Equipment Dealers Volunteer to Save Lives BY KIMBERLY HERR EPHRATA Shaking hands reach for the phone to dial 911. There has been a farm accident. An ambulance, rescue squad and fire company are immediately dispatched. Within one minute another call is made. The phone rings at the office of a local farm equipment dealer. And soon, he too is on his way to the accident. Raymond Rutt, mechanic at Binkley and Hurst Bros., Inc., Lititz, stands next to a harvester, a piece of equipment that could be involved in a farm accident, if not handled properly. Binkley and Hurst Bros., Inc., is one of the dealerships participating in the new Farm Equipment Rescue Program. EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR EXPANSION ORIENTED FEED COMPANY 650 BPH Stormore Ezee-Dry Grain Drying System Hance Heavy Duty 5,000 BPH Grain Leg with Dump Pit 50-50 Truck Scales With Digital Readout and Ticket Printer 3 - 36 Ft. Storage Bins with Aereation Floors 900 Bu. Load Out Bin On Super Structure 3000 Bushel Happesed Wet Holding Bin “Grain Watch” Bin Monitoring System Easy access location for satellite mill in Central Penna. off Route 322 in Mifflin Co. This scene is part of the new Farm Equipment Rescue Program, which was initiated March 1 by the Lancaster County Fireman’s Association, in cooperation with the Lancaster Farmer’s Association. “Vehicle accident rescues we see almost on a weekly basis,” said Randall Gockley, Lancaster County fire service coordinator. B m 100,000 Bushel Modern Stormor Grain Drying and Storage Facility Constructed September 1983 Address Inquiries To: Box 90, Belleville, PA 17004 Phone: 717-667-3218 mr T.- FOR SALE Featuring: “But with farm accidents you are only talking five or six in one year.” Consequently, according to Gockley, rescue personnel sometimes do not have the ex perience or the knowledge of the equipment which is necessary in helping the accident victim as quickly as possible. The person who does have that experience and r "~ M Sss^ Randall Gocl sy, ica:. junty fire services coor dinator, was instrumental in getting the Farm Equipment Rescue Program off the ground. Gockley, shown here with some of his fire equipment collections, explained that Lan caster County was the only county he knew of that had such a program. knowledge is the farm equipment dealer. He or she may be the one to help the most during a farm ac cident. i >y ‘ /' lr I In a letter drafted to farm equipment dealers, Gockley ex plained how the dealer can be of assistance “The current concept of rescue procedures is not to remove the victim from the wreckage, but to remove the wreckage from around the victim,” he said. “By having a representative of a farm equip ment firm responding, we are gaming that knowledge and ex pertise in equipment. The advice and guidance you may give will help speed rescue and possibly save lives.” According to Gockley, there were five or six farm accidents in Lancaster County last year. Most of them occurred during the spring, summer and early fall months, but this program will not be limited to the accident-prone seasons. “This is a year-long, 24-hour a day program,” Gockley explained. For accidents that may occur when the dealer’s office is closed, Gockley explained each dealer has provided him with home phone numbers of some of their em ployees who would be willing to go on after-hours calls. Gockley emphasized that when the dealers arrive on the accident scene and report to the officer in (Turn to Page B 18)
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