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2A – Daily News – Friday, September 17, 2010 Community people&events Contest Logo winner From the Firehouse: What’s the buzz? By MICHAEL BACHMEYER Red Bluff Fire Department In 2008, the National Fire Pro- tection Administration (NFPA) conducted a statistical study of the United States fire problem that encompassed the years of 2003 through 2007. This study identified nine major causes of home structure fires: cooking equipment, heating equipment, intentional, electrical distribution and lighting equipment, smoking materials, clothes dryer or washer, candles, exposure to other fire, and playing with heat sources. Like most people, you probably Courtesy photo Katie Parks, a Red Bluff Union High School student, was presented with a $100 check for winning the 2010 tee shirt logo contest. Pictured from left: Marilyn Long, Katie Parks and Mary Christensen, treasurer of the Dairyville Orchard Festival. The 13th annual festival will be on Oct. 16 at Lassen View School. NARFE meeting Monday The Red Bluff NARFE Chapter 1655 of Retired And Active Federal Employees (NARFE) will meet at the Red Bluff Elks Lodge on Monday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This meeting will be followed by a meet- ing of the District Ten President's Council. Speakers at the meeting include Region VIII Vice President Helen Zajac, Executive Vice President of the California Federation of Chapters Dottie Schmidt, Past President of the California Federation H. Ray Harring- ton and Ken Boffin, NARFE-PAC coordinator of the California Federation. Pre registration is required. Cost is $10 each for lunch. Call Karen Baird at 585-2494 for reservations. SECRET WITNESS 529-1268 A program of Tehama County Neighborhood Watch Program, Inc. Setting it straight –––––––– It is the policy of the Daily News to correct as quickly 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. don’t spend the day wondering if the breaker box installed on your house is large enough to properly power your TV’s, microwaves, computers, oven or stove top and central air conditioner units. How- ever, according to the NFPA study, electrical distribution and lighting equipment accounted for 6 percent of nationwide home structure fires during those years surveyed. While this is a small percentage of fire causes, it resulted in 12 percent of fire related deaths and 7 percent of the fire related injuries. A typical wall outlet is installed along an electrical circuit that is usually protected by a 15 amp cir- cuit breaker located in either the main electrical box or sub panel for the home. While there are typically a number of these types of circuits in the home, connecting multiple appliances to any one circuit most certainly strains if not completely overloads the affected breaker caus- ing a trip: a safety shut down. This should be the first indicator to a res- ident that an issue exists. However, at times we happen to see the opposite effect, which in turn leads to the human error asso- ciated with these types of fires. There have been a number of instances we find that people ignore this safety warning by taping the affected circuit breaker in the open position not allowing the breaker to function properly. When the electrical system is pro- tected by fuses rather than breakers we have seen everything from aluminum foil wrapped fuses to penny’s put in place to complete the circuit by overriding the sys- tems safety components. Periodic checks of electrical wiring, outlets, and home appli- ances should be conducted to ensure their operational safety. All electrical wires must be enclosed or encased to protect occupants against not only shock, but to pre- vent the energized electrical wires from coming into contact with another object that could cause sparking. This includes full con- tainment of any junction or electri- cal box locations such as outlets and wall switches by means of the cover plate on the face of the box. Extension cords pose a very real hazard that increases the potential risk of fire in the home. Extension cords can become an issue because they are a weak spot in the line. Many times the extension cord being used is of a size (gauge), which is underrated for the appli- ance that it is powering. This will cause overheating of the extension cord resulting in an increased potential for start- ing a fire. Multi-plug adapters that plug directly into the wall socket con- verting a single duplex outlet into six or more plug-ins increases the potential for overloading electrical circuits. These devices will increase the risk of a fire in the home and should be avoided. However, you can reduce potential risk by utilizing a proper- ly protected power strip equipped with a “transient voltage surge sup- pressor”. As always, please feel free to contact me with any questions or comments. RBFD responses for July 1 – July 7, 2010: 41 Medical Emergen- cies, 3 Traffic Collision, 3 Fires, 8 Public Service Calls, 4 False Alarms, for a total of 59 incidents. From the Firehouse runs on Fri- days. Michael Bachmeyer is the Red Bluff Fire Department Chief. He can be contacted at mbachmeyer@rbfd.org or by calling the station at 527-1126. FFA’s first meeting of the new year By ROSE PETROS The Red Bluff FFA Chapter held their first meeting on Sept. 8. The meeting ran smoothly, although the weather wasn’t as expected. D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 125, NUMBER 257 On the Web: www.redbluffdailynews.com MAIN OFFICE: Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Main Phone (530) 527-2151 Outside area 800-479-6397 545 Diamond Ave. Red Bluff, CA 96080 ______________________ Fax: (530) 527-5774 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. Box 220 Red Bluff, CA 96080 CUSTOMER SERVICE: Subscription & delivery Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. (530) 527-2151 Ext. 125 subscription rates (All prices include all applicable taxes) Monday through Saturday $9.59 four weeks Rural Rate $10.69 four weeks Business & professional rate $2.21 four weeks, Monday-Friday By mail: In Tehama County $12.29 four weeks All others $16.23 four weeks (USPS 458-200) Published Monday through Saturday except Sunday, by California Newspaper Partnership. Home delivery NEWS News Tip Hotline: 527-2153 FAX: (530) 527-9251 E-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com Daytime: Sports: Obituaries: Tours: Ext. 103 Ext. 112 After hours:(530) 527-2153 ______________________ ADVERTISING Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Display: 527-2151 Ext. 122 Classified: 527-2151 Ext. 103 Online (530) 527-2151 Ext. 133 FAX: (530) 527-5774 E-mail: advertise@redbluffdailynews.com SPECIAL PAGES ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS Mondays: Kids Corner Tuesdays: Employment Wednesdays: Business Thursdays: Entertainment Fridays: Select TV Saturdays: Farm, Religion Publisher & Advertising Director: Greg Stevens gstevens@redbluffdailynews.com Editor: Chip Thompson editor@redbluffdailynews.com Sports Editor: Rich Greene sports@redbluffdailynews.com Circulation Manager: Kathy Hogan khogan@redbluffdailynews.com Production Manager: Sandy Valdivia sandy@redbluffdailynews.com POSTMASTER SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: PO BOX 220, RED BLUFF CA 96080 newspaper of general circulation, County of Tehama, Superior Court Decree 9670, May 25, 1955 © 2010 Daily News Postage Paid Periodicals The Red Bluff Daily News is an adjudicated daily 90 years ago... Road boosters to get started on Susanville trip The good road boosters from the local Chamber of Commerce left this city bound for Susanville for tomorrow’s meeting, stopping in Chester tonight. Those leaving were Mayor C.L. Strong, Supervisors W.H. Samson, A. Schafer, Alex McCullogh, T.A. Spencer; Asst. County Surveyor Charles Luning; G.G. Stice, O.C. Combs, M.W. Duncan, W.H. Fisher, John G. Miller, L.L. McCoy, E.F. Lennon, G.H. Flournoy, R.M. Norveil and George Wahl. -Daily News, Sept. 17, 1920 In previous years, the meeting was out doors, but due to the stormy weather, it was moved into the Ag welding shop. There was a huge turnout. Both FFA members and their parents enjoyed a barbecued dinner served by the FFA Officers. The Red Bluff FFA would like to invite eighth graders inter- ested in Ag to the next meeting at 7 p.m., Oct. 20, at Red Bluff High School’s Ag Depart- ment. Courtesy photo FFA Officers Rose Petros, John Garrison and Wyatt Tausch serve dinner during their first meeting. The following are the upcoming events in which Red Bluff High School partici- (530) 527-2151 RSVP seeks volunteers Ext. 109 pates: Sept. 23-26 Tehama District Fair, Oct. 4 Greenhand Conference, Oct. 16 Dairyville Orchard Festival and Oct. 19 Farm City Day for fourth graders. COMMUNITY CLIPS Saving Li'l Smokey authors Golden Umbrella’s Retired & Senior Volunteer Pro- gram (RSVP) invites volunteers 55 and older to join in one of the agency’s many volunteer opportunities. Volunteer positions include: Tehama County Dis- trict Attorney’s Victim Witness Program – office posi- tions; Alternatives to Violence – office positions; Tehama County Gleaners Food Bank – facility and field posi- tions; and Sacramento Discovery Center – office posi- tions. More than 20 volunteer positions at various organi- zations are available. Individuals interested in donat- ing their time and experience should register by call- ing Patti Anglin, volunteer support specialist, at 528- 4240. Meet the authors of the book “Saving Li'l Smokey” 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at the Turtle Bay Visitor Center. The book details the rescue of a tiny, orphaned black bear cub. The eight-pound cub was separated from his mother during the historic 2008 lightning triggered forest fires in Northern California. The story is based on firefighter Adam Deem's first-hand account of the amazing encounter and it's aftermath. Illustrator of the book, Ryan Lamb, will be on hand. Presentation is at 1 p.m. with book signing to follow. Free event, with books available for purchase. A Clean, Reliable, Trustworthy, Chimney Company... Possible? ”Their tarps are always clean and my home is always clean afterward. 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