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North Syracuse departments report rising calls, rental‑safety worries, bulk‑brush surge and fraud warnings
Summary
Fire, DPW, parks and police provided updates: the fire department sees rising call volume and supports a rental registry after life‑safety issues in rentals; DPW reported a jump to 37 brush loads in June; parks announced elevator and camp updates; police warned of scams and listed June activity.
Department heads gave operational updates affecting public safety and services.
Fire Chief Stalos said the department responded to more than nine calls on a recent Saturday and may exceed 1,000 calls this year; he highlighted the department's successful bunking program with OCC students (4–5 potential bunking students) and urged that a rental registry be adopted for public‑safety reasons after an inspection of a rental property found multiple life‑safety violations, including lack of smoke detectors and illegal habitation. "It is important for public safety that we have the ability to kinda keep track of rental properties," the chief said, noting recent responses to rental properties with missing smoke and carbon‑monoxide detectors.
DPW representative Gil reported bulk brush collections rose to 37 loads in June compared with about 20 in prior years; crews are trimming trees, repairing storm drains and addressing lawn damage from winter storms.
Parks Director Don Rindell said the elevator project is complete and the pool and summer camps are operating (about 128 children across camps). Police Chief Fieldson warned residents about scams and fraud and listed departmental counts for June (the transcript reports roughly 702 total events for June with a breakdown of property checks, traffic stops and arrests); he invited residents to a free child ID event on July 11.
Chief Stalos framed the rental‑registry conversation as a public‑safety measure, citing recent safety code failures in rental properties the department has inspected.
