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Davey Bulletin May-June 2021

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19 May/June 2021 | 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

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