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r <br /> NEAR TREE MISSES <br /> The following is a summery of tree hazards that we consider to be near <br /> tree misses that could have caused either a personal injury /fatality or severe <br /> property damage. It should be noted that all tree hazards have the potential <br /> to cause damage. We have excluded park tree failures and have listed the near <br /> misses that have occurred in the public right of way. There have been <br /> aproximatly 125 near misses that have occurred within the last 5 years. It <br /> must be understood that prior to July of 1992 documentation of tree hazards <br /> was sporadic at best. However, crew members can cite from memory at least 30 <br /> confirmed incidents that could have met the above mentioned criteria during <br /> that period of time. <br /> During the ice storm of February of 1993, 65 incidents could have been <br /> notorious. These 65 incidents comprise 14% of the total number of those <br /> hazards. Prior to that Ice storm the city tree crew had been recording tree <br /> hazards on the "Hazardous Tree Response" form. These forms witch began in <br /> July of 1992 and ran to January of 1993 showed that of the 170 responses city <br /> staff made, 29 were near misses. These 29 near misses comprised roughly 17% <br /> of our totals. Most recently the high winds of December 8,9, and 10 produced <br /> 17 call outs of these 3 could be classified as near misses. These 3 account <br /> for roughly 17% of those call outs. <br /> Listed below are the number of number of tree misses broken into <br /> geographic areas. These areas are divided in the same manner as the cities <br /> leaf pickup schedule. These same areas were used on the emergency action <br /> reports for the snow and ice storm of February 1993. <br /> area number of incidents <br /> AREA 1 NORTH EUGENE 8 <br /> AREA 2 CENTRAL EUGENE 43 <br /> AREA 3 SOUTHEAST EUGENE 40 <br /> AREA 4 SOUTHWEST EUGENE 29 <br /> AREA 5 WEST EUGENE 5 <br /> TOTAL - -- 125 <br />