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City
employees
and
volunteers
keep
Detroit
safe
during
2011
Angels'
Night
Fires
Drop 44
Percent
From
Last
Year
DETROIT
- Mayor
Dave
Bing
announced
today
that
fires
during
the
Angels’
Night
period
dropped
44% from
last
year,
making
this
year’s
effort
the most
successful
in
history.
According
to the
Detroit
Fire
Department,
there
were 94
total
fires
during
the
three-night
Angels’
Night
weekend,
Oct.
29-31.
In 2010,
there
were 169
fires
reported.
The
Mayor
credited
the
success
of this
year’s
campaign
to the
hard
work of
the
Detroit
Fire,
Homeland
Security,
Police
and
other
City
departments,
volunteers
and
sponsors.
"Over
the last
three
nights,
fires
decreased
by
nearly
50
percent
from
2010,"
said
Mayor
Dave
Bing.
"Our
community
spoke
loud and
clear.
We told
the nay-sayers
that our
city is
strong.
Our
neighborhoods
are
united
and our
people
ever
vigilant."
The
Angels’
Night
campaign
began in
July as
the
Detroit
Homeland
Security,
Fire and
Police
departments
came
together
to
develop
a
strategic
deployment
plan and
to
partner
with
federal
and
state
law
enforcement
agencies.
City
departments
also
demonstrated
an
unprecedented
level of
information
sharing
to
reduce
possible
fire
hazards
and to
recruit
volunteers.
Personnel
from
Mayor
Bing’s
administration
also
contacted
businesses
to help
offset
the
costs of
the
three-day
campaign.
“I would
like to
thank
Detroit
fire
fighters
and
other
Detroit
Fire
Department
personnel
for
their
exceptional
efforts
leading
up to
and
during
the
three-day
Angels’
Night
period,”
said
Detroit
Fire
Commissioner
Donald
Austin.
Mayor
Bing
also
praised
the
residents
who
joined
the
effort
by
patrolling
city
streets,
watching
abandoned
structures
and
turning
on their
porch
lights.
More
than
19,343
individual
volunteers
joined
community
groups
from
across
the city
in a
variety
of
capacities
including
car
patrols,
watching
over
their
neighborhoods,
providing
meals,
and
supporting
administrative
tasks.
In an
effort
to
engage
Detroit
youth
and to
promote
the
Angels’
Night
message,
the City
also
held a
poster
and
oratorical
contest
for K-12
students.
A total
of 830
students
entered
the
contest.
The
first,
second
and
third-place
winners
received
a
computer,
digital
camera
and a
gift
certificate
respectively.
2011
Angels’
Night By
The
Numbers
Fire
Totals
Oct. 29
- 19
Fires
Oct. 30
- 34
Fires
Oct. 31
- 41
Fires
Total 94
Fires
Volunteers
As of
Oct. 31,
19,343
people
volunteered
during
the
Angels’
Night
weekend.
City
officials
expect
that
number
to
increase
as
additional
registration
cards
are
entered
into the
system.
Detroit
Police
Department
Curfew
Violations
and
Arrests
123
Juvenile
Curfew
Violations
53
Parental
Responsibility
Tickets
Issued
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