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10A • January 29, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Meet LADDER 3249 The department’s fl agship vehicle ANDREW TONRY/FOR CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Ladder 3249 extends reach for Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District. By Andrew Tonry For Cannon Beach Gazette There’s a shiny new truck at the ¿ re statiRn ,n -anuary the &annRn %each 5uraO )ire 3rRtec tiRn 'istrict weOcRPeG a custRPEuiOt IRRtORnJ SRunG hun GreGhRrseSRwer 3ierce $r rRw ;T OaGGer intR the Eay &hristeneG ³/aGGer ´ the GeSartPent’s À aJ shiS YehicOe wiOO Ee Rn caOO Ey PiG)eEruary The $755,000 truck was SaiG IRr Ey a ta[ OeYy ,t reSOaces a %eck te OesTuirt %esiGes the ROG %eck’s increasinJ Paintenance cRsts anG insurance cRncerns, /aG Ger ’s SriPary seOOinJ SRint was its 75IRRt e[tenG aEOe OaGGer :ith siJni¿ cantOy increaseG heiJht anG ranJe, &annRn %each ¿ re ¿ Jhters say they can reach the tRS RI any EuiOGinJ in tRwn That wasn’t the case with the ROG truck, which was OiP iteG in its reach, esSeciaOOy criticaO at hRteOs anG OarJer hRPes 2nce yRu were Rut siGe the cROOaSse ]Rne yRu cRuOGn’t reach,´ /ieutenant 6teYen 0RRn saiG ³5areOy sRPeRne wRuOG Ee uS that OaGGer´ The new OaGGer, with PRtRri]eG e[tensiRn, wiGer steSs, JuarG raiOs, eTuiSPent PRunts anG an intercRP, can carry uS tR 750 SRunGs ³This is the shRrtest truck yRu can Jet with a 75IRRt aeriaO,´ 0RRn saiG $s shRrt as it is, /aGGer EareOy ¿ ts unGerneath the statiRn’s Eay GRRrs ,t sTuee]es in Eecause it was EuiOt tR e[actinJ sSeci¿ ca tiRns ³This is custRP aOO the way,´ 0RRn saiG ³:ith the si]e RI Rur streets, we want eG a cRPSact truck with the EiJJest OaGGer we cRuOG Jet´ ³There are thRusanGs uSRn thRusanGs RI RStiRns,´ he cRntinueG ³The sky’s the OiPit <Ru Jet a huJe ERRk RI sSecs ± it has eYerythinJ IrRP the IrRnt winGshieOG tR rear EuPSer´ The ROG truck haG ¿ ttinJs IRr three water hRses /aGGer suSSRrts si[ anG aGGs increaseG OenJth ,t SuPSs uS tR ,500 JaOORns Ser Pin ute, anG has the caSaEiOity tR sSray twR kinGs RI ¿ reretar Gant IRaP /aGGer ePSORys Lawsuit Balzar from Page 1A 5esiGents haYe GeIenGeG the IRr Per chieI anG cRPSOaineG aERut the way %aO]er was treateG Ey ¿ re Gis trict GirectRrs, whR ORckeG hiP Rut RI his RI¿ ce the PRrninJ aIter his GisPissaO *arry 6Pith, a ERarG GirectRr, GescriEeG the ¿ rinJ as ³strictOy Eusiness, nRt SersRnaO,´ anG Rther GirectRrs TuestiRneG %aO]er’s aG PinistratiYe skiOOs 6usan 1euwirth, a &annRn %each resiGent, has ¿ OeG a recaOO SetitiRn tR rePRYe three RI the ERarG’s ¿ Ye GirectRrs 3resiGent 6harRn &OyGe, 6Pith anG /inGa %eck6weeney -iP 6tearns, RI +erPistRn, is serYinJ as interiP ¿ re chieI The ¿ re Gistrict ERarG hRSes tR hire a new chieI Ey -une $ccRrGinJ tR %aO]er’s Oawsuit, ERarG GirectRrs cRnGucteG a SerIRr Pance eYaOuatiRn in the ¿ rst Tuarter RI Oast year that was Yery criticaO RI %aO]er’s wRrk %aO]er cOaiPeG GirectRrs, in Sar ticuOar, chastiseG hiP IRr aOORwinJ his wiIe tR critici]e ERarG GirectRrs Rn sRciaO PeGia anG Rther cRP Pents %aO]er saiG the ERarG set JRaOs IRr hiP tR accRPSOish Ey 1RYeP Eer that were ³iPSRssiEOe tR REtain´ within that tiPe IraPe anG then ³in tentiRnaOOy createG a hRstiOe wRrk enYirRnPent´ EeIRre his ¿ rinJ %aO]er saiG he has ³suIIereG ir reSaraEOe inMury tR his Eusiness anG SersRnaO reSutatiRn, anG wiOO haYe seriRus GiI¿ cuOty ¿ nGinJ suEstitute ePSORyPent, SarticuOarOy in the sPaOO cRastaO cRPPunity in which he resiGes´ ‘A great piece of apparatus’ ANDREW TONRY/FOR CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Interim Chief Jim Stearns, Lt. Steven Moon and Lt. Tom Misner. EriJht, ORwSRwer /(' OiJhts, a PRre PRGern anG rREust cRPPunicatiRns sys teP, increaseG caE si]e anG carryinJ caSacity, enhanceG saIety Ieatures anG an autR Patic transPissiRn ³,t GriYes Oike a GreaP,´ /ieutenant TRP 0isner saiG The YehicOe anG its sSec i¿ catiRns were seOecteG Ey 0isner, 0RRn, aORnJ with Rther YROunteers anG IRrPer )ire &hieI 0ike %aO]er 'e sSite the aOOure RI Iurther RS tiRns, 0isner anG 0RRn say /aGGer cRntains RnOy the essentiaOs ³:e keSt this thinJ as sOiP anG triP as SRssiEOe,´ 0RRn saiG ³:e saYeG as Puch PRney as SRssiEOe 1R IriOOs´ 3asseG Rn were RStiRns Oike cRPSutercRntrROOeG OaG GerGRckinJ anG an RnERarG JeneratRr ,n the case RI the JeneratRr, they aGGeG a Puch cheaSer, hanGheOG PRGeO ,n the case RI the eOectrRnic GRckinJ, it Must seePeG IriY RORus ³:e GRn’t eYen haYe aircRnGitiRninJ Rn this truck,´ 0RRn saiG ³That saYeG $,000´ The 3ierce EranG was chR sen, in Sart, Eecause RI the accessiEiOity RI an authRri]eG serYice center in (uJene ³2ur ROG %eck truck was the Oast RII their Oine EeIRre they went EankruSt,´ 0RRn saiG ³There was nR IactRry suSSRrt´ The GeSartPent’s enJine ± a sPaOOer waterSuPSer withRut a OaGGer ± is aOsR a 3ierce 8SRn GeOiYery, the Panu Iacturer sent a reSresentatiYe IRr tR cRnGuct a Gay RI train inJ )urther instructiRn in OaGGer RSeratiRn wiOO IROORw ³$nytiPe yRu Jet arRunG the OaGGer the huJe risk is SRwer Oines,´ interiP &hieI -iP 6tearns saiG ³,t has tR Ee in their PinGs µ:here are thRse RYerheaG SRwer Oines"’´ The entirety RI the SriPar iOy aOOYROunteer IRrce wiOO eYentuaOOy EecRPe À uent in the new truck’s RSeratiRn ³,n a YROunteer GeSart Pent Oike this eYeryRne has tR knRw aOO the GiIIerent rROes,´ 6tearns saiG ³:e striYe IRr eYeryERGy tR Ee Rn the saPe SaJe, Eecause yRu GRn’t knRw whR is JRinJ tR shRw uS Rn a caOO´ ³,t wiOO Pake Rur MREs eas ier,´ 0RRn saiG ³This heOSs EriGJe the JaS Eetween Ser sRnneO anG caSaEiOities´ ³:e GR want tR thank the cRPPunity IRr the YRte tR Sass this,´ 6tearns aGGeG ³,t’s a Jreat Siece RI aSSa ratus that RuJht tR serYe this cRPPunity IRr the ne[t 5 years Rr sR´ Cannon Beach seeks fi re chief who can do it all June timeline for hire ‘is very doable,’ if board isn’t derailed By Andrew Tonry For Cannon Beach Gazette ,I eYerythinJ JRes accRrGinJ tR SOan, the &annRn %each 5uraO )ire 3rRtectiRn 'istrict %RarG RI 'irec tRrs hRSes tR hire anG instaOO a new )ire &hieI Ey -une The tiPeOine, SrRSRseG at a wRrk sessiRn TuesGay, -an , OeaYes OittOe ParJin IRr errRr ³, think its Yery GRaEOe,´ saiG interiP &hieI -iP 6tearns, whR wiOO OeaG the search ³%ut it’s JRinJ tR Ee a Yery Eusy tiPe in here´ The tiPeOine aOsR suSSRses that an RnJRinJ eIIRrt tR recaOO three ERarG PePEers ² incOuGinJ the ERarG SresiGent ² GRes nRt GeraiO the SrRcess The -une tarJet Gate cRin ciGes with the cRncOusiRn RI 6tea rns’ si[PRnth cRntract 6hRuOG a new chieI IaiO tR PateriaOi]e in that tiPe, 6tearns saiG he wRuOG rePain aYaiOaEOe ³,’P nRt JRnna waOk RII anG OeaYe yRu hiJh anG Gry,´ 6tearns tROG the ERarG This wiOO Ee 6tearn s’ thirG tiPe GirectinJ a chieI’s hir inJ %eIRre retirinJ as a IuOOtiPe chieI in +erPistRn, 6tearns IRunG his re SOacePent $nG in a situatiRn siP iOar tR the Rne in &annRn %each, 6tearns OeG a search in 5RJue 5iY er whiOe actinJ as interiP chieI A little bit of everything ,n JuiGeOines Sut IRrth Ey 6tea rns anG echReG Ey the ERarG, &an ANDREW TONRY/FOR CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protection District Board member Garry Smith, left , and interim Chief Jim Stearns discuss hiring a new fi re chief. nRn %each’s ne[t ¿ re chieI wiOO neeG tR GR a OittOe Eit RI eYerythinJ 6ince arriYinJ in &annRn %each in 1RYePEer, 6tearns caPe uS with a sayinJ tR GescriEe the ¿ re GeSartPent’s PyriaG resSRnsiEiOi ties ³,I yRu can shRRt it, tas e it Rr cuII it, caOO the cRSs,´ 6tearns saiG ³)ire GRes eYerythinJ eOse´ ³0y ¿ rst Gay here, we JRt Gis SatcheG IRr a tree acrRss the hiJh way,´ 6tearns saiG ³:here , cRPe IrRP, , thRuJht , µwhy are we JRinJ Rut Rn a tree"’´ The reasRn TuickOy EecaPe cOear ² iI the ¿ re GeSartPent GiGn’t rePRYe the tree, it PiJht aIIect their aEiOity tR eIIectiYeOy resSRnG tR a caOO in that area The nearOy aOOYROunteer &annRn %each )ire 'eSartPent aOsR assists in wa ter rescues, ePerJency PeGicaO re sSRnses anG PRre %ut the GesireG TuaOi¿ catiRns IRr a new chieI JR weOO EeyRnG his cRPSetence in the ¿ eOG %RarG PePEers saiG they wanteG sRPe Rne whR cRuOG write Jrants, insSire YROunteers, hanGOe a sOate RI aG PinistratiYe Guties, interIace with the cRPPunity anG PRre ³, think in a GeSartPent this si]e yRu neeG eYeryERGy tR Ee resSRnse caSaEOe,´ 6tearns saiG ³:hen the whistOe EORws, we’re aOO ¿ re¿ Jht ers The aGPinistratiRn siGe has tR Ee GRne cRn¿ GentOy anG weOO´ ³:e neeG sRPeERGy whR GRes ERth,´ saiG ERarG 3resiGent 6harRn &OyGe $nRther TuaOi¿ catiRn a sPRRth, reassurinJ Sresence ³3uEOic reOatiRns is JRinJ tR Ee huJe IRr a whiOe,´ 6tearns saiG in a nRG tR the cRntinueG SuEOic IurRr RYer the ¿ rinJ RI SreYiRus &hieI 0ike %aO]er anG the ensuinJ recaOO eIIRrt Filling the post 6tearns anG the ERarG aOsR Gis cusseG GiIIerent ways tR ¿ OO the SRsitiRn 8nGer cRnsiGeratiRn are a IuOOtiPe chieI À uent with aG PinistratiYe wRrk, anG SarttiPe chieI with aGPinistratiYe suSSRrt +RweYer, the ta[ OeYy IunGinJ the chieI’s saOary is RnOy aOORcateG IRr a sinJOe ePSORyee ² the chieI ³TR earPark thRse IRr Must Rne SRsitiRn anG a YehicOe, yRu’Ye kinG RI tieG yRurseOI GRwn,´ 6tea rns tROG the ERarG The OeYy re Pains in SOace untiO 07 6tearns aOsR GiscusseG with the ERarG the uSs anG GRwns RI hirinJ in this SarticuOar ORcaOe ³:e’re JRinJ tR attract a chieI tR a sPaOO GeSartPent Oike this that’s either a ¿ rst tiPe chieI anG usinJ this as a steSSinJ stRne,´ 6tearns saiG ³2r yRu Jet sRPe ERGy Rn the way GRwn that’s wantinJ tR retire Rn the 2reJRn &Rast Eut nRt reaGy tR Tuit wRrk inJ That cRuOG Ee a wRnGerIuO ¿ nG, Eut it’s JRt tR Ee the riJht ¿ nG´ ³, think yRu’re nRt JRinJ tR at tract a PiGcareer SersRn here at that saOary ranJe,´ 6tearns aGGeG The IuOOtiPe saOary RIIereG is in the neiJhERrhRRG RI $70,000, which GResn’t incOuGe an aGGi tiRnaO $5,000tR$0,000 sSent Rn insurance anG Eene¿ ts 6tearns anG the ERarG hRSe tR RI¿ ciaOOy annRunce the RSeninJ )eE 2n this tiPeOine they wiOO aGYertise untiO 0arch 5, anG Ee Jin interYiews in PiG$SriO )rRP his cRnnectiRns with ¿ re GeSartPents thrRuJhRut the state, 6tearns has aOreaGy Eeen TuerieG aERut the RSeninJ ³:e’Ye JRt three YiaEOe canGi Gates aOreaGy interesteG in the SR sitiRn,´ 6tearns saiG ³, think we’OO haYe a whROe ORt PRre´
