City of Mobile Hosts Successful Mardi Gras
Feb 15th, 2018
Recycling:
- Picked up 5,298.8 pounds of recycling and 7,602.6 pounds of litter during and after parades.
- Recycled glass and plastic bottles, cardboard and aluminum cans and pans.
- Collected cooking oil from vendors and transporting it to MAWSS.
- Utilized community service workers to pick up litter and recycling.
- Operated litter vacuum vehicles.
- Provided additional garbage and recycling carts.
Public Works:
- Removed 338,300 pounds of debris to date.
- Installed 150 grates on storm drains to prevent litter from entering waterways.
- Partnered with Mobile Baykeeper to install 15 additional stormwater screens.
- Placed 10,000 barricades downtown during the Carnival Season.
- Cleaned 10 miles of streets following every parade.
Architectural Engineering:
- Provided over 200 portable toilets along the parade route.
- Installed 7,200 linear feet of fencing at a number of downtown City facilities to protect the buildings and landscaping.
Mobile Fire and Rescue:
- Responded to 139 medical assistance calls.
- Transported 39 people to receive medical care.
- Partnered with volunteer medical physicians and volunteer EMT's to treat those injured or ill along the parade route.
- Provided a Fire Company following every parade including nights where there are back to back parades.
- Firemedics provided emergency medical services via walking teams and ambulances stationed along the perimeter.
- EMS Bike Teams, staffed by Fire Medics and Physicians were deployed within the Parade Route.
- Mini-Ambulances dynamically moved in the parade route and along the perimeter.
- Provided a Command Post, Dispatch Center and First Aid at Central Fire Station.
Mobile Police Department:
- Responded to 406 complaints.
- Successfully prevented all nonviolent crimes.
- Reunited 4 children with their parents.
- Mounted Unit assisted with crowd control, crime prevention and response
- Traffic Unit directed traffic and provides security for parked vehicles
- Patrol Units patrolled outside the parade route to ensure safety
- Uniformed officers and a team of plainclothes officers responded to any suspicious activity.
- Cyber-Intelligence Unit monitors cameras within the Mardi Gras parade route and responds to any criminal activity.
GIS:
Created an interactive map of all 6 parade routes to be viewed on the City's Website.
Footage of City efforts during Mardi Gras can be found here.