Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 30, 2004
JoCo aims
to be ready
for disaster
The magnitude of the
Biscuit Fire of 2002 sub-
jected local government
officials to challenges that
few of them had the train-
ing and experience for,
said Josephine County
Sheriff’s Office (JCSO).
On Tuesday, June 29,
Josephine County commis-
sioners, county department
heads and other local offi-
cials were trained in man-
aging a local disaster re-
sponse.
Experts from the U.S.
Forest Service, Oregon
Dept. of Forestry and Ru-
ral/Metro Fire Dept. intro-
duced the trainees to the
internationally utilized In-
cident Command System
(ICS) and the MultiAgency
Coordination Group
(MAC).
The ICS and MAC are
the accepted standard re-
sponse systems for manag-
ing all types of incidents
and events from wildland
fires and earthquakes to
large public events and
celebrations, said JCSO.
The all-day training
included lectures in the
morning, followed by dis-
aster scenarios in the after-
noon. Training was con-
ducted at the Interagency
Fire Center, 657 Flaming
Road, near the Merlin Air-
port in Grants Pass.
“I think we can all
agree that the Biscuit Fire
was a great learning ex-
perience,” said Sara
Nicholson, Josephine
County emergency man-
ager. “This training helped
identify and educate key
personnel to be part of the
MAC group, and is vital to
ensure a smooth running
Emergency Operations
Center in the event of a
disaster.”
When you talk,
you repeat what you
already know. When
you listen, you often
learn something.
- Jared Sparks -
* * *
Courage is the power to
let go of the familiar.
- Raymond Lindquist -
* * *
Minds are like
parachutes. They only
function when open.
- Thomas Dewar -
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Alcohol = collision vision
Alcohol is involved in
approximately 40 percent
of the traffic collisions in
which someone dies, ac-
cording to Oregon Driver
and Motor Vehicle Ser-
vices (DMV).
“If you drink alcohol,”
said DMV, “even a little,
your changes of being in a
traffic collision are much
greater than if you drank
no alcohol. No one can
TOE-TAPPIN’ - ‘Sequoia’
with Dale Hopper per-
formed for the I.V. Cham-
ber Concerts in the Park
series on Thursday, June
24 in Jubilee Park in
Cave Junction. The pro-
gram for Thursday, July
1 will be Gospel Rock by
‘Common Ground’ from
6:30 to 8 p.m. Those per-
forming were (from left)
Willy Warwick, Hopper,
Debbie
Brinkheroff,
Owen Johnston and Al
Brinkerhoff. About 90
people attended.
Monday, June 14
*10:15 a.m., districtwide
medical standby for Ameri-
can Medical Response.
*2:18 p.m., medical aid,
400 block Raintree Drive.
*2:33 p.m., medical aid,
6000 block Upper Deer Creek
Road.
*2:40 p.m., open burn,
Jubilee Park.
*4:22 p.m., smoke inves-
tigation, 100 block S. Red-
wood Hwy.
Tuesday, June 15
*7:55 p.m., brush fire,
25000 block Redwood Hwy.
*10:16 p.m., medical aid,
36000 block Hwy. 199.
Wednesday, June 16
*7:35 a.m., motor vehicle
accident (MVA), 2500 block
Chapman Creek Road.
*8:42 a.m., medical aid,
9300 block Caves Hwy.
*10:18 a.m., medical aid,
1400 block Rockydale Road.
*2:58 p.m., MVA, 3200
block Lakeshore Drive.
*3:18 p.m., MVA, Red-
wood Hwy. milepost 23.
*5:43 p.m., medical aid,
500 block Schumacher Street.
*6:59 p.m., trash fire, N.
Redwood Hwy./Lister Street.
Thursday, June 17
*8:05 a.m., medical aid,
2200 block Laurel Road.
*8:06 a.m., districtwide
medical standby.
*10:19 a.m., MVA, Red-
wood Hwy. milepost 33.
*2:38 p.m., public aid,
1800 block Laurel Road.
*6:33 p.m., medical aid,
500 block Schumacher Street.
*8:37 p.m., smoke inves-
tigation, W. River Street/
Daisy Hill Road.
*9:06 p.m., medical aid,
500 block Schumacher Street.
Friday, June 18
*10:24 a.m., medical aid,
100 block Iron Way.
*4:55 p.m., medical aid,
300 block Caves Hwy.
*5:44 p.m., medical aid,
17000 block Hwy. 199.
*5:55 p.m., medical aid,
17000 block Hwy. 199.
*7:37 p.m., medical aid,
500 block Schumacher Street.
Saturday, June 19
*8:08 a.m., smoke inves-
tigation, 1000 block Lake-
shore Drive.
*10:28 a.m., medical aid,
24000 block Hwy. 199.
*4:13 p.m., medical aid,
24000 block Hwy. 199.
*4:20 p.m., MVA, Hwy.
199 milepost 21.
*4:55 p.m., open burn,
17000 block Hwy. 199.
*6:34 p.m., structure fire,
600 block Lone Mountain
Road.
*6:41 p.m., medical aid,
8600 block Takilma Road.
*8:33 p.m., medical aid,
Redwood Hwy./Hamilton
Avenue.
*8:44 p.m., medical aid,
Redwood Hwy./Hamilton.
*11:10 p.m., smoke in-
vestigation, 300 block Kirk-
ham Road.
Sunday, June 20
*12:02 a.m., fireworks
complaint, 10000 block Illi-
nois River Road.
*12:58 a.m., medical aid,
100 block S. Hwy. 199.
*1:23 a.m., medical aid,
35000 block Hwy. 199.
*11:18 a.m., medical aid,
1300 block Caves Hwy.
*9:12 p.m., medical aid,
300 block June Drive.
Monday, June 21
*3:18 p.m., districtwide
medical standby.
*9:42 p.m., grass fire,
100 block Hogue Drive.
Tuesday, June 22
*9:22 a.m., districtwide
medical standby.
Wednesday, June 23
*12:16 a.m., illegal open
burn, 400 block Old Stage
Road.
*1:49 a.m., MVA, 25000
block Redwood Hwy.
*12:10 p.m., medical aid,
300 block Caves Hwy.
*3:05 p.m., medical aid,
500 block Schumacher Street.
*4:48 p.m., medical aid,
600 block Fredrick Court.
*5:51 p.m., power line
problems, Takilma Road/
Dick George Road.
Thursday, June 24
*8:38 a.m., districtwide
medical standby.
*10:45 a.m., districtwide
medical standby.
*1:42 p.m., medical aid,
600 block Junction Avenue.
*5:31 p.m., medical aid,
18000 block Hwy. 199.
*9:23 p.m., public aid,
Draper Valley Road.
*10:53 p.m., MVA, 3200
block Holland Loop Road.
drink alcohol and drive
safely – even those who
have been driving for
many years.
“The chance of being
responsible for a fatal col-
lision increases sharply as
your blood alcohol level
rises,” said DMV.
Report intoxicated
drivers anywhere in Ore-
gon by phoning (800)
24DRUNK (243-7865).
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