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Created: Tuesday, 15 May 2018 08:41
Recently Captain Jarrett Grassl and Firefighter Madison Hampton taught the Community Emergency Response TEAM (CERT) trainees how to use a fire extinguisher.
LOP is sponsoring this training for its residents and staff. The GM, public safety officers, and various other staff as well as concerned residents are attending these sessions.
CERT members are trained to provide basic: search and rescue, medical triage, first aid, and fire suppression. In the aftermath of a large disaster these trained volunteers might well be the first persons to arrive to help their neighbors, perhaps minutes to even hours before professional first responders can make their way to the many people and sites that could be affected.
The CERT motto is, "Doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people."
Kuddos to the leadership of LOP for proactively readying their community for better survival in a disaster scenario. And thanks to our dedicated firefighters in assisting this training. Also, thanks to the County Public Health, OES and High School District staff who have conducted this training.
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Created: Wednesday, 14 February 2018 23:05
Why wildfires have gotten worse and what we can do about it -
Megafires are fires that burn more than 100,000 acres, and they are on the rise in the western United States. They are the direct result of unintentional yet massive changes we've brought to the forests through a century of misguided management.
What steps can we take to avoid further destruction? Forest ecologist Paul Hessburg confronts some tough truths about wildfires and details how we can help restore the natural balance of the landscape.
Take a look at this TED talk on Why Wildfires have goton worse and how we can stop them.
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Created: Wednesday, 15 November 2017 15:45
Safety Education at Local Elementary Schools
The first week of October was Fire Prevention Week and our Firefighters visited the local elementary schools, including Cottage Hill, Forest Lake, Clear Creek and the Montessori school to educate and streess fire safety to the Kindergarden through 2nd grade students. Our guys spoke to about 300 kids in total. Below are some pictures of these educational events.
Thanks to each of the schools' staff and teachers for making our guys so welcome and enabling them to share this important and potentially life saving information with the children. See you all next time!
