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The Central Yavapai Fire District is located in central
Yavapai County and provides fire protection services to 155 square
miles which include the Town of Prescott Valley, Dewey/Humboldt
area, Diamond Valley, Ponderosa Park, Highland Pines, portions
of Williamson Valley, and the unincorporated areas of Prescott
and Prescott Valley.
CYFD's Headquarters (Station 53) is located in Prescott Valley
at 8555 E. Yavapai Road. The District currently operates from
five stations and is part of a regional dispatch center, presently
handling an average of 15,000 calls.
The District provides modern fire protection and paramedic
emergency medical services. We have personnel in all five stations,
ready for emergency response, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Currently,
the District employs 66 firefighters and officers. In addition
to fire protection and emergency medical services, our personnel
respond to technical rescues, hazardous materials, conduct fire
safety programs, fire investigations and business safety inspections.
The District conducts CPR and First Aid classes for businesses
and the general public. The District also provides other non-emergency
services such as snake and reptile situations, general resident
assists and walk-in blood pressure checks.
In order to provide modern fire protection services
to such a vast area, the District has developed many partnerships
with other area emergency services organizations. The primary
partnerships include the City of Prescott
Fire Department, Chino
Valley Fire District, Mayer Fire District, Groom Creek Fire
District, United States Forest
Service, Arizona State Land and the Prescott Area Urban Wildland
Interface Commission. Together, all these agencies have
been able to increase the level of service to the communities
while stabilizing our funding requirements. Because of the nature
of our boundaries, we have an automatic aid agreement with several
of these agencies which allows us to respond into each others
areas depending on what station is closest to the call.
Other areas of cooperation between CYFD and PFD include
joint dispatch , training, defensible space vegetation removal
and an area wide Hazardous Material Response team. This
cooperative approach allows us to serve the residents of the area
communities without duplicating efforts.
Other alliances include mutual aid agreements with all the fire
departments in Yavapai County.
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