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comfortable and safe
"They're learning these
techniques so, for example, if it's
extremely cold the patient doesn't
die of hypothermia," he said.
"They're also learning about
hauling systems--in other words,
how we get the patient over that
embankment, from the base of a
bridge or the bottom of a factory
"We're teaching
them self-rescue
because you are
either part of the
solution or part of
the problem."
- Jacque Greiff
F.I.R.E.S. Instructor
The purpose of the course,
according to Greiff, is to train
several people from each
company so that they could be
called upon in an emergency
situation.
"We're trying to build a good
strong basis in rescue knowledge
so that hopefully we can go back
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into the area in the next year or
so and teach the core group
advanced techniques," said Greiff.
F.I.R.E.S. teams have
conducted rescues throughout the
United States. However, at this
time F.I.R.E.S. does not have a
rescue team in this area.
"I would love to have a team
in this part of the world so that I
could call them for a rescue 50
miles east of here and so that I
could end up with a team of 10 or
20 people whom I know and can
depend on," Greiff said.
Gary Postlewaite, deputy chief
for Brookside Fire Department,
said, "If you have trained people
around you can pull from them."
He mentioned the problem some
departments face when they
become too dependent on
volunteers who are trained in a
specific area, "Everybody needs to
be up to at least a basic skill
level so that they can be safe."
Barbara Ritts has been a
F.I.R.E.S. Instructor for seven
years. Ritts is no newcomer to
repelling. She once repelled an
1,100-foot-deep cave in Mexico.
"Basically, we're just teaching
people how to do the kinds of
things we've had to do for quite
some time," she said. "You have
to be safety conscious when
you're rigging these ropes."
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