HomeMy WebLinkAboutCommunity Risk Reduction Week - January 17-22 2022"Community Risk Reduction Week"
January 17 — 22. 2022
WHEREAS, Pasco Fire Department responded to 30 structure fires in 2021; 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, 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 17, 2022 is Martin Luther King, Jr. 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,1, Blanche Barajas, Mayor of the City of Pasco, Washington, on behalf of the
entire City Council, do hereby proclaim January 17 to 22, as
"C.ommurtity 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 1 Oth day of January 2022.
Blanche s, ayor
City of Pasco