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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1960)
Disaster Car Provides Mobile Office For Emergency, Life -Saving Projects While Suburban Fire Depart meut memlers are rightfully proud of their standard equip ment, and the fire station, most members consider their socially-' equipped baby." And they have a good reason for their attitude. Conversion of a former -passenger Greyhound bus truck to the completely-equipped disaster car has been a lire department Between the kitchen and the ra-lRescue Unit and volunteer fiie-iand the car is large oiintip.lt to ac-lmen's ball. All cabinet work and dio control desk are located the men worked to bring out the vie- commodate a large staff of pcr-'l;,'"''nW and hardware anil equip cabinets for storage of items, tints, and the car was used as a sons Intent were donated bv member such as medical supplies, rescue Harming station, and information equipment, firemen's gear a n d center. disaster unit thcirlotlter items. Service as a headmiarlers fol- An emergency operating table. 'lowing the .Southern Pacific liail- having a dual resuscitator, initi ator and aspirator below it, if localed at one side. The car is especially wired for the. proper lighting throughout and generates electricity from its own portable Particularly noteworthy, and project first and last. The11011 generator plant, located project did not cost the taxpay ers or the residents of the dis trict a cent. The disaster car is especially designed for every type of emer gency with which modern life saving workers may have to deal. The vehicle will also serve as a mobile base for first aid. res cue and salvage work at the! scene of. any major disaster that might occur. It can also serve as a mobile civil defence head quarters. The unit's equipment ranges from the radio control desk in the rear to a complete field in one of the three large storage compartments at the bottom of the car. A tank carries 150 gal lons of gasoline for the genera tor. The car has a two-way radio hooked to civil defense and mutu al aid fire department and the sheriff's office. The car lias been used in sev way tram wreck at Crescent. Again, the car was the center of activity and dispatch. Use as a warming station rnd information center during thep , Car-Ad-Co plant, Payless Drug and McCollum Lumber Company fires. Most recent use of the car came with the Cove Point fire. The car was used for tw:o days as a headquarters and field kitch en for fire fighters and supporters of the department. Cmt m.,1 nil f..l- - ,l l lli.i mm. I source of pride to the department !(.omes (nm (um,s , ,,w Vi(Um. is the fact that the car was lt.elSt am n0 t;lx mmwy s equipped and made ready at no in its operation, cost to taxpayers. It was pur-1 The public is invited and en chased and equipped Ihrouglrcouragcd to insiect the station funds raised by the annual fiiv- and the disaster unit. HERALD AND NEWS, KUnilth Falls, Ore. Sun., Dec. I. Drugs May Alter Skin WASHINGTON I API A Wash, the white patients acquired a ington skin specialist said today, deep tan. that certain individual Negroes: Slu;l,. saii die abnormal skin who have abnormally ligiiu'nlcdi,.,,,,,iiij , imii, ,..,,.,. :s ),. lite disaster unit is registered skin containing white blotches can ;ls vitili-o"" :uu1 results from an under Civil Defense, and in casejbc given "quite natural" all-while! jnaljjty of 01U. 0f the body's basic of an attack, or natural disaster. skin by means of drug treatment. !.lnmo .,(.,,1 caled tvrosin to be IIia xir uill lui ll... riid imU I.. Ilr l(,,k..,l KI.aI. ,.f f-.u., J ' .' " . . . . ' . ...... v... ..... ... ...v ...... . . ......... ...u.mi ui v.u.i,v ..,,,-1,. miivii-iii mm mi .-mm ..-..! nmn..n..,.n. Pii.,..i;nn.. c.:.-.r.n ....II i I .....: t.... i'..:. :.. ... u I ' ' 3 ciill fluivv lull lO MIUIl lOVUMOIl Ul'Sltll.llCU ivll Villi II Jl I I 1mm( n-u jif m... it was completed. These include: A run to the Williamson Riter to assist in the recovery of the body of William Kuykendall. Service as a headquarters at the foot of Miller Hill following kitchen just behind tiie squad's the crash of an Army C-45 air by civil defense officials. It wilt! had some degree of success in '16 be used as a headquarters tojof 300 cases treated with that aim direct evacuation of the area.iover the past 10 years, and in should that become necessary. most of the 16 the natural "all The self-sustaining power unit, while, appearance has been and all of the two-way radio equipment call be operated indef- seating compartment in the front. 'plane. Klamath Air Search and milely from any remote area the chemical which norniallv pro duces pigmentation of skin. Cause of this body chemistry abnormality is unknown. he said. y ferf- i 0g00 lid! IP achieved He stressed that the technique offers no possibility of convert mi; norma Negro skin Into while, except for a very temporary pe riod. In a report to the American Medical Association's annual din-L icyl meeting, amplified in an in terview, the doctor said ho and his associates have also treated some 200 white people for the same abnormal skin condition which is manifested hv "a bizarre POETS CORNER MT. SHASTA Towering high in the distance Nature formed this grand creation For us many, many years ago.' As you travel near Ml. Shasta lteaiitiful. is your first thought. II cl-.Mllv- .I,.M., ,W n UMmIIm.iI pattern of brown skin with whitish . ,,i,i ',,,,.,. ,,.,...,,,,1,1 mini iu-.-. In the cases of white people. however, the skin was repigment- ..,1 .-.,1 f ,1,. ..,1,., I .... ; .......... ... .....t,....,.,.,., ... .., ..,i,. the case of the Negroes so that ., . ' . , t Yet when looking at Mt. Shasta A mountain centuries old. Cow. milk, in its natural stale. 'We see beauty made by nature is about 87 per cent water, 4.1) Which man's hands cannol unfold. Man's creations may be tall I. ike buildings made of steel. MILK'S CONTKNT per cent sugar, 4 per cent fat .135 per cent prolein and .75 per cent ash. Jennie I tiarlcs, 1749 Menlo Way, Klamath Falls, Ore. ,V - If x " t if t .y ft PRIDE AND JOY of the Suburban Fire Department is the disaster ear. A converted 37 -passenger greyhound bus, the disaster car contains facilities for almost any type of emergency. The top photo shows the field kitchen (foreground! facilities, the oper ating table and emergency first-aid station (center), and in the background the two way radio equipment. In the storage cabinets are first-aid dressings, resuscitator, inhalator and respirator equipment and other items used in life-saving techniques. The bottom photo shows the huge storage compartments under the body of the car. In this compartment is stored the portabb generator plant which makes the disaster ear self-sustaining in remote areas where conventibnal electric power is not available. 9th and Pine Phone TU 4-3188 mineral treated Wool Insulation Resists fire and moisture. Will not settle, or conduct electricity. BLOWN IN FOR ONLY sq. ft. trra vMinn ram? ;Trt wj
