It has been a long time since the McCloud community was invited to a formal event. Last Saturday evening, the Grand Ballroom of the McCloud Mercantile was filled with glamorous women in long slick, shiny dresses led by their men in tuxes, suits, or uniforms.
Most of the fire departments around Siskiyou County including Cal OES and California State Fireman’s Association were represented at the McCloud Fireman’s Ball along with many people in the community came to support the McCloud Fire Department and to help get their paramedic program started.
To accommodate the growing demand for medical emergency response for McCloud’s aging community (the average age of McCloud residents is 55 years), the McCloud Fireman’s Association came up with a plan to fund a paramedic program to have 24/7 staffing by hiring 2 full-time paramedics. The cost of this program is $200,000. The McCloud Fireman’s Association started the Rod Ives Memorial Fund to help make this happen.
