rescue situations

[heidi sowards <ribbitttreefrog@yahoo.com>]

> Rick (boyfriend/firefighter) is on a TRT (Technical
Rescue
> Team) which consists of volunteers (paramedics &
> firefighters from the surrounding area.) They drill once
> per month, sometimes more, with repelling (sp?) down
> cliffs, into rivers, more for people emergencies than
> anything else. They are available year round, wear pagers
> and are hardly ever needed, but when they are, it sure is
> nice to know there are some folks out there like
> themselves. I would think that most local (county/city)
> firefighters have teams like this in their areas.
Couldn't
> Ride Managers have access to the person(s) in charge,
just
> to keep them informed of events being staged in their
> areas? I would think if there were permits to be obtained
> from National Forests, that that could notify the
> authorites and rescue teams. I'm not necessarily saying
> these teams should be standing by at all times, but it
sure
> would be nice to know that there could be someone with a
> radio to get a message out to someone in the event
> something does go drastically wrong. I think having
events
> holding riders responsible etc. is just fine, but
accidents
> do happen and no one wants a rider to die if it can be
> avoided.


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