camas
Citizen emergency classes offered
East County Fire & Rescue is offering Community Emergency Response Team training beginning next month.
The classes will take place from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 14 through March 4, at the Grove Field fire station, 600 N.E. 267th Ave.
Instructors, including local firefighters and paramedics, prepare residents for disasters such as floods, earthquakes and terrorist attacks and train them to help their families and neighbors. Topics include emergency medicine, fire suppression and search-and-rescue operations.
The classes cost $20 and the registration deadline is Jan. 11. Graduates who attend all classes can become certified volunteer emergency workers.
Applicants can register and pay from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Grove Field station or the Mount Norway fire station, 1808 S.E. 352nd Ave., Washougal.
To learn more, call Nancy Hoober at 360-835-7767.
fairgrounds
Boater safety class scheduled Saturday
In 2010 under Washington law, boaters ages 12 to 30 must carry boater education cards when operating a vessel with an engine rated at 15 horsepower or more.
Sheriff’s marine patrol deputies are offering the class required to earn the card from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 505 N.W. 179th St., near the fairgrounds. The class is $10, and is free for boaters younger than 18 accompanied by a parent.
To register, call 360-397-2106 or e-mail todd.baker@clark.wa.gov.
vancouver
Bills earmark money for waterfront, police
Two federal spending bills include earmarks for Vancouver projects, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., announced Wednesday.
More than $1.9 million will go to the city of Vancouver to help create two new rail undercrossings to improve access to the Columbia River waterfront. The money is part of the 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act.
Also coming out of the appropriations act is $500,000 for a new records management system for the Vancouver Police Department.
The system will enhance Vancouver’s crime-tracking ability, help partner with regional law enforcement agencies and allow police to communicate with citizens online. When the current information system was purchased in 1996, Clark County and its cities served a population of 298,000. Today, Clark County has more than 425,000 residents.
Murray is a senior member of the Appropriations Committee.
