Still Fighting for Veteran’s Facility Cheryl Hukill, Klamath County Commissioner’s Message Veterans are the heart and soul of Klamath County. During these tough economic times, the citizens of Klamath County passed a bond to build a Long Term Skilled Nursing Facility in Klamath Falls. Although, we were not awarded the contract, at this time, that bond is still available for a future award. We will see how the November elections regarding the other counties that were awarded the contract, come out. Just know, that we are not done fighting for a facility in Klamath County. We appreciate all of our veterans and service men and women who are now serving to keep us free. Our public meetings and the new TV program called: “This Week in Klamath County,” hosted by Joe Spendolini, are available on the county website: http://www. klamathcounty.org We have worked tediously, to make these available to anyone who would desire to know what is going on with your county government. We also have a month County E-News letter. If you would like to receive your free copy, please follow the directions listed below. To subscribe to Cheryl’s eNewsletter, simply send a blank email to: Klamath-county-government+subscribe@googlegroups.com Once you do, our server will send you a confirmation email (be sure to check your spam folders). Just reply to the confirmation email and you’re done. That’s all there is to it. u
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Crescent Fire and EMS Service Area Includes 140 Square Miles By Kyle Kirchner, Crescent RFPD Fire Chief The Crescent Rural Fire Protection District provides first response to emergencies to the communities of Northern Klamath County, including Crescent, Gilchrist and Crescent Lake. Crescent RFPD is considered an “All-Risk” response organization. We respond to fires and medical calls primarily, but are summoned to all emergencies generally. Our Fire District, where our primary source of funding provides for fire operations, is comprised of 20 square miles consisting of the communities of Crescent, Gilchrist, Jack Pine Village and River Pines Estates (Hackett sub-division). In conjunction with responses to fire emergencies, Crescent RFPD has contractual obligations with Klamath County to provide first response medical aid to the above communities as well as the Crescent Lake communities. Our ambulance service area, or ASA, is comprised of 140 square miles. So we have initial response, treatment and transport responsibilities to the Lane County border to the West, to Michael Rd. and Hwy. 97 to the North, to the Hwy 97 and 58 Junction to the South and as far as ten miles East to Township 24, Range 10E, Section 13. We transport to Saint Charles Medical Center (SCMC) in Bend. There has been a fundamental shift over the past 20 years from the majority of emergencies being fire related to the majority now being medically related. We still need to be prepared for fires because when they occur they are devastating, so fire responses are still our priority. But as was noted, the majority of our emergency responses are now medical in nature, and through the transition, Crescent RFPD has tried to provide those critical services as well. In summary, the ambulance service provided by Crescent RFPD takes the majority of time and resources of the organization. The personnel provided through the [recently acquired SAFER] grant will allow us a two year window to first, resume ALS Medical response to the region and second, research and design a system that will support and maintain the current level of service. For more information about Crescent RFPD visit us at our website at www.crescentrfpd.com. u
Our ambulance service area is comprised of 140 square miles.
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