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San Bruno City Council Meeting July 12, 2011
10a. Fireworks Activity Report
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Honorable
mayor
members
of
the
council
good
evening
tonight
we're
going
to
present
the
oral
report
for
the
fireworks
for
2011
season
I'll
begin
my
report
outlining
the
public
education
efforts
prior
to
the
holiday
city
staff
met
with
the
permitted
sales
organizations
to
review
procedures
and
safety
precautions.
Safe
and
sane
Flyers
were
posted
at
schools
and
locations
throughout
the
city.
All
fireworks
booths
were
inspected
on
opening
day
and
inspections
continued
through
the
holiday
to
ensure
compliance.
We
also
ran
an
article
in
the
focus
magazine
outlining
the
safety
guidelines.
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B
From
an
operational
standpoint,
the
fire
department
did
staff
a
reserve
engine
with
three
personnel
and
untraditional
battalion
chief
on
the
fourth
of
July,
the
holiday
weekend.
Activity
was
similar
to
last
year,
as
we
ran
about
12
calls
on
the
period
4th
july
4th
holiday
24
hour
period.
None
of
those
responses
were
for
fireworks,
related
incidents
on
Sunday
July.
Third,
we
did
have
a
grass
fire
on
Goodwin
drive
that
was
suspicious,
that
the
investigation
could
not
confirm
illegal
fireworks.
There
was
obviously
the
usual
illegal
fireworks
activity,
as
police
department
did
confiscate
110
pounds
of
illegal
fireworks.
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C
Good
evening,
honorable
mayor
members
of
the
council,
our
pre
enforcement
efforts
included
contacting
those
neighborhoods
where
we've
experienced
previous
problems.
In
years,
past
officers
deployed
additional
patrols
in
the
days
leading
up
to
the
fourth
of
July,
to
warn
residents
of
the
dangers
of
illegal
firework
use
and
of
the
potential
fines
faced
when
we
encountered
a
violator,
we
contacted
192
residents
during
our
pre
enforcement
efforts
or
the
eighth
day
reporting
period
from
June
twenty-eighth
to
July.
Fifth,
we
had
a
hundred
and
fifty-seven
reports
of
firework
violations.
C
Last
year
we
also
had
157
reports
of
firework
violations
on
the
fourth
of
July.
All
police
personnel
were
brought
in
to
work,
with
the
exception
of
those
already
scheduled
for
a
40
hour
block
of
vacation.
We
also
brought
in
officers
from
other
jurisdictions
to
assist
us.
We
regularly
have
the
city's
divided
up
into
three
areas,
so
we
had
our
normal
patrol
officers
doubled
up
to
handle
the
normal
routine
calls
for
service,
and,
in
addition
to
that,
the
additional
personnel
that
we
were
brought
in
on
the
July
fourth
were
assigned
to
enforcement
teams.
C
Equally,
in
those
three
geographic
regions,
we
also
had
one
unit
assigned
solely
to
the
glenview
area.
On
july
4th
we
had
211
calls
for
service.
Last
year
we
had
266
calls
for
service.
Well,
we
had
less
calls
this
year.
It
seemed
to
me
that
the
activity
level
was
slightly
higher,
if
not
equal,
to
what
we
experienced
last
year,
as
the
fire
chief
mentioned.
C
As
I
tell
you
every
year,
our
peak
activity
is
from
eight
o'clock
at
night
to
around
midnight
this
year.
It
was
roughly
eight
o'clock
at
night
to
about
eleven
o'clock
at
night,
but
there
was
still
violations
that
occurred
after
from
that
time,
we
had
about
a
hundred
calls
for
service
and
that's
about
a
three-hour
period.
Normally,
we
have
80
to
100
calls
for
service
on
a
busy
day,
I
think
partly
the
reason
for
the
complaints
and,
as
you
may
already
know,
at
approximately
850
p.m.
C
our
officers
were
assaulted
when
they
attempted
to
make
an
arrest
of
an
illegal
firework
violation.
There
were
six
individuals
arrested
during
this
incident
and,
as
you
can
imagine,
in
addition
to
the
injured
officers,
we
had
officers
tied
up
handling
those
who
were
arrested
and
we
had
also
officers
tied
up
investigating
that
crime.
That
was
also
at
eight-fifty
in
the
evening
right
when
it
began
the
peak
of
our
activity.
C
This
may
account
for
some
of
the
calls
and
some
of
the
complaints
that
why
we
weren't
seeing,
however,
we
did
redeploy
our
officers
and
enforcement
teams
were
back
out.
We
happen
to
make
ten
arrest
during
the
evening
of
july.
4Th
officers
encountered
situations
where
the
use
of
illegal
fireworks
was
mixed
in
with
the
use
of
safe
and
sane,
and
it
makes
it
difficult
to
tell
and
difficult
to
observe
violations
violations
were
observed
throughout
the
city.
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C
C
Yes,
you
know
it's
difficult
because
the
three
previous
years
we
experienced
a
steady
decline.
You
have
one
incident
that
can
occur
that
just
kind
of
throws
your
whole
game
plan
off
a
little
bit.
So,
yes,
we
are
going
to
reevaluate.
We
are
going
to
look
at
our
enforcement
efforts
and
I
will
likely
be
increasing
our
enforcement
efforts
next
year
and.
D
E
Days
and
I
know
in
other
areas
that
do
have
those
and
I
don't
know
if
it's
by
the
ordinance
that
was
passed
by
the
residents
in
the
election
of
2005.
The
time
frame
is
that
timeframe
within
that,
okay,
just
a
question
or
two
came
up
from
folks
as
potentially
may
be,
offering
it
to
be
sold
five
or
six
days
in
lieu
of
the
seven.
As
some
other
areas
do
I
know
some
groups
even
thought
that'd
be
easier
to
try
staff
because
sometimes
it's
art
getting
volunteers.
Other
groups
have
a
easy
time
doing
that.
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F
E
So
I
was
very
saddened
when
I
heard
about
the
folks
being
accosted
and
salt
assaulted,
allegedly
by
the
residents
in
this
incident
and
I'm
glad
that
they're
doing
fine
but
again
I
want
to
offer
my
thanks
to
the
fire
in
the
police
for
their
diligent
effort,
their
education
and
their
service
to
the
community.
During
that
holiday.
A
And
one
more
common
I
agree
with
the
council
member
Medina,
but
a
few
things
that
I
have
to
say.
I
happen
to
be
with
the
chief
and
a
ride-along
when
that
call
came
in
and,
as
the
chief
said,
no
monetary
cost
for
the
city
it's
paid
for
by
the
people
that
buy.
You
know
safe
and
sane
fireworks,
but
was
it
cost
to
the
city?
We
lost
five
officers
that
evening
some
minor
injuries
and
some
were
serious,
but
through
lost
five
officers
and
we
lost
the
ability
to
put
all
of
those
officers
on
the
street.
A
It's
pretty
scary.
I
did
not
at
the
chief
suggestion
get
out
of
the
car,
but
I
was
at
the
incident
and
there
were
more
red
lights
than
like
a
firework
show
on
its
own.
Just
because
of
the
response
that
was
there
pretty
scary,
pretty
scary,
and
then
we
went
back
to
the
station
and
and
visited
the
officers
who
were
were
there
and
being
cared
for
as
well
as
some
of
these
very,
very
bad
and
once
they
alleged
perpetrators,
there
were
perpetrators,
pretty
nasty
people
that
in
fact
caused
a
lot
of
this
injury.
A
So
I
got
a
lot
of
inquiries.
Some
in
writing
some
verbal,
some
emails
regarding
why?
Why
can't
you,
as
a
city
council,
stop
this
fireworks?
Why
can't
you
do
this?
Well,
we
can't
we
put,
as
mr.
Medina
said,
before,
the
voters,
which
I
objected
to
actually
I'm
happy
to
say
that
in
2005
and
the
overwhelmingly
you
know
wanted
fireworks
and
it's
mostly
because
obviously
the
very,
very
quick
fundraising
that
takes
place
over
a
very
short
period
of
time,
totally
understandable
from
a
financial
standpoint.
A
A
It
cost
us
some
officers
that
evening,
which
was
scary
enough
and
it
cost
us
the
fact
that
we
couldn't
put
all
of
his
officers
on
the
street
so
tudo
to
those
people
that
that
criticize
someone
yet
understand,
I
understand
it's
frustrating
out
there
to
listen
to
what
sounds
like
professional
fireworks,
shows
and
totally
illegal
m-1000
S&M
80s
out
on
the
street.
But
we
tried
the
very
best
that
evening
and
in
any
small
incident
like
that
or
large
inch,
and
it
can
actually
make
a
difference
in
our
best
planning
and
that's
what
happened
that
evening.