Re: RC: Dead/Alive -TEVIS RESCUE Part 2

[Bette Lamore <woa@stormnet.com>]

Yes, Lif
Except it started out as a people emergency--- Denise went over with her
horse. There were no emergency services in place. Just happened to turn
INTO a horse emergency. No one is saying you need PROFESSIONAL services.
Most places have local Search and Rescue teams who do not charge for
their services--- at least that is how it is in CA. Is it so different
other places? AND this was a sanctioned AERC ride that people paid money
to enter. A high profile ride--- a championship! Is it too much for them
to expect that some emergency services are available if needed? Denise
wasn't even given numbers of people to contact from what I read. She was
just a hair away from being on that ledge herself.
Bette

Lif Strand wrote:
> 
> In the following email I have typed the word HORSE in caps because people
> seem to be a little confused about what I posted earlier.
> 
> Bette wrote:
> >I would like to think that the attitude towards safety considerations is
> >not governed by PR considerations. If so, why bother to wear helmets?
> 
> Wearing helmets is personal responsibility.  Safety is not governed by PR,
> but expecting emergency vehicles, maybe even emergency helicopters to be
> available for a HORSE in trouble, when riding through back country, or
> expecting HORSE rescue services in wilderness areas (where these emergency
> vehicles are NOT allowed) is asking too much of any Ride Manager.  I am NOT
> saying that it isn't a good idea to have people associated with the ride
> who know first aid & CPR, but aside from that, expecting that the RM will
> supply the means to extract a HORSE from trouble in the back country is too
> much to ask.  All the examples Bette provided are for events with money
> prizes, events which charge big entry fees.  They can afford to have HORSE
> rescue services available, as well as people services.
> 
> Angie wrote:
> >Doesn't have to be a rescue squad, just somebody who knows the terrain,
> >and the locals and knows who and where to go for help.
> 
> That should be the RM his/herself.  On the other hand, I have never
> attended a ride where an ambulance was standing by, like at a school
> football game.  Many rides are located in out-back areas where small
> communities can't afford to have their ambulance or other emergency service
> vehicles or people away from town.
> 
> Please, if you want to reply to my comments remember that people
> emergencies and HORSE emergencies are two different things, and if anyone
> cares to bother to reread my original post, I was talking about HORSE
> EMERGENCIES, which is what Denise experienced.  Lif
> 
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