Tonight I received the 2009 annual report from the West Valley City Fire Chief and have spent some time this evening reviewing the contents. I am grateful that our City's Fire Department maintains a high level of service and has equally high standards of care and safety. Calls for service and the response times of the fire department were roughly the same as last year and the number of miscellaneous fires that were responded to were 285, with the fire at the Carpet Barn on Redwood road the most notable. Fortunately there were no civilian nor firefighter casualties due to fire this past year and only 10 fire related injuries (one firefighter and 9 civilian). The Fire Department also responds to rescue efforts and hazardous materials situations.
As springtime is now upon us there are some simple things that we can all do to keep our homes and community safe from fire including proper storage of flammable liquids and clearing out dry and highly flammable debris and grass.
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