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2A – Daily News – Friday, March 5, 2010 THE VOICE OF TEHAMA COUNTY SINCE 1885 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 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 ______________________ Mail: Red Bluff Daily News P.O. 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Bud's 22825 Antelope Blvd. 528-0799 Best BBQ Around Cooked Fresh Daily FAST FRIENDLY SERVICE 2 Weekdays 'till 6pm Saturday 'till 3pm SOUTHERN GOSPEL CONCERT SERIES FREE CONCERT! - Southern Gospel at it's finest - Wonderful for entire family - Invite friends and family The Nelons Sunday, March 7 TH • 6:30 p.m. Love Offering will be taken No Job Too Small Alterations by Dolores Maxwell Specializing in Bridal Located in 815 Walnut St. Red Bluff 529-1474 Tue-Fri. 10am-4pm Community people & events 412 Acres Sold 412 Acres Sold The Tehama County Land Company has sold for A.D. Wilcox 412 acres of Deer Creek land to W.C. Fiddler, the Red Bluff Warehouse man. The land transferred is a portion of the Kraft orchard lying west of the Deer Creek road and south of the creek, about half of the acreage being cleared for alfalfa. ... The whole Kraft holdings on the creek comprised 1,200 acres. Mr. Wilcox will retain all but 412 acres sold to Fiddler. 100 100 years years ago... ago... 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. From the firehouse: It's all about water By DAVE CARR Red Bluff Fire Department Red Bluff Fire Department is audited periodically by the ISO (Insurance Services Office) to determine our ISO rating. The rat- ing system is designed and admin- istered by ISO for all fire depart- ments nationwide and helps set fire insurance premiums. The better the rating, the cheap- er insurance premiums can be. RBFD currently has an ISO rating of 3. An ISO rating of 1 is the highest rating and our rating of 3 is very respectable. There are many things that are evaluated during an ISO audit including staffing levels, training and one of the most impor- tant things is water supply. Our fire engines all carry water. Most carry 750 gallons and that gets us going at a fire but lasts only about seven minutes and by then we need to be connected to a hydrant. Water supply and distribu- tion in Red Bluff is very good and we have around 600 hydrants that our fire and water departments maintain and test each year. Toward the end of March the fire department in conjunction with the water department will begin testing hydrants. Hydrants are flushed and gauges are attached whereby the pressure and gallonage of each hydrant can be determined. At a fire we rely on good hydrant pressure to one of our fire pumps and then the pressure is increased to supply hose streams for firefighters entering the burning structure. We need a minimum of one hun- dred gallons of water per minute to the nozzle to safely and efficiently fight a fire. We also need good pressure to the fire pump so the fire attack lines can be put in service and most of our hydrants hover around 60-90 psi (pounds of pres- sure per square inch) and this is very good! Another factor in water distribution systems is hydrant spacing. Our fire engines carry up to eight hundred feet of large diameter supply hose. We carry five inch supply hose and will stop at a nearby fire hydrant, drop supply hose and then "lay in" to a fire leaving supply hose out on the ground as we drive to the fire. A firefighter will flush the hydrant and then wait for a signal from the engineer (drives and pumps the apparatus). When the engineer has the supply hose con- nected to the fire pump, they will signal the firefighter at the hydrant to turn it on and then we have an unlimited water source. Spacing of hydrants takes care- ful consideration during the con- struction phase of a building and we typically space our hydrants not more than five hundred feet apart mainly because our fire engines only carry eight hundred feet. So, toward the end of March you may see crews out flowing and test- ing hydrants, which often takes four to six weeks to complete. This gives us the opportunity to test the strength of our firefighting water system and identify any potential repair or main- tenance needs. You may see a great deal of water flowing down the gutter and each year we receive calls from people wondering where all the water is coming from. One request we have from you is if you see a hydrant that continues to leak for hours or days, please let us know so we can have it repaired. Also, we request that you help us in keeping vegetation away and keep hydrants unobstructed by bushes or fencing. In the end part of our success in fighting fires relates to a good water supply and unobstructed access to fire hydrants. RBFD responses for Feb. 24 through March 1, 2010: 46 emer- gency medical calls, 1 traffic colli- sion, 1 illegal burning call, 1 car- bon monoxide alarm, 2 flue fires, 1 hazmat, 1 smoke check. As always, I welcome public comment and concerns. Dave Carr is an engineer with the Red Bluff Fire Department. He can be reached at dcarr@rbfd.org or by calling the station at 527- 1126. Retirement celebration Photo Courtesy of Jake Hickok The Red Bluff Fire Department celebrated the retirement of Capt. Vern Raglin on Feb. 27 honoring Raglin for his 26 years of dedication. Raglin, pictured above, admires a plaque with a piercing noozle made by RBFD Engineer Jimmy Heinle. The plaque was presented by Heinle and Red Bluff Volunteer Fire Department President Kevin Turner. Below, Engineers Dave Carr, right, and Mark Moyer, left, square up their debts with their captain. The evening included many pictures and stories shared by friends and family including jokes about how Raglin's cooking always included Worchestshire sauce and leftovers always cost more. Engineer Matt Shobash, vice president of the RBVFD presented Raglin with a gift from everyone, a guided fly- fishing trip. Spring is almost here and with the warmer weather comes the need to water your yard. The Tehama County Resource Conservation District is offering a free workshop, Water-Wise Land- scaping, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, March 13 at the Tehama District Fairground in the Jr. Art Building. The workshop, open to all, is the second in a series of three work- shops on gardening, landscaping and creating defensible space from wildfire around your home. It will include presentations on making your yard water wise, soil type and watering, building up soil, schedul- ing irrigation of your landscape, installing irrigation systems and carbon sequestration . If you live in Tehama County, on the east side of the Sacramento River, ask about a free yard and gar- den Evaluation. Interested parties are asked to RSVP and can receive additional information by calling 527-3013, ext. 3. Water-wise landscape workshop to be held Courtesy photo Participants enjoy creating a no-till garden during the first of three workshops offered by the Tehama County Resource Conservation District at the Tehama District Fairground. The Tri-County Sams Chapter of the Good Sam Club held its Feb. 13 meeting and luncheon at the Cozy Cow Restaurant in Corning due to the campout at Heritage RV Park in Corning being rained out. Fourteen were in attendance. Due to the illness of the Sunshine Lady, Carol Siemens was appointed as the new Sunshine Lady and the Birthday and Anniversary Chair- woman. Sue Young vol- unteered to handle order- ing flowers for Sheila Sol, as Sol is hospitalized at Enloe Medical Center in Chico. Retta Pereira, 2009 Chapter Sweetheart, announced that she has cho- sen Sol as 2010 Chapter Sweetheart. Pereira planned on presenting Sol's crown and gift at the hospital, but Sol passed away the follow- ing Monday. The March 12-14 Campout will be at the Durango RV Park in Red Bluff, with Jack and Bon- nie Love as Trailbosses. The January meeting and luncheon was held at the Pocket Cafe in Corn- ing with 18 members in attendance for the first meeting of the year, with 2009 officers taking over as 2010 officers. Anyone owning a self- contained RV that would like to go on monthly campouts with a great group of people are encouraged to call Vic Dickison at 824-3081 or Richard Sol at 385-1344. Campout rained out • Sparrow Fine Art, at 644 Main St. will be open for the First Friday Art Night from 5-8 p.m. today. • Society of Children's Book Writers and Illus- trators - Topic: "Technically Speakin,."12:30-1:30 p.m., March 21, the Elegant Bean in Cottonwood More information, send an email to jamie@jamieweil.net. Community Clips