Editor’s note: This log is based on information submitted to the newspaper by Philomath Fire & Rescue. Locations are approximate. Following is a rundown of all calls for the period of Sept. 1-7:

FRIDAY, SEPT. 1

• No calls reported.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 2

• No calls of public significance reported.

Other calls: Emergency medical services responded to calls at 3:08 p.m. in the 900 block of Applegate Street; and 3:14 p.m. in the 600 block of College Street.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 3

• No calls reported.

MONDAY, SEPT. 4

• 3 a.m. — Philomath Fire and Rescue sent a brush truck with Lt. Paula Anderson and Fire Chief Chancy Ferguson as part of a task force of five apparatus from Benton and Linn counties to the Bensel Fire north of Hermiston. The crew remained on assignment until Sept. 6.

Other calls: Emergency medical services responded to calls at 11:34 a.m. in the 200 block of South 15th Street; 7:35 p.m. in the 2000 block of Calderwood Drive; and 11:40 p.m. at South 15th Street and Main Street.

TUESDAY, SEPT. 5

• 7:36 a.m. — Emergency medical services responded to Ward Road and Maxfield Creek Road in Kings Valley for a crash involving a pickup that hit the back of a dump truck. See separate story.

Other calls: Emergency medical services also responded to calls at 1:30 p.m. in the 200 block of North 15th Street; 3:41 p.m. in the 300 block of North 16th Lane; 5:32 p.m. in the 35000 block of Kings Valley Highway; and 9:21 p.m. in the 2200 block of Rosecrest Drive.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6

• No calls of public significance reported.

Other calls: Emergency medical services responded to a call at 7:10 p.m. in the 2000 block of Applegate Street.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 7

• No calls of public significance reported.Other calls: Emergency medical services responded to calls at 12:23 am. in the 800 block of North 12th Street; and 2:18 p.m. in the 23000 block of Highway 20.

Brad Fuqua has covered the Philomath area since 2014 as the editor of the now-closed Philomath Express and currently as publisher/editor of the Philomath News. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1988 at daily and weekly newspapers in Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, Arizona, Montana and Oregon.

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