Kings CLN September 2020 Recap

CLN Leaders,

If you missed our last meeting, you missed a good one! If you would like to catch up, you can view the discussion on YouTube. https://youtu.be/jUvvc9EJSbg

We were blessed to be joined by Lisa Rogers, Regional Clinical Director, Kings View Behavioral Health of Kings Co., and Kings Co. Fire Battalion Chief, Josh Cunnigham.

• Through Lisa, we learned that the suicide rate in Kings County is down in 2020 despite what some projections were. Overall rates tend to be higher during the summer, but numbers have been lower this year. You can find Warmline’s digital resources, a suicide prevention resource guide, and a guide on how to access services with Kings View in a COVID world by clicking here.
• Josh explained that Kings Co. Firefighters could be sent anywhere in CA. Currently, there are 16 active fires in CA. 18,200 firefighters on front lines fighting active fires. Kings County Firefighters have fought multiple fires all over CA since July.

CREEK FIRE UPDATE:
Shaver Lake currently has 19 Kings Co. firefighters working there. Over 5 engines. It is now the most massive fire in the history of CA! 291,426 acres have been burned. As of today, the fire is only 34% contained. They are also working two other fires. There are only 70 people in the whole Kings Co. Fire Dept. Currently, they have 46% of their staff deployed throughout the state. “We have to have 22 people working every day in Kings County.”
NEEDS: Prayer:  

1.  The current demands of the job are placing a tremendous burden on the families of firefighters! 
2.   PTSD: Firefighters and their wives are suffering from IT. Some guys haven’t been home for more    than 3 days in July!    
3.   Saying “Thank you” to them other than once a year on 9/11. 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Kyle Johnson, the Lead Pastor of Glad Tidings Church in Hanford, announced that his church will be giving out food boxes weekly beginning on Friday, Oct. 2, at 12 pm. Click here for the flyer.
• Pastor Mark Curts provided us with several resources to prepare ourselves and our congregations for the upcoming elections. You can find them here.
• Monthly CLN Touch Base Check-in on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 9 am on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/310975917
• Monthly CLN Main Meeting on 4th Thursday of the month at 11:30 am on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/310975917

Blessings!
Andrew for the CLN Team