Fire
Prevention Bureay Activity in 2002
The
Riverside Unit Law Enforcement Officers handled 573 cases in 2002 resulting in
the following actions:
184
citations issued for fire law violations
25
Juvenile Petitions
25
California Vehicle Code citations
19
Felony Arrests
28
Misdemeanor citations
In
2002, forty Juvenile Fire-Setter Training Programs were conducted and forty-two
education programs were conducted, including the Farmers Fair and the Riverside
County Date Festival, for a total of 108,359 contacts.
The
Hazard Reduction section inspected 22,050 parcels and posted 8,875 in
2002..
Annual
inspections for licensed care facilities in 2002 for first inspections totaled
509, for 825 hours and 190 for second inspections for 210 hours.
School
inspections in 2002 for first inspections totaled 160 for 923 hours. First
inspections of power-lines totaled 2,810 with 47 violations, and 47
second inspections
with no violations. The Hazard Reduction office inspected powerlines with
Southern California Edison, Anza Electric Co-op, and Banning Electric for PRC
4292 and PRC 4293.
Fire
causes in Riverside
County in
2002 are as follows:
Arson Smoking Debris
burning Equipment Playing
with fire Undetermined Campfire Lightning
Vehicle
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616 320 1784 214 208 741 239 9 721 |