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2 • T he C lackamas P rint JV ews M arch 10, 2004 Students learn firefighting skills Wildland firefighting classes teach future fire fighters Jadon Triplett T he C lackamas P rint Anyone interested in a career as a firefighter, or perhaps just a well paying summer job, should look into wildland firefighting. “FRP 130 is the introductory course. Any student can take that course who is interested in fire fighting. There are no prerequi sites,” said Thomas Laugle, applied technology department chair. Any student interested in learn ing this skill should know that the class is recognized not only by the state, but nationally as well. The department that supports JADON TRIPLETT C lackamas P rint this class takes pride in the experi Students in the air operations class — FRP 270, offered spring term, get hands on training ence of their instructors. “Joe Crawford, who coordinates by flying this helicopter. In the class, students learn about aircraft used to fight fire. our program, has -over 30 years of will fly in a helicopter that is used Survivor II and Survivor III.” [firefighting] experience,” said for hands on training,” said Laugle. All are -weekend courses. Laugle. Crawford, a retired protec safety, and I can’t This is not a weekly course like Survivor I is a navigational course tion supervisor emphasize that FRP 130, but a weekend seminar that teaches how to use a map com from the enough,” Laugle course taking place on Friday, April pass and the Global Positioning Clackamas District that class, said. “Second, to 30, from 6-10 p.m. and Saturday, System, or GPS. Survivor II . is and Molalla, will be safety is fire behav May 1, from 9-5 p.m. The instruc wilderness survival, Survival III-is they ’ ll learn teaching FRP 130 ior. Those are two tor for the FRP 270 Basic Air Northwest Waters survival and about the air in the spring. big components.” Operations is Neal Laugle (Thomas navigational course.’ All of these Skills taught in Another class Laugle’s son), Oregon Department classes are taught by Thomas craft that is this class include students might be of Forestry Protection Supervisor Laugle. used to fight learning about a interested in is basic fot the Astoria District. “Students who- love' the out Type VI Brush the fire.” air operations, FRP “Neal handles all of our Air doors and need a one-credit class Engine, laying hose, 270, the firefighting Operations courses, which [might be interested] in these cours Thomas Laugle fire ' devices and aircraft survey includes training firefighters to es,” Thomas Laugle said. digging a fire line, course which will become crew members,” said Applied Technology For more information On any in addition to other be offered in the Thomas Laugle. “Three classes of these courses and their avail Department Chair basic skills. spring. that really’ might interest stu ability, check the spring 2004 However, no mat “In that class, dents [are] FRP 243, 244 and course catalogue or- contact ter how much one learns, the most they’ll learn about the aircraft that 245. These are one-credit class Thomas Laugle at ext. 2319. important aspect is not engines or is used to fight the fire, plus they es, and we call them Survivor 1, ASG plans to celebrate Earth Day with barbecue burgers and free trees Karlin Johnson N ews E ditor Earth Day is a day to celebrate and care for the planet and ASG is planning many events for March 17 to recognize the holiday here on campus. As part of the celebration, 160 trees will be given out. “The trees will be for everyone,” said ASG Communication Relations Officer Heather Sundstrom. There will also be à barbecue held on campus. “It will.be a little different than past barbecues,” said Sundstrom. “We’re trying to focus-on the barbe cue being healthier-—we’re going to be using organic vegetables.” Life Science Instructor Bob Misely is planning a cleanup of the native garden located near the Pauling buildings on campus. Plants and shrubs to be planted during the cleanup will all be native to the area. ‘That’s what the native garden is all about,” said Sundstrom. “All of the plants used in it arc native to Oregon.” Students can sign up to help clean and plant plants in the garden as part of the Earth Day celebration. The day will also include musi cal entertainment from “environ mental” band, ENUF, who practice and perform using recycled instru ments. The band will perform at 10:30 a.m. in the Community Center or outside if weather per mits. “They bring other recycled instruments for the audience mem bers too,” said Sundstrom. Along with fun activities, mem bers of ASG want everyone to remember what Earth Day is about “We ask people to think global ly and act globally. We want them to recognize this day,” said Sundstrom. Students wishing to help in the native garden cleanup must contact Sundstrom as soon as possi ble at ext. 2247. ☆ campus . C i I All reports are taken from CCC’s campus safety incident logs. Summaries are edited for clarity, not content. 3-01-04 10:40 a.m. Staff reported finding a controlled substance in a class room. 3-01-04 4:56 p.m. Took information on five stolen laptop computers. 3-03-04 5:50 p.m. Flagged down by a motorist about two sus picious male juveniles on S. Douglas Loop road. 3-03-34 6:00 p.m. Located above men tioned juveniles and observed them for awhile. 3-03-34 6:54 p.m. Received a call from an officer about two white male adults that appeared to be vagrants. PAID ADVERTISEMENT JERRY VERACRUZ . V JL—/ JL X. JL a X—✓ JL X. .. Jt for CLACKAMAS C0UNTY SHERIFF CAMPAIGN RALLY! Official Campaign Kickoff Meet Sgt Jerry VeraCruz, a 23-year veteran of CCSO. 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