burn in the back yard of a residence, power lines down, a call for a suspicious odor, the smell of natural gas at a business, a call for building stabilization after vehicle crashed into an apartment, and various alarms
Three of last week's emergency medical calls were for people who were in cardiac arrest. According to the University of Arizona's Sarver Heart Center, every year more than 160,000 people die of sudden cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest is a condition where the heart suddenly stops pumping blood. In many cases, the heart goes from a regular heartbeat to random twitching (called ventricular fibrillation). When something like this happens blood stops moving through the body. In this condition, quick action must be taken for the person to have a chance of survival. These recommended actions are often referred to as the "Chain of Survival" and are:
- Calling 911 (Getting the Paramedics on the way
- Starting CPR
- Defibrillation (Using an Automated External Defibrillator-AED- if one is available)
- Early Arrival of Advanced Care (Paramedics)
During the last year, the Yuma Fire Department has been providing instruction in the new "Continuous Chest Compression" CPR (that does not include mouth to mouth resuscitation), and has trained nearly 2,000 people! Studies have shown CCC-CPR is not only more likely to be used, but also is more effective than traditional CPR.
For more information, contact the Yuma Fire Department Public Information Office at 373-4855.
Yuma Police Department
For the period of January February 15th through February 21st, Yuma Police Department responded to an average of 189 calls per day. During this period YPD:
- Responded to 1,324 calls for service
- Documented 269 police reports
- Responded to 58 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 18 injury accidents
The following major incidents occurred during this time period:
- On February 17th, a 64 year old male victim was shot in the arm as two vehicles passed him in the 700 block 4th Avenue. The victim did not appear to be the intended target.
- On February 19th, an adult male victim was assaulted and robbed by an unknown adult male in the 200 block South Main Street.
Drive Safe Location was 24th Street and our targeted intersection was 24th Street & 22nd Drive.
From January 1st to February 21st, the Yuma Police Department has:
- Responded to 9,710 calls for service
- Documented 1,887 police reports
- Responded to 419 non-injury accidents
- Responded to 148 injury accidents
- Responded to 600 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 103 incidents of graffiti
- 1,344 rounds of 9-hole golf were played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- 1,549 rounds of 18-hole golf were played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- The Putter Inn served 1,796 meals
- 30 events were held at the Yuma Civic Center with 2,887 people attending those events
- 144 organized games were played at City of Yuma athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center hosted 2 events with a total attendance of 965
- 237 ramadas, parks and fields were rented for special events
- 38 programs were offered through the City's recreation program, with 3,574 members of the Yuma community participating in those programs
Since July 1, 2009:
- 2,546 incidents of graffiti have been addressed and cleaned up
- 17,099 rounds of 9-hole golf have been played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- 27,629 rounds of-18 hole golf have been played at Desert Hills and Arroyo Dunes Golf courses
- The Putter Inn has served 29,602 meals
- 831 events have been held at the Yuma Civic Center with an attendance of 92,134
- A total of 3,886 games have been played at City of Yuma athletic facilities
- The Yuma Art Center hosted 104 events with a total attendance of 30,497
- 3,767 ramadas, parks and fields were rented by Yuma area residents
- 1,429 programs have been offered with 138,035 people attending those programs
There were 103 cases of graffiti abated during the week of February 10th through February 16th, with a total of 2,546 removed from July 1st to date.
One case of graffiti was at the West Wetlands Park. Vandals damaged the entrance sign by spraying over the West and wrote East on the sign and wall.
In addition, an unknown person, or persons, broke a large branch off of one of the Honey Mesquite trees at the entrance to the Stewart Vincent Wolfe Creative Playground.
This was a major break and this tree will probably need to be replaced.
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 $1,300 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.
Census forms will begin to arrive on March 16.
Stay tuned for more Census 2010 information.
Get your own 2010 Census Decal...
The City of Yuma has partnered with Yuma County and the local US Census office to distribute Census decals around the community. The decals are small hand-shaped that say, "Arizona It's In Our Hands" in both Spanish and English; they will be available on a first come first received basis from now until mid-April. You can have your own Census Decal by contacting Greg Hyland at (928) 373-5023 or via e-mail.
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.
