HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Risk Reduction Week - Janunary 18-24, 2021Proclamation
“Community Risk Reduction Week”
January 18 – January 24, 2021
WHEREAS, Pasco Fire Department responded to 30 structure fires in 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Department responds to a growing number of medical calls for service,
surpassing 80% of total call volume; and
WHEREAS, Community Risk Reduction is a data-informed process to identify and prioritize local
risks, followed by integrated and strategic investment of resources to reduce their occurrence and impact;
and
WHEREAS, the value of community support from local, state, and national partners to address
community risks is recognized to meet the demands on the fire service; and
WHEREAS, Whereas, the goal of Community Risk Reduction is to reduce the occurrence and impact
of emergency events for both community members and emergency responders through deliberate action in
the areas of the five E’s of Education, Engineering, Enforcement, Emergency response, and Economic
incentive; and
Whereas, most fire-related and many medical calls for service are preventable, with the five E’s
performed as part of an integrated Community Risk Reduction program; and
Whereas, Monday, January 18, 2021 is Martin Luther King Day and is nationally recognized as a
National Day of Service and an opportunity for communities to reduce the risk in their community through
a series of educational and other programs.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Saul Martinez, Mayor of the City of Pasco, Washington, do hereby proclaim
January 18th through January 24th as:
“Community Risk Reduction Week”
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Official Seal of the City of
Pasco, State of Washington, to be affixed this 18th day of January, 2021.
Saul Martinez, Mayor
City of Pasco