Mark your calendars now!
Come join us at the annual South Orange Rescue Squad Open House.
Enjoy ice cream from Maple View Farms. See the inside of an ambulance without the emergency. Technical Rescue demos. Gator rides! And everyone’s favorite Andy the Ambulance.
The flyer for the March 2010 SRT1 class has been posted to the SORS website. http://www.sorescue.org
Title says it all. The latest version of the new member application was posted on the sorescue.org website earlier today.
Hey Guys and Gals,
While sitting at the firehouse, I found an interesting article about a heavy rescue. I thought I would share it with y’all. It’s a little long but well worth the read.
http://www.vententersearch.com/?p=338
-Josh Asbill
Taught by technical rescue expert Barry Edwards, the 3-day high angle class wrapped up yesterday on top of MEJ (or Marry Ellen Jones or Flob if you go back that far). The weather was hot and humid but class went well thanks to great participation by all (not to mention “food service by Anna” TM).
With 10+ hour days (and triathlon coverage added in just for kicks), TRT members covered topics such as low-angle slope evac, ascending and rappelling, raising and lowering systems, patient packaging, litter with attendant, pickoffs, and vortex and A-frame rigging. Class locations included our newest 200+ ft 40 degree slope, CHFD’s 4 story training tower and the 12 story MEJ Building.
Look for more pictures in the coming days. I think Ben, Bob and Brittnie were also taking pictures so we’ll try and get those pulled together.
Orange County was right smack in the middle of the heaviest rain band from TS Hanna this past weekend. Local areas received 6-7″ causing creeks to overflow their banks and localized flooding in our normal low-lying areas.
These 2 pictures were taken at Turkey Farm Rd. The water is normally not in the parking lot and much lower than the bridge.
This picture was taken an Umstead Park.
This picture was taken from the entrance to the Chapel Hill Community Center on S. Estes.
Say hello to the newest member of the SORS-TRT flotilla. “Red Boat 2″ is a Zodiac G380 weighing in at 153lbs.
(Don’t worry, we’ve got a motor to go on it too. Not to say that those tough looking girls wouldn’t be able to paddle it! Much more of a comment on the wooden paddles and the collapsable paddles that came with it.)
We won’t name the TRT member who looks on confused at the wonder that is a zodiac that can inflate from one SCBA bottle in less than 90 seconds. We’ll just leave it at – this isn’t the first time that he’s seen this boat and his name rhymes with Danny.
Erica manages to maintain a smile despite being pulled off of the big wall ladder while removing slack from the control lines in the high line excercise during the SRT Advanced class this weekend.
The following items were included in the recent SARNews (June 2007). Both are useful ICS related links.
NIMS Emergency Responder Field Operations Guide Draft Available Online
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Incident Management Systems Division is developing an Incident Command System (ICS) Emergency Responder Field Operating Guide (ERFOG). The purpose of the ERFOG is to assist emergency response personnel in the use and application of NIMS ICS during incident operations. It is currently in draft form, but nevertheless interesting to take a look at. SARNews will inform you when the final version is available. For now, you can see the draft via the link below.
http://www.fema.gov/pdf/emergency/nims/erfog.pdf
National Incident Management System Incident Resource Inventory System(NIMS-IRIS) Release
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Incident Management Systems Division has released the build one – beta version of the NIMS Incident Resource Inventory System (NIMS-IRIS) tool to the emergency response community. It allows emergency responders to enter a community’s 120 typed resources into a common database. The capability to share and aggregate data between jurisdictions will be available in a NIMS-IRIS update scheduled for summer 2007.
The tool will assist communities with inventorying and typing resources in accordance with NIMS protocols and will facilitate quick identification of resources to support emergency response operations.
Feedback regarding the tool is welcomed and can be submitted to NIMSSC@eku.edu. Version 1NIMS-IRIS is scheduled for release September 14, 2007. The September release will incorporate user feedback to enhance existing functionality.
NIMS-IRIS is available for download at the Web site below; for a CD email IRIS@NIMSSC.net.
http://www.fema.gov/emergency/nims/rm/iris.shtm
http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/501950.html
Trainees hang around to save the day
Inventive scenario sets stage for class
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CHAPEL HILL – Say you’re a window washer who gets out on the side of an 11-story building only to find there are no windows to wash. And it’s raining. And cold. And a Sunday.While dangling from the side of the building, you might just think you’ve had enough — that the boss doesn’t pay enough for you to hang from buildings. You might just decide you weren’t budging from the side of that building.
That’s the scenario North Chatham Fire and Rescue Capt. Eddie Freeman came up with before rappelling off a building at UNC-Chapel Hill in a mock-rescue operation.
The practice rescue was part of a three-day high-angle rope training class, refreshing and teaching some of the technical rescue team of the South Orange Rescue Squad as well as two people from other departments. They practiced how to create a secure rope-and-pulley system from the top of a building. Such a system comes in handy to rescue people such as window washers or construction workers who might find themselves stuck in midair.
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