The Shady Cove/Trail Fire Rescue Support Group's purpose is to contribute  community support, funds, and materials, and provide aid during extended fires in the Jackson county Fire District # 4.  They  also engage in fundraising for items that benefit the Fire Department (and the rest of our community!).  Any member of the community, who is sixteen years of age or older, may become a member of the Support Group.  A member must be at least eighteen years old to be elected to an office.  To be eligible for office/voting privileges, a person must have been a member for sixty days. Meetings will be held on the second Monday of each month, unless otherwise noted.  Notification of meetings will be posted at the Fire Department. Volunteer support and training is needed in these areas: Traffic Control: needed for city events (parades, etc.); highway accidents; Log truck rollovers; Fire season-there is a need for traffic control for free passage of emergency vehicles during a major fire. Fire Season Support: How to fix meals & deliver fire  line supplies; a public info station needs to be manned at the market to inform the community on the fire status; the water pumps for refilling the trucks need to be manned. Sand bag demonstration and consulting with the Corps of Engineers Training on how to answer the phones at the station if the department is called out. What we can do to help if someone experiences a house fire. Weed Abatement: spring time check of city lots to see where weeds need to be controlled before fire season-get addresses of owners from city hall and send notice that weeds need to be taken care of.