For the first time in a drill conducted by Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP), the Idyllwild Fire Protection District (IFPD) committed its resources to the simulated event. IFPD Firefighters Bryan Owen, left, and Greg Minor, right, transport an injured resident, portrayed by Betty Anderson, to the fire station where MDP Medical Core Nurse Gigi Kramer immediately checks paperwork prior to treating her. Photos by Cid Castillo Shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) president Veronica Alt announced the start of the 2nd-Annual Shake-Up Earthquake Response Simulation Drill for Idyllwild. Simultaneously, MDP members were activated through emails and the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Services Mountain District radio network. Realistic situations were the norm during the Mountain Disaster Preparedness (MDP) Shake-Up Earthquake Response Simulation Drill, as shown here with Laurel Meskimen, right, portraying a pregnant woman needing medical attention. MDP’s Doris Lombard guides her to the nearest MDP medical team. An Idyllwild resident with a serious eye injury portrayed by actress Betty Anderson receives first aid administered by MDP Medical Director Dr. Dick Goldberg and Dora Dillman, commander of the Disaster Aid Station (DAS) E located at Astrocamp.
At the Fern Valley Water District board meeting, General Manager Steve Erler noted that decreased water pressure cited by some firefighters responding to the Howland fire may have been the result of an older 4-inch line feeding Howland. “Firefighters took water from the hydrants at the dead end at the top of Howland and from…
Kevin Brennan, California Department of Fish and Game wildlife biologist, knows this mountain and its wildlife. Black bears are relatively rare in the San Jacinto range after the construction of Interstate 10. But now there is not just one, but two — the Rite Aid male bear who migrated to Idyllwild from Banning and the…
Caltrans added one more hour in morning to Highway 74 opening Traffic flow on Highway 243 between Franklin Drive and Fire Station 23 (Pine Cove) will be slowed between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. Thursday, May 9. Caltrans will have maintenance crews removing a boulder near Lakeview Dr. Consequently, only one lane will be available…
Idyllwild Fire responded to a workshop fire in Fern Valley at Scenic Drive and Circle Way. Crews were able to get the fire under control before it spread to nearby vegetation. CHP is on scene to control traffic. Town Crier will update this post as information becomes available.
