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2A – Daily News – Friday, May 14, 2010 Community people&events Mario Bros. at SERRF party From the Firehouse: Crash Course By DAVE CARR Red Bluff Fire Department One of the many types of emer- gencies that we respond to is traffic accidents. We respond prepared for emergency medical treatment and also to prevent damage to the envi- ronment and property. Due to industry safety standards that have improved over the years, people often “walk away” from collisions that used to be fatal. Airbags and seat belts have saved many lives. Modern vehicles can have as Courtesy photo Safe Education and Recreation for Rural Families after school program held a family night at Luigi’s Pizza April 21. Families from Berrendos and Vista middle schools attended. SERRF student projects were available for viewing and included photography, creative art and brick building. Visitors were able to view a student created photo-story from the recent Highlight Show. Mario and Luigi, of video-game fame, were on hand to sign autographs and perform sign-dancing in front of the restaurant. Stacey Garrett, SERRF lead facilitator for middle schools thanked the restaurant. Pictured, from left, are Mario, SERRF celebrity; Emily Mitchell, SERRF project liaison; Luigi, SERRF celebrity. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight An item on Thursday’s Pastimes page about the Tehama County Department of Education’s writing con- test contained an incorrect time. The award ceremony is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. Monday at the State Theatre. The Daily News regrets the error. –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quick- ly as possible all errors in fact that have been published in the newspaper. If you feel a factual error has been made in a news story, call the news department at 527-2153. many as 12 airbags installed. Airbags can injure or kill vehicle occupants. To provide crash pro- tection for occupants not wearing seat belts, U.S. airbag designs trig- ger much more forcefully than airbags designed to the internation- al standards used in most other countries. Recent airbag controllers can recognize if a belt is used, and alter the bag deployment parameters accordingly. Injuries such as abrasion of the skin, hearing damage from the extremely loud 165-175 decibel deployment explosion, head injuries, eye damage, and broken nose, fingers, hands or arms can occur as the airbag deploys. Most vehicle airbags are inflated using hot gas generated by a chem- ical process. The hot gas can pose a risk of thermal burns if it comes in contact with the skin during deployment. Burns are most com- mon to the arms, face and chest. These burns are often deep dermal or second-degree burns that take longer to heal and risk scarring. The first thing we do after mak- ing sure the scene is safe for emer- gency responders is check on the condition of the patient and then come up with a plan to extricate them. We use hydraulic cut- ters and hydraulic spreaders along with other forcible entry tools to cut the car away from the patient. Sometimes a light dust has filled up the inside of the pas- senger compartment and people often worry that it is smoke and the vehicle is burning. This is a common misconcep- tion. The airbags are packed with corn starch, French chalk or talcum powder to aid in proper deploy- ment and to keep the bag from sticking to itself or its container. Seat belt pre-tensioners are another safety device. They are spring loaded devices or use com- pressed gas to deploy pulling the seat belt tight against a person a fraction of a second before impact holding the person tight against the seat. When we have to use the “Jaws of Life” to cut a car open all of these safety systems are a concern for us. Undeployed airbags are a particular concern for us and we avoid putting ourselves or patient’s in front of them. There are other points we avoid with our power tools like airbag control boxes and wiring harness- es. We don’t cut into those areas and because all airbags have a backup power supply it is never completely safe around an undeployed airbag. Once the vehicle battery is discon- nected, the airbag may continue to be “live” for up to 30 minutes. Of course, we cannot wait that long to treat patients and extricate them so extreme caution is used to extricate the patient as quickly as possible and get them and ourselves out of harm’s way. After all patients are extricated, treated and transported to the hos- pital we usually clean up oil and other spilled fluids and they are disposed of by the towing compa- ny. After some information and a few pictures we are available for the next emergency. RBFD responses for May 5 through May 10: 32 emergency medical calls, 4 traffic collisions, 1 public service call, 1 rubbish fire, 1 assist police call, 1 vehicle vs. pedestrian, 1 structure fire, 1 illegal burning call, 2 other type calls As always, I welcome public comment and concerns. From the Firehouse runs on Fridays. Dave Carr is an Engineer with the Red Bluff Fire Department. He can be contacted at dcarr@rbfd.org or by calling the station at 527-1126. Berrendos Boosters’basket bidding The Antelope Berrendos Booster Club invites the community to both district schools for its annual Bas- ket Auction. Each classroom at both Antelope Elementary and Berrendos Middle schools chose a theme and students brought in items to go along with their classroom theme. The Booster Club wrapped the baskets and will sell them during each school’s Open House on Tuesday, May 18. 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Helen Wiese Is Guest of Honor At Birthday Party Mrs. Harry B. Wiese entertained about twen- ty-five little folks yesterday afternoon at a birth- day party in honor of her little daughter, Helen, who was seven years old. The afternoon was enjoyably spent in playing games and rejoicing. Delicious refreshments were served by Mrs. Wiese, assisted by Mrs. Alva Dennis and Mrs. T.F. Hudson. — Daily News, May 14, 1920 Antelope Elementary Auction and Open House will run 6-7 p.m. and Berrendos Middle School from 7-8 p.m. The whole community is invited to par- ticipate and tour the stu- dents’ classrooms. The basket auction is a silent auction that raises money for the Antelope Community Scholarship. The group has given more than $15,000 over the last five years to grad- Courtesy photo From left, Kaylee Humphrey, Jaden Humphrey, Jake Benner, Audrey Benner and Claire Miller hold baskets to be auctioned. uating seniors that went through Antelope District schools and have shown academic excellence and strong community involvement. “We are so proud of the many things we offer at Antelope Elementary,” said Heather Igarta, auction chairwoman. “We are just excited to show off the classrooms with all the stu- dents’ hard work displayed and have people donate funds at the basket auction to honor Antelope’s former students.” COMMUNITY CLIPS Round ball car wash A fundraiser car wash will be held noon to 4 p.m. Saturday May 15 at Tom's Glass & Muffler, next to Taco Bell. The fundraiser helps the Tehama Thunder Boy's AAU eighth grade basketball team with the cost of traveling and uniforms. Health Partnership to meet The Tehama County Health Partnership will meet 1- 3 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, at Corning City Hall, 794 Third St. The members will be voting on writing a letter of support for the PATH Federal Emergency Shelter Grant Proposal and the Tehama County Department of Edu- cation EMPOWER grant proposal. Members will also vote on approving Health Part- nership bylaws and procedures and select nominations for officers. They will work on subcommittee work plans for the 2009-2010 fiscal year. Day’s Mini Storage STORAGE RENTALS Get Them While They Last 8160 Highway 99 E, Los Molinos 530-384-2751 $25.00 5 X 10 50 sq ft $40.00 10 X 10 100 sq ft $50.00 10 X 15 150 sq ft $60.00 10 X 20 200 sq ft BLOWOUT MINI Mon.-Fri. 10:30 to 5:30 Sat. 11-3 40 Crafters in 1 Shop! 650 Main St., Red Bluff 530 528-2723 Come & Shop Crafter’s Boutique Or Rent a Space to Sell Your Crafts Gifts for family & friends Wrapping available$1.00 Dr. Andrew PomazalD.O. 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