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May/June 2021
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
It was a cold day in January and Jeff Faber, foreman, Lombard office, was
getting into his truck when an elderly woman flagged him down. Her husband
had fallen outside their nearby townhouse and couldn't get up. "I was instantly
nervous, but I couldn't show it," Faber said. "She led me over to him and he was
face down on the concrete surrounded by snow. All the years of first-aid training
just kind of kicked in instinctively."
After checking his responses and ensuring he was conscious and breathing,
Faber checked for any signs of blood, asked the man if he was in pain and
decided it was safe to move him. Standing behind him, Faber lifted the man
to his knees, then to a standing position where he could hold his walker.
"It was a scary situation and without the safety training from Davey, I probably
would not have known what to do," Faber said.
A SNOWY LIFT UP
Jeff Faber
The landscape of the Pacific Northwest
changed forever after a historic
snowstorm blanketed the region in
February and damaged countless trees.
Dash Schenck, district manager,
Portland Residential/Commercial
services office, said the storm blew
in on a Friday – coating some trees
in as much as 2 inches of ice –
devastating neighborhoods.
HISTORIC SNOWFALL CRIPPLES PACIFIC NORTHWEST TREES
"We just had mass limb failure
everywhere," Schenck said. "And I mean
everywhere. I've never seen anything
like it. It looked like a hurricane had
gone through in some neighborhoods.
In certain neighborhoods, every tree
was either broken or had fallen over."
The Northwest Seattle R/C office sent
a crew to assist the Portland office.
The Seattle crew of Jason Anderson
and Marina Dosch spent 17 days
working in the Oregon area to help.
Schenck said his office received over
200 emergency calls for problems
including trees down on houses,
across driveways and blocking roads.
"I think we'll be dealing with this storm
work for a couple months," he said.
Countless trees were damaged after a
Feb. 12, 2021, snow and ice storm in the
Portland, Oregon, area. Portland tied a
record for single-day snowfall in February,
according to the National Weather Service.
INTEGRITY