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2A – Daily News – Friday, January 14, 2011 Community people&events Herrera benefit Sunday Friends of Rogelio Herrera, the man who was killed in a Nov. 14 Highway 99 accident along with his girlfriend and her son, will host a benefit dance Sunday in the auditorium at Tehama District Fairground. The dance will feature three Spanish bands, Renovacion IV, Grupo Ladino and Grupo Jal- isiense. It will go 4-10 p.m. and will cost $10 each at the door, with children younger than 12 free. The dance will be a no-alcohol event. The bands have donated their time and Liberty Tax Services has donated a free tax preparation to be raffled off. Funds raised from the event will go to the families of the victims, including the 6-year- old boy who survived the accident. Donations of raffle items or cash are being accepted. For information in English or Spanish, call Aubrey Santillan at 410-1177 or Franklin Gon- zalez at 838-0962. Viticulture meeting set The Shasta-Cascade Viticulture Association will hold it's Annual General Membership Meeting from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, at the Lazy K Ranch, 12347 Fern Road, in Whitmore. Members and non-members are encouraged to attend. The Association will hold an election for Board members, review the 2011 calendar of events, and provide an update on AVA for- mulation plans. A nominal charge of $10 will be collected at the door. For reservations or more information call Greg Butler at 226-9021 or send an e-mail to: kgbutler@aol.com. 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. Return of the Corner Hello Red Bluff. My name is Josi- ah Ferrin and I am employed as a police officer for the Red Bluff Police Department. Many of you reading this previously enjoyed the Cop’s Corner feature written by Officer Gene Ran- dall and may have noticed its absence for the past few months. I have been offered the opportunity to pick up where Officer Randall left off with Cop’s Corner and I am excited about getting things started up again. I wanted to take this opportunity to briefly introduce myself. I have been working for the Red Bluff Police Department as a police officer for just over six years and am assigned as an Acting Sergeant on patrol. I have held a variety of assignments in my time with RBPD including Field Training Officer, Arrest and Control Instructor, SWAT Operator, Detective and Honor Guard Member. I am originally from Tehama Coun- ty, but have lived in various parts of California and even out of state at times. I am happy to be back in Tehama County with my family and consider Red Bluff home. I enjoy serv- ing the community in which I live and am dedicated to pro- viding service with integrity, just like everyone else at RBPD. My goal with Cop’s Cor- ner is to provide relevant information to the communi- ty in areas related to law enforcement, crime preven- tion and community problem solving. I specifically would like to hear from all of you, the members of this commu- nity, who are interested in learning more about the law and what you can do to com- bat crime in your neighbor- hood. If there is a topic you Josiah Ferrin Cop’s Corner would like covered in an upcoming Cop’s Corner arti- cle you can submit a request to me via my e-mail address jferrin@rbpd.org or if you prefer, you may send a letter addressed to Red Bluff Police/Cop’s Corner, 555 Washington St., Red Bluff, CA 96080. Also, feel free to leave a note with your question for me at the front counter of the Police Department. I look forward to fielding all your ques- tions and hope to hear from you soon. My next article will be about preventing residential burglaries. I’ll conclude this week’s article with a quick safety tip. There has been a recent increase in daylight thefts from vehicles during the past few weeks as the Hol- idays have gone by, so remember not to store valuable items inside your vehicle where they are eas- ily visible to passersby. Place valuables in the trunk, under the seat, or better yet take them with you when you leave your vehicle unattended. Josiah Ferrin is an acting sergeant with the Red Bluff Police Department. What does the Fire Department do? By MICHAEL BACHMEYER The main functions of the Red Bluff Fire Department (RBFD) are to provide our community with the most effective and efficient service possible in the areas of: fire prevention includ- ing education, engineering, and enforcement; emergency responses to fires; first response to hazardous mate- rials incidents; and to provide basic level “first responder” management of numerous types of all risk situations. These all risk assign- ments require additional specialized training and equipment to maintain personnel safety and assure successful completion of our objectives. These emergency D NEWSAILY HOW TO REACH US RED BLUFF TEHAMACOUNTY THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 VOLUME 126, NUMBER 46 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. 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Mrs. Walbridge Passes Away Mrs. Martha Walbridge, widow of E.B. Walbridge, who owned and conducted Tuscan Springs in Tehama county for several years, died yesterday in Sacramento at the age of 56 years. Mrs. Walbridge leaves a sister, Mrs. Flora Hill of Sacramento and a brother A. S. Dennis of Red Bluff. — Daily News, Jan. 14, 1921 medical services. To accomplish these service goals, RBFD is divided into three divisions: fire prevention, training, and opera- tions. Today I am going to discuss the operations division of RBFD. As our organization’s name implies, we respond to and extinguish hostile fires of all types and nature within the City of Red Bluff, and in some cases throughout the State. This is accomplished through the use of cooperative automatic and mutual aid agreements with both neighboring local jurisdictions (Tehama County Fire) and the State agencies (Cal-Fire and Cal-EMA). Not only have these agreements provided an avenue for requesting support through the use of fully trained operational personnel, but they have even provided equipment such as the Cal-EMA fire engine that can be utilized by City personnel dur- ing emergencies. The fire service in the last several years has transitioned from an organi- zation that’s sole existence is the response to hostile fires. Today’s fire service is comprised of organizations that are responsible for the emergency emergencies include: Hazardous Materials Incidents, Technical Rescue emergencies such as Swift Water Rescue, Confined Space Res- cue, Trench Rescue, and Rope Rescue incidents. While not every member of the department is an expert on every specialized subject, every member is required to be trained to a minimum awareness or operational level in these specialized areas of the fire service. It is also the responsibility of the RBFD to provide Basic Life Support (BLS) emergency medical care to the citizens of our community. With the recent changes in staffing levels, shift scheduling and dispatch services, fire personnel normally arrive prior to other responders (ambulance) to begin emergency medical care. On average, medically related responses account for 78% of all RBFD requests for ser- vice. To maintain a standard level of care, all line personnel are trained and certified as Emergency Medical Tech- nician-1 (EMT), with additional defib- rillation certification. It is the goal of RBFD to have a fire unit on the scene of an emergency incident in less than four (4) minutes Horse haven benefit Safe Haven Horse Rescue, 3950 W. Anderson Drive in Cottonwood, is holding its Whinny and Wine Benefit 6-9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 26 at Win River Casino in Redding. All proceeds from the event go to help the 60-plus res- 90% of the time. This is an important goal due to the rapid nature in which a fire will grow, as well as the potential for irreversible brain damage in patients who are without oxygen for longer than four (4) to six (6) minutes. This goal is accomplished through the current response practice of dividing the department’s daily staffing (four (4) on-duty personnel) between two response appara- tus. This practice allows our per- sonnel to mitigate simultaneous inci- dents; essentially operating as if the City had two staffed fire sta- tions. However, as the City grows out from the center of town and traffic congestion increases, there will be a critical need for additional fire stations to maintain this response time goal. As always, please feel free to con- tact me with any questions or com- ments. RBFD responses for January 1 – January 13, 2011: 83 Medical Emer- gencies, 2 Fires, 5 Traffic Collision/Rescue, 11 Public Service Calls, 4 Dispatched & Cancelled, for a total of 105 incidents. From the Firehouse runs on Fridays. 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. COMMUNITY CLIPS cued horses, two of which are Secretariat descendents, at Safe Haven Rescue. For more information call 347-4941. Health Partnership meeting The Tehama County Health Partnership will meet at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 18, at Corning City Council Cham- bers, 794 Third St. The members will continue to work on their subcom- mittee workplans for the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Everyone in the community is invited to attend. For more information call 527-6824 or send an e-mail to jacob- sonm@tcha.net. Judge to visit ACLU Judge Alex Kozinski, the chief judge of the Ninth Cir- cuit Court of Appeals, will be the guest speaker at the annu- al meeting of the Shasta-Tehama-Trinity County Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The event will be 1-3:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 6 at the Sequoia Middle School Auditorium on Sequoia Street in Redding. A question and answer session will follow Judge Kozin- ski’s speech. The Ninth Circuit has been at the forefront of a number of key legal decisions and a decision regarding California’s Proposition 8 is expected later this year. The court has also set legal precedents in the area of immigra- tion law and prisoner rights. Seating is limited. For more information about the ACLU’s annual meeting, contact Don Yost at 241-8421. Come and experience a taste of Korean culture as First Southern Baptist Church of Red Bluff, 585 Kimball Rd. will be hosting a youth choir from South Korea Sunday, January 16, 2011 @ 11am 40 minute performance in English and Korean.