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2A | WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2021 | SIUSLAW NEWS On The Record Western Lane Ambulance District & Siuslaw Valley Fire: Call Report for Week of Aug. 22-25, 2021 Date & Time Area Type 8/22/21 7:03 Mariners Ln Transport to PHH 8/22/21 8:45 Medical, S Jetty Rd Transport to BAH 8/22/21 9:01 Medical, Hwy 101 Transport to PHH 8/22/21 12:40 9th St Transport to RB 8/22/21 13:33 ATV, Hwy 101 Transport to PHH 8/22/21 13:37 Grand Ave Transport to PHH 8/22/21 18:07 21st St Transport to PHH 8/22/21 19:41 Search, Hwy 101 No Transport 8/22/21 20:28 Medical, Harbor St Transport to PHH 8/22/21 22:20 Medical, Hwy 101 Transport to PHH 8/23/21 1:35 Rhododendron Dr Assist, Public 8/23/21 3:28 Sherwood Lp Transport to PHH 8/23/21 5:28 Prestwick Ct No Transport 8/23/21 7:44 Deadwood Creek Rd Transport to PHH 8/23/21 8:18 Medical, Hwy 126 Transport to PHH 8/23/21 10:36 Med., Munsel Creek Lp Transport to PHH 8/23/21 11:41 Med., Onadoone Ct Transport to PHH 8/23/21 11:46 Seapine Dr Assist, Public 8/23/21 13:42 Hwy 101 Transport to PHH 8/23/21 13:49 Odor, W Park Dr Public Assist 8/23/21 15:05 Medical, Hwy 101 Transport to PHH 8/23/21 15:15 Med., Airport Rd LZ - Florence Airport 8/23/21 16:19 Bay St No Transport Date & Time 8/23/21 16:23 8/23/21 17:06 8/23/21 20:36 8/23/21 21:54 8/23/21 22:32 8/23/21 23:30 8/24/21 1:32 8/24/21 2:22 8/24/21 5:54 8/24/21 7:06 8/24/21 8:51 8/24/21 9:05 8/24/21 11:02 8/24/21 11:23 8/24/21 11:50 8/24/21 14:32 8/24/21 16:33 8/24/21 16:35 8/23/21 16:50 8/24/21 20:53 8/24/21 23:15 8/25/21 6:34 8/25/21 8:02 Area Type 9th St Transport to RB Fire, Hwy 126 Public Assist Hwy 126 Transport to PHH 9th St Transport to RB Medical, Upas St Transport to PHH Smoke, 42nd St Public Assist Redwood Lp Assist, Public Spruce St Transport to PHH Fire, Kingwood St Public Assist 9th St Transport to PHH 9th St Transport to ALF Smoke, Clear Lake Rd Public Assist Lake Shore Dr No Transport Medical, S Jetty Rd Transport to PHH Limpit Ln Assist, Public Medical, Harbor St Transport to PHH 9th St Transport to ALF Rescue, Port of Siuslaw Public Assist Rescue, Darlings Rd Public Assist Medical, Harbor St Transport to PHH 9th St Transport to RB 9th St Transport to RB Clear Lake Rd Transport to PHH WLAD and SVFR release phone poll results Western Lane Ambu- lance District and Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue have released the results of a random phone poll which was conducted the week of June 7, 2021. Potential vot- ers were asked 18 questions to determine their opin- ions on emergency fire and medical services as pro- vided in our area as well as their feelings on a potential merger of the two emergen- cy response districts. “The fantastic support we see every day from our citizens was confirmed in this poll. I want to thank everyone who was contact- ed and took the time to an- swer these important ques- tions,” said Fire and EMS Chief Michael Schick. The questions as asked, along with the final results, are posted on the WLAD and SVFR websites. The poll was undertaken on behalf of the districts by Nelson Research and the Public Affairs Council. Pollsters asked a series of questions to determine how citizens rate the oper- ation and performance of local fire and ambulance services (86% said pretty good or excellent); do they believe they receive a good value for what they pay in property taxes for fire and ambulance services (78% said yes); and their opinion on a potential merger of the two districts (77% favor a merger). When asked if the am- bulance district should consider a private, for-prof- it, agency to provide am- bulances services 79% of those polled disagreed. Interestingly, almost half of the respondents thought the two districts were al- ready combined. Not surprised was WL- FEA Operations Chief Matt House, who said, “We work every day on supporting each other on emergency scenes and our Paramed- ics and Firefighters know they can rely on each other. I think the public sees us working as one team every time we are on a call.” The two local emergen- cy response organizations have been discussing merg- ing into a new district for many years and in 2019 took the first steps towards this goal by combining ad- ministrative offices into the Western Lane Fire and EMS Authority (WLFEA). According to SVFR Di- rector and WLFEA Chair- person Jim Palisi, “The high level of support in the community for our employees and volunteers wasn’t surprising, but the overwhelming support for a merger of the two dis- tricts was nice to see. I ab- solutely think a complete merger is the right path to providing superior emer- gency services and remain cost-effective.” Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue provides an all-haz- ards emergency response to 14,000 people over 98 square miles. Western Lane Ambulance District pro- vides emergency medical service (EMS) to 17,500 people over 564 square miles. Together, the agen- cies include full-time, part- time and volunteer per- sonnel that respond to an average of 3,800 calls per year. On Oct. 1, 2019, the ad- ministrative offices of Siu- slaw Valley Fire/Rescue and Western Lane Ambulance District combined to form Western Lane Fire and EMS Authority. Learn more online at svfr.org, westernlaneambu- lance.com and wlfea.org. 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