Full Notification

The department responded to 37 calls for service yesterday including calls for emergency medical services, chemical spills, smell of smoke, downed power line, a fire alarm activation, and a motor vehicle accident.

Total Calls for Service this Fiscal Year (since Oct 1, 2015): 4433

Wildland Fire Danger: Low

Safety Tip:
May 1-7 is National Arson Awareness Week, this year’s theme is “Prevent Wildfire Arson-Spread the Facts not the Fire.”

• During the five-year period 2010-2014, 23 percent of wildfires reported were arson (U.S. Department of the Interior).

• Individual arson fires can cause damages to resources and communities totaling over a hundred million dollars (U.S. Forest Service).

• More than half a million wildfires are set by arsonists each year in the U.S., resulting in over $3 billion in damages (National Institute of Standards and Technology and U.S. Department of Agriculture).

For more information visit https://www.usfa.fema.gov/prevention/outreach/wildfire_arson/arson_resources.html