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I want to thank everyone who helped make today a good training day! I think it went well. Special thanks to those who helped set this up, those who cooked and served food, the tech guys, instructors and students. I especially want to welcome the new visitors who later became […]

Folks, We plan to have 5 canine handlers arrive in Braxton County Thursday morning, June 8th to search for a missing fisherman. If you are interested in helping out please reply by email or by calling my house at 304-337-9366 for details. I’m sorry for the late notification, we’ve been […]

Folks, The June 2017 training will be this Saturday June 10th at our Paden City facility starting at 10:00am. We’ll be recertifying in Project Lifesaver. This will be a good intro to those who have not yet trained in PL and a two year renewal for those that have previously […]

Folks, The June OEM meeting will be this Thursday, June 1st at our Paden City facility starting at 7:00PM. We will be discussing some major changes in regards to our training/exercises and meetings, hopefully all good changes. We will be discussing our next training/exercise scheduled for Saturday June 10th. We […]

The May OEM volunteer meeting will be this Thursday May 4th at our storage facility in Paden City starting at 7:00PM. We will be planning our next training/exercise. Refreshments will be provided. Please let me know if anyone would like to grab a sandwich at Choo Choo’s before the meeting. […]

We are preparing to do a training this Saturday April 15th at our storage facility in Paden City. We will be working on the task of “assisting canine handlers during a search”. After the training we will have lunch and then go to the Paden City Park and do an […]

Folks, I just received word that there was a confirmed find of the missing person in Preston County. This is all I know at this time. Thank you very much! Tom

Folks, I just received a call requesting resources to help find a missing 76 year old female with Alzheimer’s. She has been missing for 12 hours in the Preston County area. Please email me if you are available to search. Tom Cooper tjcooper@frontier.com

The April OEM volunteer meeting will be this Thursday April 6th at our storage facility in Paden City starting at 7:00PM. We will be planning an indoor/outdoor training/exercise for Saturday April 15th. Refreshments will be provided. Please let me know if anyone would like to grab a sandwich before the […]

This is a reminder that the 2017 NWS Skywarn weather spotters training will be this Wednesday, March 22nd at 5:00pm in the banquet room at the Middlebourne Senior Center. This class will be open to the general public and will be the first of a series of weather related classes. […]

Folks, our March 2017 OEM meeting will be this Thursday March 2nd at 7:00PM. We will have the meeting at our office in Middlebourne. I plan to eat dinner at Bogg’s around 5:15PM if you care to join me. We will have refreshments during the meeting. Hope to see you […]

Team, We will have our OEM volunteer meeting this Thursday, February 2nd at our office in Middlebourne. The meeting will start at 7:00pm. We will probably try the new restaurant if they are open that evening before the meeting. We should be there around 5:15. It is located directly across […]