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Show Police Service Dog Busts Drugs Suppression Slolls Aid Firefighters Fire Suppression The goal of fire suppression is to protect life and property. When answering calls for service, fire divi ' Va --7 The department encourages citizens to take reasonable measures to protect their home and family. This may Include an alarm system in their home or business. busi-ness. The city does require that alarm systems have a permit and is used responsibly to avoid unnecessary fines and restrictions. Patrol Division In 1999, the City Council passed an ordinance requiring that all home and business alarm systems in the city have a permit. The impetus for the ordinance ordi-nance was the increasing number of alarm systems being installed throughout the city and the growing number of false-alarm calls. The city ordinance allows for three free response to a false alarm (per calendar year) by the department before a fine is imposed to the alarm owner. The positive effect of the ordinance has been a noticeable decrease in the number of false alarm calls the department depart-ment dispatches. k-j- 91 4 r - V ,V V " ' Officer Art Lopez with his partner, Rico. Canine Unit The division's Canine Unit was organized this year after Officer Art Lopez received training to handle a police service dog. Officer Lopez's partner, Rico, is a Belgium Malinois that came to us from the Utah County Sheriff's Department. The Canine Unit works the night shift during the time when there is the greatest need of its services. Rico is well trained and has an outstanding outstand-ing nose for detecting drugs. In the short time the team has been operation, numerous numer-ous drug arrests have been made. The canine unit is frequently fre-quently requested by officers in other cities to come and assist them in searching cars and locations. Since drugs and the people using the do not recognize city boundaries, bound-aries, drugs in Provo today could easily be drugs in Orem tomorrow. sion personnel render aid in fire fighting, emergency emer-gency medical situations, hazardous chemical spills, removal of hazardous haz-ardous chemicals and explosives, assisting with flooded homes, determining determin-ing electrical problems and sources of smoke, rescuing individuals trapped in automobiles, industrial or domestic accidents and protecting the people and property from downed power lines. Fire division persoAnnel may also assist with police units on critical or life threatening calls. Firefighters prepare to attack a propane tree during fire training. Hazardous Materials The division possesses one of the state's best equipped hazardous response vehicles. The Haz-Mat Truck is equipped with state-of-the-art personal protective clothing, detection equipment, absorbents, decontamination decontami-nation equipment and accessory items. The fire division provides county-wide county-wide response for hazardous material incidents. ' 1 S f x . , J, V' i - f i , : A firefighter dressed in protective clothing tests air quality around a suspicious container. |