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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2016
Drill
BIKE TO SCHOOL DAY BIG SUCCESS
from 1A
The full-scale exercise will
include actors, an active com-
mand center and communica-
tion across police, fire and
other emergency response
radio frequencies.
Florence Police Lt. John
Pitcher said, “We’re going to
test all of our initial response.”
This will include eliminat-
ing the threat, securing the
facility, aiding with care,
transporting injured and alert-
ing the media. Training will
center around Siuslaw Middle
School, but will also include
the elementary and high
schools. Florence Public
Works will guide traffic away
from the area.
“We understand that it’s
going to take everyone to be
prepared for something like
this. It’s key for our public to
know that we’re planning. We
hope an event like this never
happens, but we are preparing
anyway,” Messmer said.
The exercise is being con-
ducted in collaboration with the
City of Florence, Florence
Police Department, Lane
County Sheriff’s Office,
Oregon
State
Police,
Confederated Tribes of the
Coos, Lower Umpqua, and
Siuslaw
Indians
Police
Department, Western Lane
Ambulance, Siuslaw Valley
Fire and Rescue, Siuslaw and
Mapleton school districts,
PeaceHealth Peace Harbor
Medical Center, Life Flight and
REACH Air Medical Services.
“We work together quite a
bit,” Pitcher said. “We back
each other up. This is another
chance to work together and
train.”
PHOTOS BY
JACK DAVIS
WOK UP
WINDOWS
Siuslaw News
Siuslaw Elementary School’s sixth annual Bike to School day on May 27
saw a record 127 kindergarten and elementary school students ride their
bicycles to school. Many parents accompanied the children on bikes.
Rescue
City Club to discuss family history
from 1A
Gagliardi was coming
ashore with one of the two
boys, when he was met by
Santiago, who had just saved
the other boy.
When Gagliardi turned to
go back for the other boy,
Santiago quickly informed
him that the other boy was safe
ashore.
Watchstanders at Coast
Guard Sector North Bend also
received a call about the boys
at 4:25 p.m. from a reporting
source on the beach.
An
MH-65
Dolphin
Helicopter crew from Coast
Guard Air Station North Bend
and two 47-foot Motor Life
Boat crews from Station
Siuslaw River were launched
in response, but both boys had
been safely returned to shore
before they arrived on scene.
Kevin Mittge, adult services
librarian at Siuslaw Public
Library, will discuss the cur-
rent state of genealogy at the
Florence City Club meeting
Friday, June 3, at noon at
Driftwood Shores, 88416 First
Ave. Lunch is available prior
to the meeting at 11:30 a.m.
Mittge will share stories
from his own family research
and local history projects.
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Dana Gagliardi
Sector watchstanders were
informed by 4:45 p.m. that
both boys were returned to
shore and transferred to EMS.
Gagliardi, who is originally
from Haverhill, Mass., enlist-
ed in the Coast Guard at the
end of September 2015, and
reported to Station Siuslaw
River on Dec. 4, 2015.
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