Rural Carrier Hero: Eugene Brown, Summerville, GA
Summerville, GA, Rural Carrier Eugene Brown was on his route recently when he noticed a car that had run off the road and flipped over. The injured driver was trapped inside. Brown called 911 and stayed with the woman until help arrived. Source: Summerville, GA, Rural Carrier Eugene Brown | ...
Wisconsin rural carrier reports fire
Hudson, WI, Rural Carrier Elizabeth Lanners was delivering mail recently when she saw smoke pouring from two nearby buildings. After Lanners called 911, the fire department was dispatched to put out the blaze. Because of Lanners’ quick actions, the damage was limited and no one was injured. Source: Heroes’ corner ...
USPS increases SPM scans from 5 to 15 pieces without NRLCA agreement
The NRLCA was notified Friday afternoon that the SPM sampling will change from scanning up to 5 pieces to scanning up to 15 pieces effective Saturday February 13th. The NRLCA has requested a meeting to address the lack of advance notice and what the compensation should be. The NRLCA has ...
NRLCA Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS for Three-Year Contract
NRLCA Reaches Tentative Agreement with USPS for Three-Year Contract The NRLCA and Postal Service have negotiated a tentative agreement to cover the 3-year period from May 21, 2015 to May 20, 2018. In this special edition of The National Rural Letter Carrier, you will find the details of the tentative ...
Mail carrier extinguishes morning fire
A United States Postal Service employee acted quickly to save one of the properties in her delivery range Monday morning, extinguishing a fire before it could spread to a home. 64-year-old Jackie Mayne, a rural carrier and 20-year employee with USPS, was making her rounds to the over 500 mailboxes ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Debra Goeden, Mogadore, OH
Mogadore, OH, Rural Carrier Debra Goeden was delivering mail recently when she saw a woman lying in a breezeway. The injured woman had fallen almost an hour earlier. The woman declined medical attention, so Goeden helped her home. A neighbor arrived to care for her. Source: Mogadore, OH, Rural Carrier Debra ...
Rural mail carrier injured after SUV flips
BERNARD, Iowa — A rural mail carrier was injured after her SUV entered a ditch and flipped Tuesday, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department. Tonya Waller, 43, of Bernard, was taken by ambulance to UnityPoint Health-Finley Hospital in Dubuque with minor injuries, according to Deputy Russ Long. The deputy ...
Video: Saying goodbye to a rural carrier gone too soon
What an amazing escort to rest.Decarlo Allen worked for the PO in Lithonia, GA since 2005. He was fatally injured on the route when a tree fell onto his LLV on January 24th. Posted by Ruralinfo.net on Sunday, January 31, 2016 ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Cay Reynolds, Bigfork, MT
Bigfork, MT, Rural Carrier Cay Reynolds was approaching the last mailbox on her route during a recent snow storm when she noticed a woman lying on the road. The woman was soaking wet and appeared to be in great pain. Her dog was nearby. Reynolds wrapped her coat around the ...
Progress report on the Rural Route Engineer Study
The redesign project cranked into high gear early in 2014 when several new high-profile projects were initiated by the Standards Panel consisting of NRLCA Representative, Ken Mericle, USPS Representative, Don Ratliff and the Neutral Chair, Louis Martin-Vega. The Panel has been working closely with IIE Solutions, a team of industrial ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Valerie Hoffman – Osmond, NE
Osmond, NE, Rural Carrier Valerie Hoffman was delivering mail recently when she saw smoke coming from grass near a bean field. Hoffman ran to the fire and stomped it out. The farmer thanked Hoffman and said the fire may have been caused by a spark when he moved harvesting equipment ...
Family of rural carrier killed in accident: It really threw us for a loop
DeKalb County fire Capt. Eric Jackson said Allen’s vehicle careened off the road, down a short hillside and into another tree. The impact from the falling tree likely caused the postal worker’s death, Jackson said. Wind likely contributed to knocking the tree down, Jackson said, but the snow and ice ...
Postal worker killed after tree hits vehicle at GA golf course
A postal worker was killed Saturday after a tree fell onto his vehicle at a DeKalb County golf course. DeKalb County fire Capt. Eric Jackson said the male postal worker was driving on the premises of Lithonia’s Mystery Valley Golf Club when, around 12:30 p.m., a tree “that appeared to ...
"Anyone would have done the same” says hero rural mail carrier
It was an everyday action that could have ended in tragedy if it wasn’t for the intervention of Fairland, IN Rural Carrier Michael Short. Brian Booth heard a noise coming from the exhaust of his Dodge Caravan, so he got his car jack and slid under the vehicle. Suddenly, the ...
USPS Updates PO 603 to update procedures for data collection devices (Scanners)
Handbook PO-603 Revision: Data Collection Devices Effective January 21, 2016, the Postal Service™ is revising Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities, to update procedures for data collection devices in Chapters 2, 3, and 4. Handbook PO-603, Rural Carrier Duties and Responsibilities 2 Office Work of Rural Carriers 24 Undeliverable-as-Addressed ...
Rural Carrier Hero: Patrick Dolan, Elkhorn, WI
Elkhorn, WI, Rural Carrier Patrick Dolan was delivering mail recently when he saw a man lying in a driveway. The man had been there for more than 30 minutes after he fell and injured himself. Dolan called 911 and stayed with him until help arrived. Source: Patrick Dolan, Elkhorn, WI ...
Rural Carrier Hero: David Kann, Guttenberg, IA
Guttenberg, IA, Rural Carrier David Kann was delivering mail recently when he noticed an unattended pile of leaves burning in front of a house. Winds had swept some of the burning leaves onto the building. Kann notified the homeowner, and together they put out the fire. Source: David Kann, Guttenberg, ...