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The Colestin Rural Fire District can be reached:
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By
phone at: (541) 488-1768
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By Email
here at our website
Our Local Emergency Contact Number is: (541) 488-1768
To access the Regional Emergency Response System: Call
9-1-1
For major emergencies, CALL 9-1-1 FIRST. (The
9-1-1 dispatch operator will relay all relevant information to
us locally, as well as contacting any needed additional back-up
resources.)
Fire Chief and Assistant Chiefs:
| Steve AVGERIS |
CRFD Fire Chief |
Chuck BIEGERT |
Assistant Fire Chief in the upper valley for Colestin |
David LIPKING |
Assistant Fire Chief in Hilt & south valley for Colestin |
CRFD's Board of Directors:
| Pam HAUNSCHILD |
member & grantwriter |
4-year term, from May, 2009 to
May, 2013. Pam is the permanent Board-appointed replacement
for this position as of October, 2011, succeeding Nancy Ames.
Nancy was previously appointed as a temporary replacement for
the 4-year position previously held by Cheri Avgeris, who was
re-elected most recently in May, 2009.
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Alissa LIPKING |
member |
4-year term, from May, 2007 to May, 2011.
Alissa is the Board-appointed permanent replacement for
this position as of November, 2011.
This position was previously held by Tod Davies, who in turn
was Board-appointed in May, 2007, to replace and complete the
term begun May, 2007, of re-elected and subsequently resigned
member Mary Jo Trainor. Tod was re-elected Vice-Chair
by Board vote in Feb. 2011.
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Peggy MOORE |
member & Board Chair |
4-year term, from May, 2009 to May, 2013.
Re-elected most recently in May, 2009. Re-elected
Board Chair by Board vote in Feb. 2011.
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Teri THOMAS |
member & Treasurer |
4-year term, from May, 2007 to May, 2011.
Re-elected May, 2007. Elected Treasurer by Board
vote in Feb. 2011.
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Cindy WARZYN |
member, Board Vice-Chair, & Secretary |
4-year term, from May, 2007 to May, 2011.
Appointed by Board vote in September, 2009, to replace
and complete the term begun May, 2007, of resigned member
Carolyn Brafford. Elected Secretary by Board vote
in Feb. 2011. |
Board Elections:
Board elections for Special Districts, including volunteer fire
districts, are held by Jackson County, Oregon, and normally occur
in spring (March or May) of odd-numbered years.
On May 17th, 2011, three Board positions are up for election
(see above). The filing date for anyone who is interested to file
to run for the Board is in March.
Eligibility criteria for holding a seat on the Fire District's
Board is that one must have a local permanent address within the
district. For further details and forms, and to submit paperwork
and the filing fee (or in lieu of the fee, a petition with at
least ten percent of the number of registered voters in the district
in the last election), contact Jackson County Clerk's Elections
Center office at 1101 W. Main St. Suite #201, Medford, or ph#:
541-774-6148.
Cheri Avgeris retirement & Board resignation:
 Cheri announced her retirement from the Fire District, and thus from
the Board, in January, 2011.
Cheri has served the District as a volunteer in numerous capacities since
the District received its official charter from Jackson County in
August of 1983. Even before this, following the Colestin Fire in August,
1981, she was also instrumental in forming the District with other
neighbors, and getting the first phone services to come into the valley
in 1982. Since 1983 onward, Cheri has served almost continuously on
the Board of Directors; for the past ten-plus years, she has also
served as its elected Treasurer, providing the Board with detailed
monthly financial reports.
Also since the District began, in addition to actively and continuously
participating as a firefighter, Cheri has worked to develop the District's
first responder Emergency Medical Services unit, becoming the Medical
Unit Director for the District as our firefighting and emergency medical
response services have grown and our first responder training has
increased in order to meet an ever-higher standard of care and professionalism.
 Among our emergency medical responders, Cheri has responded to more medical
calls over the years than anyone else in our District. At any time
of day or night, she has been the always-reliable "go-to"
person for emergency medical services here in the valley, selflessly
putting the needs of others before her own, time and time again, often
because, especially in the early years, there wasn't anybody else
with her level of training who was available and able to go, when
the call came in.
Cheri has been an integral member of our District, central to its continued
existence and effective functioning, for almost thirty years. Often
over-worked due to her dedication, and sometimes under-thanked and
taken for granted as "part of the District landscape" after
so many years, she leaves a large crater to fill in that same landscape
now, as we find ourselves compelled to pick up the many responsibilities,
commitments, and functions that she carried and handled for so long.
 Her dedication and presence in our District will be long missed, and for
those of us who had the experience of knowing and working with her,
we will also miss her warm, lively personality, her caring nature,
her integrity of character, and her friendship.
With deep regret, but also with understanding, and sincere appreciation
for all that Cheri has done and given to the District throughout the
past 28-plus years, the Board has accepted her notice of retirement
from the District and resignation from the Board. We all wish her
the best possible future in her well-deserved retirement and life
beyond the District.
Adjunct Personnel:
Betsy BRADSHAW |
Community Education & Outreach (publications
& website management) |
| Lisa BUTTREY |
Fire Plan Committee Chair & Coordinator, Budget Committee
member, & Fuels Reduction Project Local Coordinator |
| Karen DWYER |
Budget Committee member |
Sharron HALVORSON |
Budget Committee Chair, & Fundraising Committee Chair |
You can always contact us:
If you have any questions about the District, our policies, fire
season restrictions, etc., beyond the information presented here
on our website, or if you have any other concerns or inquiries.
If you are new to the Colestin - Mt. Ashland area and would like
to receive our fire season announcements and other occasional
community educational information, please email
us (c/o webmaster@crfd.org) with your name and snail-mail
address.
If you are not new but are not receiving our mailings, please
let us know, and help
us correct our mailing list information.
You are also always welcome to e-mail
the webmaster with website feedback, problems, comments or
inquiries.
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