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SIUSLAW NEWS | SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2019 | 7A SVFR from page 1A Two recruits have mili- tary backgrounds. Yeo was a firefighter in the National guard, while Jeffords was a medic in a war zone. Jones, the youngest re- cruit, came from wildland firefighting, while Naomi Warren (Pete Warren’s wife) is a bodybuilder. The academy was orig- inally scheduled for two- and-a-half months, but due to the small recruit pool, all the lessons were packed into a two-week crunch course. “It was tough, but they prevailed,” Warren told the Siuslaw News. SVFR/WLAD Chief Mi- chael Schick administered the oath, which found the firefighters swearing to pro- tect the citizens and resi- dents of the community and to treat the people they are called to help as if they are a member of their own family. At that point, SVFR Op- eration Chief Jim Dickerson gave the honor of pinning the badges on the new fire- fighters to the family “of these fine candidates that they just gave to me for two weeks straight, every day.” After the firefighters were official, Dickerson offered his congratulations, joking, “You may now be free to celebrate, but don’t celebrate too much, because you’re now on duty.” After the celebration, PeaceHealth Peace Harbor’s Chief Administrative Of- ficer Jason Hawkins gave a progress report on the Mobile Health Unit (MIH), which provides in-home checkups for recently dis- charged patients from Peace Harbor. The program is run by WLAD and the hospi- tal, and funded through the Peace Harbor Medical Cen- The boards were then given an update on the newly created Mental Crisis Response (MCR) program that began op- erating on November 15. Based in part on the CAHOOTS program in Eugene, mental health professionals work with local law enforcement on issues to help out in situations originally just handled by the local po- lice department. “We respond to any COURTESY PHOTO (From left) Jim Yeo, serving the Deadwood/Swisshome kind of mental health district, and SVFR recruits William Jones, Naomi Warren crisis with depression, anxiety, bipolar, and and Andrew Jeffords are sworn in. kind of suicidal ide- ter Foundation. So, if you’re running a pro- ation,” SVFR’s Com- Hawkins explained the gram for $100,000 a year, munity Support Team Co- program, which is now in its you’re saving $500,000 in ordinator Lori Severance second year, is having a tre- health care costs, improving explained. “We also do in- mendous effect. patient experience, keeping terventions after a suicide “The program has exceed- people from being readmit- with families who have ex- ed all of our expectations,” ted, unnecessary ER visits. perienced a suicide. Also Hawkins said. “We estimate Obviously the healthcare we work with drugs and al- for every dollar we spend on industry is very interested cohol, homeless people and this program, we save five… in what we’re doing here and welfare checks.” how it’s working in a rural The MCR team is de- area in particular.” ployed through the Florence Florence Food Share Maxmize Your Impact With A Life Income Plan Ask us about volunteer opportunities. 2190 Spruce Street • P.O.Box 2514 Florence, Oregon 97439 (541) 997-9110 info@fl orencefoodshare.org Volunteer Get involved Donate Habitat for Humanity ReStore processing volunteer needed to help with donation sorting process. For more information contact Floyd at 541-997-5834 In the immediate aftermath of a fire and in the everyday crises of life The Salvation Army is here to serve. 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Olson, Director of Planned Giving The Salvation Army - Serving Western Lane County 8495 SE Monterey Avenue • Happy Valley, OR 97086 E-mail: bill.olson@usw.salvationarmy.org Visit: salwest.org Police Department (FPD) dispatch, both through 911 calls or through FPD’s non-emergency police num- ber. The dispatcher works from a list of criteria to determine whether or not MCR should be deployed, at which point FPD officers and MCR staff will meet at the site of the incident. In its first week, MCR has responded to four calls. The program has funding secured for three years, and is being completely funded by Lane County, which has allowed the program to pay staff, instead of relying on volunteers. “We’re hoping we could maybe attract some more people in and have more responders,” Severance said. “Maybe even double cov- erage at some point, which would be nice. Then the po- lice could just send us calls, and not have to respond to some of these.” Finally, Schick talked about the possibility of cre- ating a drone program for SVFR. “The use of drones around the county has begun to grow rapidly,” he said. “We had a drone up in Washing- ton we used frequently for search and rescue, assess- ment of structure risk, and the police department asked to use it several times for searches.” Schick himself is just com- pleting courses for his own drone license, and is look- ing to drum up support and grants to purchase drones, and find flyers. “We were lucky in Wash- ington, we had a company donate two drones to us,” he said. “We were able to use them over the ocean, look- ing for swimmers. So I think it has a lot of potential, and we already have drone pilots in the community. It would definitely be a community effort.” ACGA3 SN 11/19 ©2019 The Salvation Army Meals on Wheels and Cafe 60 Meals on Wheels are available to people over the age of 60 who cannot get out much due to illness or advanced age and who are not eating properly, regardless of income. Cafe 60 is available for those who prefer to make new friends in a dining room setting. 1570 Kingwood, PO Box 2313, Florence 541-997-5673 laneseniormeals.org J(E(@H--+R@AHRHAR*=A1R0AER(FR:A@1R(FRPAJRAM@RPAJER3A>-RAERM-RM5=:R*:-(@RPAJER1JHH-EFR0AER0E--R Memory Care Respite of Florence Come join the team! Memory Care Respite of Florence is looking for new volunteers to spend time socializing, playing games, listening to music, and having coffee and lunch with our participating senior citizens. Our program depends on volunteer power to stay afl oat and time is running out! 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