Dispatcher Injured During Water Training

A Yuma (Ariz.) Public Safety Communications Center dispatcher was injured on Sunday during fire department training exercises on the Colorado River, when the personal watercraft she was riding came into shallow water. Heather Monreal was thrown from the jet ski while riding as a passenger and suffered back injuries. The firefighter driver leg injuries. Both were treated and released. A fire captain being pulled on a skid as part of a rescue training exercise was more seriously injured and was flown to a hospital. Monreal ” was participating in the training as a part of orientation to Fire Department operations,” city officials said in a press release, and the jet ski was going about 30 mph at the time. The Yuma comm center handles dispatching for both the police and fire departments.