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Goodyear Fire Department
Free Community Programs
by Tanja Tanner, Goodyear Community
Education Coordinator
Hands Only CPR. Continuous ntinuous
Chest Compressions (CCC)
s (CCC)
course is free and available
able
to groups of five (5) or r
more.
 Why Learn CPR?
 Cardiac arrest—
an electrical
malfunction
in the hear t
that causes an
irregular heart-
beat (arrhythmia) )
and disrupts the e
flow of blood to o
the brain, lungs and d
other organs—is a a
of
leading cause of
ar,
death. Each year,
Is My Recycling Recycled? more than 350,000 0
out-of-hospital l
When Waste Management picks up your recyclable material, you cardiac arrests occur
ur
can be assured that it gets recycled. This article answers some in the United States. s
common myths about your trash and recycling service.
 When a person has a cardiac arrest, survival depends on
“Did a trash truck just pick up my recycling?” Just like your neighbor immediately getting CPR from someone nearby. Almost 90
can have two Ford F150 pickup trucks, Waste Management uses percent of people who suffer out-of-hospital cardiac arrests die.
two of the same kind of truck to pick up trash and recycling. CPR, especially if performed in the first few minutes of cardiac
Although the trucks look the same, they collect different materials. arrest, can double or triple a person’s chance of survival.
 Course consists of a short video presentation and hands-on
“Why are they taking it to the same facility?” Trash and recycling trucks skill practice using mannequins and an Automatic External
take your material to the nearby White Tank transfer station. A Defibrillator (AED).
transfer station is a mid-way point for trucks that would otherwise
have to drive a very long time to take materials to the landfill or Fire Station Tour. Guided tours of Goodyear fire stations are
recycling facility. Just like you separate your trash and recycling provided free of charge to residents as part of the Fire Department’s
at home, WM keeps trash and recycling separate at the transfer Community Risk Reduction program. To request a tour, please
station. A loader puts three to five trucks-worth of material into complete form located at www.goodyearaz.gov/fire > Community
one semi-truck container. The material is then hauled off to be Education > Station Tour request.
appropriately landfilled or recycled.
Child Passenger Safety Seat Checks. Arizona State law requires
“Where does my recycling go?” Your recycling goes to a Waste that any child under the age of 8 or 4'9" tall must be in a child
Management Material Recovery Facility (MRF) in Surprise restraint when in a vehicle. Remember to keep your children
for processing. The mixed recyclable materials are sorted by a buckled up and away from the airbags in your vehicle. A Certified
complex system of optical sorters, magnets, gravity, mechanical Child Passenger Seat Technician (CPST) will be happy to inspect
screens, and people into individual commodities. That means the and help you install your child safety seat at no cost to you. To
aluminum is sorted with aluminum, cardboard with cardboard. schedule your appointment, please call 623-882-SEAT (7328). A
The materials are baled and sent to manufacturers to be turned technician will return your call within five (5) business days. DO
into new consumer products. NOT stop by the fire station to have your seat inspected. Only
certified CPST can help with the child seat. Firefighters are not
For more information about where your recycling goes, check able to do this while on shift and are not certified technicians.
out www.recycleoftenrecycleright.com. Learn how landfills are
engineered at http://www.wm.com/thinkgreen/pdfs/Anatomy_ For more information on any of the programs listed, contact
of_a_Landfill.pdf. Tanja Tanner, gdyfdcrr@goodyearaz.gov or 623-882-7308.

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