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29 July 2005: Ambulance Sealed Bids Opened: At a special meeting of the EVFD Board, the sealed bids for a new Ambulance where opened, examined and discussed. It was agreed that a closer look needed to be taken at the 2 bids that where submitted, a few questions answered and a few points clarified, so another Special Board meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, 3 August 2005 at 6:30 pm where a final choice will be made.
29 July 2005: Special Board Meeting Tonight At 6:30 pm tonight, A Special Board Meeting will be held to open and examine the sealed bids received on a new Ambulance for EVFD #6. The Public is welcome & encouraged to come.
28 July 2005: Oregon Department of Forestry UPDATE: WASSON FIRE GROWS OVERNIGHT
The Wasson Fire grew to approximately 650 acres last night, making runs through steep, rugged canyons and dense forest. Most of fire activity was on the east and northeast flanks of the fire. Structures and a tiger sanctuary east of the fire are threatened. The Lake Creek Fire Rural Protection District is positioning its engines in those areas.
The Wasson Fire is 50 percent contained. It is unknown when the Wasson Fire will be fully contained. Unfavorable weather conditions are contributing to the fire's continued advances. Today, high temperatures near 100, upcanyon winds in the afternoon hours, and low relative humidity will favor continued advances by the fire.
An Oregon Department of Forestry incident management team, headed by Incident Commander Jim Walker, is taking control of battling the fire this morning. Three hundred firefighters are assigned to the Wasson Fire, and a fire camp is set up at Touvelle State Park.
Fire-fighting aircraft assigned to the Wasson Fire include 8 helicopters and 3 airtankers, the latter of which are staged at Medford Airtanker Base. Engines, crews and fire management personnel and equipment are provided by the Oregon Department of Forestry, Douglas and Coos forest protective associations, the U.S. Forest Service, the Bureau of Land Management, Lake Creek Rural Fire Protection District and several contractors.
The fire started Tuesday afternoon near Milepost 19 on Highway 140, east of White City. The Oregon Department of Transportation and the Oregon State Police are managing traffic on the highway in the fire area. Traffic flow may be slowed or reduced to a single lane at times due to the fire activity adjacent to the highway.
27 July 2005: Site Update: We've been really busy adding information, like our Links Page, and photographs including pictures of our May 2005 spaghetti Feed & some pictures of a few of our "Historic Vehicles". We hope you like them!
26 July 2005: Oregon Department of Forestry UPDATE: HOT WEATHER PROMPTS INCREASED FIRE PRECAUTION LEVELS
Prolonged hot and dry weather throughout southwest Oregon is prompting increased fire restrictions on lands protected by the Oregon Department of Forestry's Southwest Oregon District, based in Central Point. The Industrial Fire Precaution Level (IFPL) climbs to "Level 2" at 12:01 a.m. on Thursday, July 28. The Public Use fire precaution level remains "High" (yellow); however, chain saws, mowers and other power-driven equipment may be used only during early morning and late evening hours.
These restrictions affect state, county, private and Bureau of Land Management lands in Jackson and Josephine counties.
Under IFPL 2, the following restrictions shall be in place as of July 28:
1. Commercial operators on forestlands are required to have fire suppression equipment on site and provide watchman service.
2. The use of fire in any form is prohibited
3. Power saws may not be operated between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., except at loading sites
4. Cable yarding may not take place between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
5. Blasting is disallowed between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
6. Welding or cutting of metal may not take place between 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.
Public fire restrictions:
1. The use of motorized vehicles, motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles, is prohibited except on improved roads.
2. Chain saw use is prohibited between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Chain saw use is permitted at all other hours if the following fire fighting equipment is present with each operating saw: one axe, one shovel, and one operational 8-ounce or larger fire extinguisher. In addition, a fire watch is required at least one hour following the use of each saw.
3. Mowing of dry grass with power driven equipment is prohibited between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., except for the commercial culture and harvest of agricultural crops.
4. Smoking is prohibited while traveling, except in vehicles on improved roads.
5. Open fires to burn debris are prohibited; burn barrels are also disallowed. Campfires, charcoal fires, cooking fires and warming fires are allowed only in designated campgrounds.
6. Cutting, grinding and welding of metal is prohibited, between the hours of 10:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. Cutting, grinding and welding of metal is permitted at all other hours, if conducted in a cleared area and if a water supply is present.
ODF's Southwest Oregon District protects 1.8 million acres of forestland. Fire season was declared on these lands June 27.
Current information about fire restrictions on the Medford and Grants Pass units is also available on the World Wide Web:
ODF Medford Unit: http://oregon.gov/ODF/FIELD/MED/aboutus.shtml.
ODF Grants Pass Unit: http://oregon.gov/ODF/FIELD/GP/aboutus.shtml.
23 July 2005: Site Host Transfer: After over a month and a half of waiting, the evfire.org site has been transferred to a new host server. What this means is that now our webmaster can get busy uploading and completing our new site. We hope you like it!
9 July 2005: 1st Responder Finals: After a nearly impossible written test of 100 questions and a 5 task physical test, firefighters J. Garwood & L. Dugger are the two hardworking volunteers that earned their 1st Responder designation. We Congratulate them both!
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