PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A person who jumped from the bridge area at Moulton Falls was seriously injured and rushed to the hospital after a dramatic rescue Sunday afternoon, Clark County officials said.

The incident — the second similar incident at the spot within a week — unfolded just before 5 p.m. Bystanders were already providing some help to the male while he was still in the water along the rocks under the Moulton Falls bridge. Firefighters from both Clark County districts 10 and 13 arrived to help, which included launching a 10-foot inflatable raft to aid in the rescue.

Firefighters and paramedics maneuvered the raft to where he was, stabilized him and got him secured on the raft to get out of the water, officials said.

https://www.koin.com/local/clark-county/moulton-falls-bridge-jumper-saved-in-dramatic-rescue/

A brand new station for North Country EMS in Fargher Lake is better serving staff and the small community as a focal point along state Route 503.

For over 20 years, North Country EMS staff resided in a double-wide manufactured home and housed their units in a carport for Station 52 in Fargher Lake. The public ambulance company received grant funding from Clark County commissioners to the tune of $250,000, an America Rescue Plan Act grant of $2.75 million, and the rest of the over-$6 million station was provided from North Country EMS’s capital funds.

https://thereflector.com/stories/north-country-ems-fargher-lake-station-a-community-center-point,346253?

https://www.kptv.com/video/2024/04/05/volunteers-recover-mans-body-mount-st-helens-crater/

After a long year of construction, the new NCEMS Station 52 is open in Fargher Lake. Construction began in November of 2022 and crews moved into the station on December 8th, 2024.

Visit here for more photos of the project.

"We soon heard voices calling out for us and two very friendly EMTs from the North Country EMS Rescue Unit arrived. They performed a complete medical assessment, stabilized my injured leg, and relayed further detail to the SAR team via radio.

About 20 minutes later, a crew of six members from The Volcano Rescue Team arrived, carrying more emergency supplies, rescue equipment, and a single-wheel basket. They quickly loaded me up, made sure I was secure and feeling okay, and proceeded to wheel, carry, and pull me out of the forest over two miles of single-track to the staging area, where the Sheriff was directing from.

They transported us back to our car at the trailhead, which was a little over ten miles south of where they took me out. It was confirmed the next day that I fractured my fibula and tore both lateral ligaments."

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https://www.acrartex.com/survivor-stories/plb-backpacker-hard-fall-injured-forest-resqlink-acr/

Clark County Fire District No. 13 Division Chief Chuck Andrus, right, along with crews from North Country EMS, Clark County Fire District No. 13 and Clark County Fire District No. 10, presented four Citizen Life Saving Awards to (right to left) Michelle Brannan, Eric Hemphill, Jeb Uskoski (not pictured) and Levi Falander (not pictured) at the Clark County Fire District #13 and North Country EMS Health and Safety Fair, Saturday, July 29.

https://www.thereflector.com/stories/first-responders-honor-residents-for-courageous-rescue

https://www.kptv.com/2023/07/29/climber-rescued-mt-saint-helens/

MT. SAINT HELENS, Wash. (KPTV) - An injured climber was rescued from Mt. Saint Helens on Wednesday, according to the Volcano Rescue Team.

At around 6:15 p.m., the Volcano Rescue Team was called to help with a climber on the summer route on the mountain who’d been injured.

The climber was found around 7,600 feet in elevation with a leg injury that prevented them from walking. Team members started warming the patient and splinted the leg for transport.

A helicopter crew from naval air station Whidbey Island was able to respond and lifted the climber around 1:40 a.m. Thursday morning.

Those who worked alongside Tom McDowell remember him as a problem solver. He lived up to that reputation when he spurred the founding of North Country EMS and Clark County Fire District 13, along with the district’s Volcano Rescue Team.

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https://www.columbian.com/news/2022/oct/07/former-fire-chief-tom-mcdowell-remembered-for-commitment/