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At their monthly Board of Directors meeting, the South Lane County Fire & Rescue District made a unanimous vote in favor of Lane County Measure 20-213.  After several minutes of discussion and comments from all of the Board members present, as well as Fire Chief Dean Creech, the Board decided that the levy is a necessary step in providing safety to Lane County residents.

If voters approve measure 20-213 in the May 21^st election, the measure will fund a minimum of 255 additional jail beds to prevent violent offenders from being released prior to trial and will provide additional counseling, treatment and detention for youth offenders.

May 4, 2013

South Lane County Fire and Rescue responded to two large grass/ wildland fires Saturday. One was quickly contained at 76659 Martin Creek Rd in Cottage Grove. The other fire was near 75200 London Rd, Cottage Grove and was not contained until Saturday evening.

South Lane County Fire and Rescue Board of Directors, at the request of the Fire Chief, authorized the "Remounting" of two of its ambulances. Both ambulances motors were deemed not repairable within ten days of one another. "Remounting" of ambulances saves the Fire District Tax payer's approximately $75,000 per ambulance versus purchasing brand new. "Remounting" involves taking the patient compartment off of the existing ambulance chassis, refurbishing the compartment, and "remounting" the compartment on a new chassis. The process of remounting will take just over sixty days. These ambulances were scheduled for "remounting" later this year, but the process was expedited due to the emergent nature and necessity of having ambulances available.

Although the unexpected failures of these vehicles in such a short time stretched SLCFR's resources, all calls for ambulance service were answered without delay. In response to the ambulance shortage a request was made to the regional fire departments seeking a loaner ambulance. Lane Fire Authority, in Veneta was able to loan SLCFR one of their ambulances while the remounting is completed on the other units.

04/15/2013 @ 9:50 PM

03/06/2013 @ 0920

South Lane County Fire and Rescue crews responded to a motor vehicle accident involving a small sedan upside down in a ditch full of water on I-5 at mile post #170 at 9:20 AM this morning. Upon arrival crews found the single occupant was still in the vehicle. South Lane County Fire and Rescue Paramedics were able to extricate the patient and the female occupant was transported to River Bend Medical center with non-life threating injuries