July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
Illegal Fireworks
Enforcement Campaign
July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
2022 Report
City of Merced Fire Department
Derek Parker, Fire Chief
Education and Prevention Efforts
• Social media posts
• Facebook and Instagram
• Radio spots
• Print media
• Television interviews
• Banners throughout town to deter the use of fireworks • Message boards throughout the community
• Meetings with neighborhood groups to listen to concerns July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
Mitigation and Prevention Efforts
• Implementation of Property
Owner Citations
• No contact by MFD members
• Use of Merced Connect app by
community members
• Creates an email sent to members
for investigation
• Creates a tracking opportunity
July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
MPD Enforcement Efforts
• Buy/Bust Operations
• Disrupt and discourage the flow of
illegal fireworks into the community
• Police Officer Staffing
• 6 Officers assigned to fireworks detail
• Expanded Dispatch Staffing
• Dispatcher and community
volunteers
• Bomb Squad
• Responded to assist with dangerous
fireworks/explosives.
July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
July 4th Weekend Response
July 1st – Friday July 2 nd – Saturday July 3rd – Sunday July 4 th - Monday Calls for service – 28 Calls for service – 34 C alls for service – 36 Calls for service – 39 Fires – 2 Fires – 3 Fires – 3 Fires – 17
Structure Fires – 0 Structure Fires - 0 Structure Fires – 0 Structure Fires – 0 July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
July 3rd – Call Center July 4 th – Call Center
P h o n e –2 0 P h o n e –5 7
Merced Connect – 4 Merced Connect – 21
Total – 24 Total – 78
Fire Department Calls for Service
Merced Connect & Celebrate Safe
Fireworks Operation Response
Police Calls for Service
Calls for service 153
Individual Fireworks Seized Over 5,000
Buy/Bust Operations 7
Arrests (firearm) 1
Citations 9
Firearms seized 1
July 18, 2022 Council Meeting
Celebrate Safe 2022