The 20-acre City of Yuma Public Safety Training Facility is home to a 'burn' building, where firefighters can train near real flames. The building also has interchangable walls which can be instantly converted for any scenario for police or fire use.
A Yuma Fire Dept. engine and four firefighters left Yuma this afternoon to aid in fighting the Monument Fire near Sierra Vista, Ariz. LOANED VIDEO/MIKE ERFERT, YFD
This video, provided by the Somerton/Cocopah Fire Dept., shows just some of the situations firefighters faced over a month. The video was shot on the department's new helmet cameras, which are being used for training purposes.
Somerton/Cocopah Fire Department responded to a rollover accident involving a Yuma Police Department cruiser on Christmas Eve. The officer was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Video courtesy Somerton/Cocopah F.D.
Rescue divers from the Yuma Fire Department swift water rescue team pulled a man from the Colorado river at around 3 p.m. The victim had been under water for approximately 45 minutes and was pronounced dead at YRMC.