Lighing Fires in Southern Oregon

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Police Call Publisher Gene Hughes Dead at 80

NEW License Issued to OREGON, STATE OF FIRE MARSHALL

NEW License Issued to OREGON, STATE OF FIRE MARSHALL

PW WQJD347
OREGON, STATE OF FIRE MARSHALL
[FOR MUTUAL AID BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL AGENCIES.]
07/30/2008 License Issued
1 - OR Statewide
154.2725 FBT 145e 11K2F3E
154.2875 FBT 145e 11K2F3E
155.1675 FB2T 25e 11K2F3E
153.8975 FB2T 25e 11K2F3E
453.025 FB2T 60e 11K2F3E
2 - OR Statewide
150.805 MO 5e 11K2F3E
153.8975 MO 5e 11K2F3E
158.9475 MO 5e 11K2F3E
154.2725 MO 100e 11K2F3E
154.2875 MO 100e 11K2F3E
453.025 MO 25e 11K2F3E
458.025 MO 25e 11K2F3E
155.1675 MO 5e 11K2F3E

The funeral for George W. Holmbeck

The funeral for George W. Holmbeck is led by an antique 1927 fire truck

He became fire prevention officer for city of Grants Pass Fire Dept

TIMOTHY BULLARD/Daily Courier

Parkway Fire Station

Missing Person

MISSING PERSON:
Riley, Margaret DOB: 11-30-15
WFA, 503, 145, Grey waved hair to neckline, Blue eyes

VEHICLE ASSOCIATED:
1988, Chrysler, 4door, tan or blue in color with Oregon license number PAM405

DETAILS:
On July 14, 2008 Grants Pass Department of Public Safety was notified of a missing person from Regina Way in South Grants Pass. The missing person was identified as Ms. Margaret Riley (see attached flyer). A family member who lives out of the area, made the report to Grants Pass Department of Public Safety. Ms. Riley is 92 years old and has difficulty walking without a walking stick.

She drives a 1988 Chrysler 4 door which is tan or blue in color (similar to attached photograph). According to family members it is very unusual for Ms. Riley to be gone this long without making family members aware.

Anyone who is friends with or has had contact with Ms. Riley within the past 30 days is asked to contact the Detectives Division of the Grants Pass Department of Public Safety at 474-6370.

Sneak Peek at Life Flight's New Helicopter

Sneak Peek at Life Flight's New Helicopter, Coming Summer 2008

Slow moving carriage may impact traffic

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Horse Drawn Carriage Rides May Impact Traffic on Saturday
Silver Ridge Outfitters, Inc. To Give Rides at Horizon Village
Posted Date: 5/15/2008

On Saturday, May 17, 2008 from noon-2:00 p.m., Silver Ridge Outfitters, Inc., will be giving horse drawn carriage rides at Horizon Village. The slow moving carriage may impact traffic along its route during that time.

The proposed route is as follows:

* The Staging area is on University Road across from Horizon Village in a parking area
* Left on Hubbard
* Left on Canal Road
* Left on Private Property, owned by Horizon Village
* Left on University Road, returning to staging area

Google Maps Use in San Diego Wildfires

Honor two Medford firefighters who died

04-30-08 Firefighters from around the state converged on downtown Medford Wednesday to honor two Medford firefighters who died in an ATV accident in the Johns Peak area west of Jacksonville. Mail Tribune / Jim Craven

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Southern Oregon Scanner Page Site

Southern Oregon Scanner Page Web Site missing from Google....

http://mholzinger.tripod.com/Pages/Sosp.html

U.S. Forest Service flying drones

The U.S. Forest Service will use flying drones like this one — priced at $50,000 — to track down marijuana growers in remote California woodlands.

OREGON'S LIFE FLIGHT NETWORK TO OPEN TWO NEW BASES

Life Flight Network, LLC is expanding its 30-year presence in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area to the Southern Willamette Valley and Columbia River Gorge to bring life-saving medical helicopter service to all communities within range of its new bases of operation. Life Flight's new bases at the Eugene Airport and The Dalles Airport will increase the availability of emergency medical helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft in those regions - reducing the transport time of critically ill and injured patients to area hospitals. "This is great news for the growing communities in those areas," said Michael Griffiths, Life Flight Network Executive Director. "Additional Life Flight bases at the Eugene Airport and The Dalles Airport will not only greatly enhance access to air ambulance service for the communities surrounding those airports, it will have the added benefit of increasing access to Life Flight helicopters in the Portland-Vancouver metropolitan area. Positioning helicopters in the Gorge and Southern Willamette Valley will increase the availability of Life Flight helicopters currently located in Hillsboro and Aurora. With increasing traffic congestion on our freeways, it is getting even more challenging to get patients where they need to go in the shortest amount of time possible." Physicians, nurses, paramedics and other emergency medical providers throughout the region are excited about this new level of service. Traumatic injuries have commonly been the biggest users of medical helicopters, but as treatment options are expanded for patients suffering heart attacks and strokes Life Flight is seeing a greater need for its aircraft. New treatments for a patient experiencing a heart attack or stroke are often times just as time sensitive as getting a trauma patient into surgery. Life Flight plans on beginning service at both of their new bases by mid June. About Life Flight Network – Life Flight (www.lifeflight.org), a CAMTS certified program, is headquartered in Aurora, Oregon. Life Flight was the first hospital based air ambulance on the West Coast and only the fourth such service in the nation. Celebrating 30-years of continuous service, Life Flight has safely transported over 31,000 patients. Life Flight Critical Care Nurses and Paramedics are trained in the emergency transport of high-risk obstetrical patients as well as critically ill and injured pediatric and adult patients. Life Flight Network is owned and operated by the consortium of Legacy Emanuel Hospital & Health Center, Oregon Health & Sciences University, and Providence Health System. Air Methods Corporation, the largest provider of air ambulance pilots and mechanics in the country, holds operational control of Life Flight's helicopters. Aero Air, LLC, widely known for its fixed-wing air ambulance operations, holds operational control of Life Flight's fixed-wing aircraft.

Life Flight Network Eugene Airport in June.

Emergency medical helicopter service coming to Eugene

Monday, March 17, 2008

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The business of saving lives often involves a race against time.

And beginning this summer, critically ill and injured patients in Lane County will be able to depend on quick responses from emergency medical helicopters stationed around the clock in Eugene.

Springfield officials — who administer the local FireMed ambulance membership program — have signed an agreement with Life Flight Network of Aurora to begin offering emergency air transport from the Eugene Airport in June.

For the past two years, FireMed has contracted with REACH Air Medical of Santa Rosa, Calif. for emergency air service. The main drawback of that arrangement is that REACH’s closest helicopters operate out of Corvallis.

Officials say once Life Flight touches down in Eugene, local response times should be cut by about 15 minutes.

Read more in Tuesday’s Register-Guard.

School Letters Mobilizes Rescue

School Letters misidentified as plane wreck ..

FEMA Grant for Upgrade of GPFire/Rescue Radios

The Grants Pass Department of Public Safety has received a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to upgrade radios for the Fire/Rescue Division. The funding will replace hand-held and mobile radios that are an old mix of manufactures and types. The new radios will be compliant with federal regulations which require public safety agencies to switch to narrow band frequencies by the year 2013. The current radios used by the firefighters are not adaptable to the new standard. Jackson County Fire Agencies as well as the Oregon Department of Forestry in Josephine County have already switched to radios that meet the new standard.

The total cost of the communications grant programs is $123,000.00. The grants will provide $110,700.00 and the Department's matching portion is $12,300.00. This will provide for twenty (20) hand held and seven (7) mobile radios along with a radio repeater that will enhance reception and transmission of emergency radio traffic.

This much needed upgrade will allow firefighter radio transmissions to be clearly heard in all of the city as well as the Urban Growth Area. For years the national fire service has cited poor radio reception as a contributor to numerous fire fatalities and injuries. One feature of the new hand held radios will be a "May Day" button that has a distinctive tone that will notify emergency scene commanders and dispatchers in the event of a firefighter becoming disoriented or trapped. These new radios will meet the needs of the Department as Grants Pass continues to expand its geographical boundaries.

The Aid to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program is administered by the Department of Homeland Security through FEMA and was created a number of years ago by Congress to fund firefighting equipment, health and safety programs and educational programs in fire departments across the nation.

I 5 Opens

140 mile stretch of Interstate 5 Closed

I-5 is closed at Ashland Exit 14 due to blizzard conditions and crashes in northern California. The earliest estimate to re-open is Sunday morning.

NB I-5 is also closed in Redding California. The entire 140 mile stretch of Interstate 5 from Ashland, Or to Redding, CAL is experiencing severe winter weather.

SNOW IN Rogue Valley

Snow hit Rogue Valley look like week of cold .

All Schools are Closed ..... Sunday it Started with Rain then turn to Snow and warm up to 37 f and then Snow then 22F froze and snow ..

MERCY FLIGHTS is flighting mission to Kfalls for transfers to Rogue Valley Medical Center...

ODOT Road and Weather Coding

WEATHER CONDITIONS

1 Clear, No Precipitation
2 Partly Cloudy
3 Overcast
4 Ground Fog
5 Intermittent Showers
6 Rain
7 Snow flurries
8 Snowing Hard and Continuously
9 Severe Weather Alert (Dust Storm - Blowing Snow - White Out - Freezing Rain - High Winds - Falling Trees etc)



ROAD SURFACE CONDITIONS

1 Bare Pavement
2 Spots of Ice
3 Black Ice
4 Standing Water or Flooding on Roadway
5 Slush or Pack Breaking up
6 Packed Snow
7 Intentionally left blank
8 Conditional Closure Chains Required - Traction tires are not sufficient
9 Highway Closed

You might hear a report like this: 12-37 for Santiam Pass - 22-76-2-68-C...The first numbers are the temperature, 22 degs. The second set are the weather then the road conditions, in this case Snow Flurries, Packed Snow. The 3rd number is new snow, the 4th number is roadside snow and the last letter is the current Chain Requirement, in this case Chains or Traction tires required.