Ann Arbor police and fire departments to hold open house Saturday
The Ann Arbor Police Department and Ann Arbor Fire Department will host an open house and an awards ceremony Saturday morning.
Courtesy of the city of Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor police Lt. Matt Lige said this is the first outdoor open house since 2005. There will be popcorn, hot dogs and temporary tattoos for kids, along with demonstrations.
“We’re going to be shutting down Fifth (Avenue) between Huron and Ann streets to show case our community engagement effort,” he said.
Running from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Ann Arbor Justice Center, 301 E. Huron St., the awards ceremony and open house will highlight AAPD and AAFD accomplishments, awards to private citizens and various demonstrations. Lige said there will be a demonstration of a vehicle extrication, a fire and ice rescue and fire department displays, including a new firetruck.
The award ceremony will run from 11 a.m. to noon and the open house will go from noon until 2 p.m. Life said Ann Arbor police Chief John Seto, who doubles as the city’s public safety administrator, wanted to put on the open house as a way to show the public what the departments do on a regular basis.
“This is a long time coming,” Lige said, adding that the departments are being “very responsible about resource allocation.”
For more details, visit www.a2gov.org/safetyopenhouse. If anyone has questions about the event, call Lige at 734-794-6912.
Kyle Feldscher covers cops and courts for AnnArbor.com. He can be reached at kylefeldscher@annarbor.com or you can follow him on Twitter.
Comments
r2scoot
Tue, May 14, 2013 : 11:27 a.m.
a one day notice? or did I miss something? That would have been great to see.
Ann English
Sat, May 11, 2013 : 9:54 p.m.
While watching the vehicle extrication, I waited to see if breaking the glass was part of it. No, they lifted the whole roof with windows intact, up and off, setting it on the ground without breaking any glass. So their tools are powered right from their fire truck? It would be great if they could use those tools reaching all the way up to a semitrailer's cab to save THOSE drivers. Or would they have to break those windows in order to get the driver out? It's been a few years since one truck driver on eastbound I-94 got caught between two other trucks, west of Baker Road. The one behind him pushed him into the one in front of him. Nobody got him out for an hour and a half, and he died in the cab. Advances in technology for saving the lives of crash victims. We don't read about them, but to show us extrication practice via YouTube hopefully means that firefighters are using improved methods for saving crash victims whenever they're developed. Or else, firefighters from other counties watching such a video would be free to write comments about it.
An Arborigine
Fri, May 10, 2013 : 7:53 p.m.
Oh good, this is outdoors! Every time I go into the Police station, it costs me money to get out!