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Chief's Newsletter Clackamas Fire’s Community Newsletter To safely protect and preserve life and property Clackamas Fire District #1 www.clackamasire.com Message from the Chief, Fred Charlton October 2017 Fall is here and Clackamas Fire District #1 is busy focusing on completing a number of major projects, hiring new employees, and supporting those in need throughout our community Inside this issue Chief’s Message………………... 1 Capital construction projects are well underway to include the following: A new Fleet and Logistics Building is currently having concrete being poured for the Board of Directors……………… 2 new foundation and floor. The building is expected to be opened in August 2018. Safety/Public Education……….. 2 The former Oregon City Fire Station 16 has been demolished and construction has Health and Safety…………….... 3 begun on a new community fire station with an anticipated completion date of September 2018. Employee Highlights………….... 4 Final steps are being taken to move firefighters back into the damaged Damascus Fire Men in Business………………... 5 Station 19. The Fire Station suffered an electrical fire in April and repairs are almost Facilities Update……………...... 6 completed to include electrical upgrades, new roof and fire sprinkler system, interior finishes, and paint. Community Outreach…………... 6 Designs are being created for a new Administrative Services building in cooperation What is it?.................................. 6 with Clackamas Community College. The proposed building will be an estimated Clackamas Emergency 18,000 square feet, is anticipated to be completed by mid-2019 and will be built on the 7 Harmony Community Campus. Services Foundation…………… Emergency Management……… 8 Clackamas Fire is hiring – we are currently interviewing entry-level firefighter candidates Upcoming Events………………. 9 and will be filling 15 vacancies in early 2018. Fire Prevention…………..……... 11 The threat of wildfires has diminished, but the effects will last for years. Clackamas Fire Station Activities………………... 12 protected numerous communities by responding to the devastating wildfires across Oregon and Northern California. Operation Santa begins in November to help those in need throughout our community by collecting and distributing new toys and non-perishable food. More information to include community parade routes can be found at www.clackamasfire.com. Hilltop Fire Station 16 Update On Wednesday, October 4, 2017, the Fire District officially broke ground for the new Hilltop Fire Station 16, located at 19340 Molalla Avenue in Oregon City. This construction project is replacing a facility that was built in the early 1970s. A toxic mold issue was discovered in May of 2016, and the Fire District made the decision to close the fire station and replace it with a modern facility that meets current needs. The new facility will be approximately 12,400 square feet, including three double deep apparatus bays. 1 Hilltop Fire Station 16 Update (cont.) It is designed to house eight full time firefighters as well as a full time battalion chief. Design features include energy efficient construction, effective travel paths within the station that lead to the response units, gender neutral crew quarters, bi-fold doors for quicker response, and improved facility security. Construction is slated to be completed in fall 2018. During construction, the crew will temporarily be relocated nearby at Clackamas Community College in temporary structures that will house the current crew and their apparatus. Message from the Board of Directors Presentations: Oregon City Library’s Youth Services Librarian, Barratt Miller, provided a presentation regarding their Summer Reading program. This program included a competition between Oregon City Police Chief Band and Clackamas Fire District’s Chief Charlton. As each child who had signed up for the reading program submitted their reading time, they could place a sticker on the life-sized poster on one of the Chiefs. An update on the 2017 Operation Santa Claus program was presented by Battalion Chief Steve Deters. Neighborhood parades will begin Friday, November 24. More information, parade dates, and parade route maps may be found on the Fire District’s website at: http://www.clackamasfire.com/operation-santa-claus/ beginning November 1. The Board approved the following: Revised Board Policy Manual Surplus generator First Amendment of Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with City of Milwaukie Fee proposal for Hennebery Eddy Architects regarding Administration Building Board Committee assignments were announced: Capital Projects: Don Trotter and Marilyn Wall Clackamas County Coordinating Committee (C-4): Don Trotter EMS/EMS Consortium: Jay Cross and Thomas Joseph Executive Committee: Jim Syring and Marilyn Wall Clackamas Emergency Services Foundation: Don Trotter Legislative: Thomas Joseph and Marilyn Wall Interagency: Thomas Joseph and Jim Syring Volunteer Association Liaison: Jim Syring; Alternate Don Trotter The next board meeting will be Monday, November 20, 2017 at 6:30 pm at the Mt. Scott Fire Station 5 located at 9339 SE Causey Avenue, Happy Valley, Oregon. Safety/Public Education Recipe for Fire-Safe Cooking The holiday season is approaching, which means many of us will be spending more time in the kitchen preparing meals and treats for our families and friends. National statistics show on average a person can expect to experience at least two kitchen fires in his or her lifetime. Clackamas Fire District #1 has some simple tips to ensure fire-safe cooking practices. Never leave cooking unattended! Keep your cooking area clean—Don’t leave flammable items on or near the stove, and ensure the exhaust fan, oven, and stovetop are clean. 2 Safety/Public Education (cont.) Keep handles for pots and pans turned toward the back of the stove. Don’t wear loose sleeves while cooking. Loose clothing can easily catch fire on stove burners. If there is an oven fire, keep the door closed and turn off the oven. If keeping the oven door closed and turning the oven off doesn’t work and the fire gets larger, use a fire extinguisher, and/or get out and call 9-1-1! Of course, one of the most important things you can do to protect your family and home, is to make sure you have working smoke alarms in your home! Make sure you have smoke alarms installed on every level of your home, outside of all sleeping areas, and inside all sleeping areas. Test the alarms once a month to ensure they are still functioning properly. Health and Safety Does ‘Good’ Cholesterol Still Matter? Most everyone is aware that a high level of cholesterol is a risk for heart disease. For years, the thinking has been that there is “bad” cholesterol (LDL cholesterol) and “good” cholesterol (HDL cholesterol). LDL deposits excess cholesterol in your arteries, where it can build up into plaques, increasing the likelihood of heart disease and blood clots. HDL carries surplus cholesterol back to your liver so that it can be excreted. Studies have clearly demonstrated a strong association between low levels of LDL cholesterol and a lower risk of developing heart disease. LDL cholesterol reduction with drugs such as statins has been demonstrated to reduce cardiovascular risk. With respect to HDL cholesterol, the epidemiology supports an association between high levels of HDL cholesterol and lower cardiovascular risk. However, unlike the LDL cholesterol story, recent clinical trials of drugs that specifically raise HDL cholesterol have not been shown to improve cardiovascular outcomes. A paper was recently published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology that shed some light on the answer. This study found that lower HDL cholesterol levels were associated with a higher risk of death from cardiovascular causes, as prior studies have shown. However, there was also a higher risk of death from cancer and other causes compared to those having average levels of HDL cholesterol. That finding makes it seem as though low HDL cholesterol isn’t just predicting cardiovascular death – which might make sense if it is really causing heart disease – but, it is also predicting cancer deaths and other causes of death. There is not a good biological explanation for why a low HDL cholesterol level would do that. The conclusion the authors reached is that low HDL cholesterol isn’t really causing any of these problems such as heart disease or cancer, but rather the underlying cause of the low HDL cholesterol, such as unhealthy lifestyle, is the real driver of worse outcomes. What does all this mean practically? First of all, more research on the relationship between low HDL cholesterol and heart disease is still needed. As researchers work to figure out what these findings mean, physicians are still using HDL levels, in conjunction with LDL and total cholesterol to help predict cardiovascular disease risk. Low HDL levels can be a sign of trouble, and the only meaningful way to raise them is through lifestyle changes. “There is no evidence for a benefit from any HDL-raising drug,” says Steven Nissen, a cardiologist with the Cleveland Clinic. “It’s still important to pay attention to the numbers, but the main focus should be on making healthy choices.” In other words, whether you HDL is low, high, or somewhere in the middle, the prescription for a healthy heart will be the same: Don’t smoke, drink only in moderation, exercise regularly and stay away from the trans-fat (which are found in foods made with partially hydrogenated oils and many fried foods). Everyone agrees with the pursuit of a healthy lifestyle! Sources: www.health.harvard.edu; Consumer Reports, May 27, 2017 3 Employee Highlights Firefighter Brandon Knight I started working for Clackamas fire District #1 June of 2017. I was first exposed to the fire service in high school and from there I knew this would be my career goal. I’ve always enjoyed being part of a team, playing sports, and working with others to accomplish goals. I found that the fire service was very similar to sports.
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