09-13-2009, 04:34 AM
Another way:
Our association has taken the lead in emergency first aid, training and and evac response. In our remote canyon we "host" many accidents as the "kids" go "off road" and end up in a trees, Mountain Lions eat the mountain bikers and assorted rattle snake & scorpion bites. In the butt being the common location for both species btw. Yes they sit on them. Also add to the work load. (did you know - anti venom is 20K $ per series!)
Being five miles up a wash, the county always getting there dollar short, day late, bad news in a major bleed or snakebite incident.
I understand the issue... having worked emergency response .... In addition to communication and distance issues self inflicted (as remote lifestyles tend to be) issues always receiving just a little less priority than a true "accident" in the mainstream areas. Its human nature.
To overcome the slow response times. Members took local action as a group installed repeaters and carry a frs radios in every car, cabin and hike (no cell for up to 1 mile from the area)
We also built a helipad.
The association position being ...
We decided to move into the boonies, we will take the responsibility for our own actions and save our own hineys thank you very much.
Pretty the much the credo off most "off grid " folks that I know by the way. We moved out of the "civilization" .... we don't expect them to bail us out if we make a mess.
In the meantime having our own infrastructure we practice our response times on tourists and remove impaled toyota tacomas' from trees for sport.
Aloha
Our association has taken the lead in emergency first aid, training and and evac response. In our remote canyon we "host" many accidents as the "kids" go "off road" and end up in a trees, Mountain Lions eat the mountain bikers and assorted rattle snake & scorpion bites. In the butt being the common location for both species btw. Yes they sit on them. Also add to the work load. (did you know - anti venom is 20K $ per series!)
Being five miles up a wash, the county always getting there dollar short, day late, bad news in a major bleed or snakebite incident.
I understand the issue... having worked emergency response .... In addition to communication and distance issues self inflicted (as remote lifestyles tend to be) issues always receiving just a little less priority than a true "accident" in the mainstream areas. Its human nature.
To overcome the slow response times. Members took local action as a group installed repeaters and carry a frs radios in every car, cabin and hike (no cell for up to 1 mile from the area)
We also built a helipad.
The association position being ...
We decided to move into the boonies, we will take the responsibility for our own actions and save our own hineys thank you very much.
Pretty the much the credo off most "off grid " folks that I know by the way. We moved out of the "civilization" .... we don't expect them to bail us out if we make a mess.
In the meantime having our own infrastructure we practice our response times on tourists and remove impaled toyota tacomas' from trees for sport.
Aloha