i Record-Courier
THURSDAY, APRIL 21,2016
OTEC Participates
in Mock Emergency
Response Drills
in Baker City
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On June 8,1884, he married Jennie at Weiser which was then
the end of the railroad line. His obituary states, "Together this
young couple entered Upon the arduous and up-hill toil of taming
the wild sagebrush plain and bringing it to a very high state of
productiveness.... He left the farm and moved to Union on June
28,1912, On Aug. 8,1923 his wife and faithful companion for 39
years was called home, and in four months to a day the husband
answered the summons."
The obituary concludes by saying, "Thus another of the pio­
neers of Eastern Oregon has come to the end of the trail. And it
will not be long until these sturdy, hardy men and women of vision
and determination will have passed to their reward, leaving to
their children and posterity the rich heritage of a life well done-a
race well run."
. Rollins was further described as a "good husband, a kind father,
a good neighbor and friend."
The Eastern Oregon Museum's opening day is May 7 from 10
a.m. - 3:30 p.m. according to board member, Mary Rider. The mu­
seum has a large event planned for Monday, May 9 when the
Oregon Historical Society presents Teddy Roosevelt and then
later will have an antique/vintage wedding dress exhibit beginning
June 23. See related press releases and future announcements.
Portraits of Rollins's parents, Dr. Charles R. Rollins and Sybil
Lillie Rollins are also at the Eastern Oregon Museum.
Patti Jester and second cousin Lynn
Perkins with their great grandfa­
ther's tool chest complete with his
tools. Jester donated the tool chest,
tools, and her great grandmother's
trunk to the Eastern Oregon
Museum.
Photo by Lara Petitclerc-Stokes
Mock crash victim, Jeff Anderson (OTEC’s Manager of Loss
Control) debriefs with Baker County’s Emergency Management
team and fire crews from Haines and Medical Springs on Saturday,
April 16.
At right, Patti Jester, great granddaughter of Jennie and George Rollins
looks at portraits of her great great grandparents, Dr. Charles R. Rollins and
Sybil Lillie Rollins at the Eastern Oregon Museum in Haines.
There were more than a few
concerned faces slowing down
and taking a second look back
on Saturday morning as OTEC’s
Manager
of
Loss
Control Jeff Anderson began
building what was to become a
mock automobile accident.
With his pickup truck bumped
up against a power pole and
billowing smoke, Anderson
gingerly draped what looked like
an energized power line across
the top of his rig and said,
“Maybe
next
year
I’ll
suggest we move this off of the
main road so people don’t get
too concerned as they drive
passed.”
The finishing touch for Ander­
son’s crash scene was a red and
white jar. of "I Can’t Believe It’s
Not Blood" that he strategically
poured over his head and onto
his crisp white t-shirt.
“I wore this white shirt special
so it would have maximum im­
pact,” Anderson added.
And that is the whole point of
this safety training - maximum
impact.
This is the twelfth year the
Baker County Emergency Man­
agement team has been per­
forming these exercises. For this
training they had four scenarios
set up across town with true-to-
life, life threatening situations for
emergency crews to train with.
“All crews participating are
going to receive a dispatch call
today and, just as in a genuine
emergency situation, they are
not going to know what they will
find until they arrive,” said Ander­
son.
At the OTEC site, what crews
found was an injured driver in a
truck that had hit a power pole,
appeared to be on fire, with a live
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power line draped across its top.
“When current is flowing from
a downed power line into the
earth, a high-voltage condition is
created,” explains Anderson.
“When faced with this emer­
gency scenario, it is important for
crews to remain a safe distance
away until given the all-clear to
move in. Voltage can be radiat­
ing from the downed line into the
ground. If responders step too
close, electrical .voltage can
come back up through the
ground and electrify the emer­
gency crews trying to save an
accident victim. This is called
‘step potential.’”
“We have been training with
every one of these departments
this past year reviewing the dan­
gers of voltage and ‘step poten­
tial’,” said Anderson. “This is a
little ‘in the field’ test to see what
happens.”
Anderson advises, “If contact
is made with an energized
power line while you are in a ve­
hicle, the best thing to do is to try
and remain calm and .not get .out
unless the vehicle is on fire. If
you must exit because of fire or
other safety reasons, try to jump
completely clear, making sure
that you do not touch the equip­
ment and the ground at the
same time. Land with both feet
together, maintain balance and
shuffle away in small steps to
minimize the path of electric cur­
rent and avoid electrical shock.”
“Providing this opportunity for
training was no small task and
took the coordinated efforts of
multiple emergency response
departments across the county,”
noted Anderson. “Crews will be
scored on their response, reac­
tion and resolution to each sce­
nario and given professional
advice, where needed, to make
the teams stronger when they
truly get called out.”
OTEC offers public safety
training to schools, emergency
response organizations and gov­
ernment agencies. For more in­
formation, contact your local
OTEC office or email Jeff Ander­
son at: janderson@ otecc.com
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