morning lineup firegeezer on 12 Aug 2008 07:23 am
Morning Lineup - August 12
I still can’t get over that bizarre event in Toronto on Sunday. I guess “massive” is a pretty good word to describe it, but I’ll bet the people who were there have some better ones. We’ll have to keep an eye on what goes on in North York for a while and hopefully the citizens there can find out who allowed this outfit to put up those huge propane tanks in the middle of the city. Just amazing.
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We started a discussion a while back about citizen 1st responders (CFR’s) and where they seem to be successful. There are also different areas of responsibility for them, depending on the region of the country and how reliant on them an area is.
One of our readers sent along some information on one well-organized group of CFR’s that inarguably has one of the toughest 1st-due territories in the world. And when it comes to dedication, you can’t beat the Hatzalah Emergency Rescue Service in Israel.
On their WEBSITE they explain: “Our mission is to ensure the finest medical care and emergency response services are available in all parts of Israel. To do so we work closely with local municipalities, MDA, and the IDF to provide a number of services throughout Israel:”
- Renovating medical facilities
- Adding buildings to existing medical facilities
- Constructing ambulance bays
- Staffing medical facilities
- Coordinating volunteers at centers and in the field
- Purchasing and upgrading medical equipment
Here is a group of volunteers whose response district is literally a war zone. Part of their mission is setting up and operating what they call Emergency Rescue Centers where emergency care can begin and life-saving treatments can be carried out before transportation. In some areas, a hospital is an hour’s drive away.
Again, from their website: Hatzalah Emergency Rescue Centers ensure that there are standards of excellence in critical care and trauma treatment throughout Israel. We train, equip, supply and coordinate emergency response teams spread
through the country with an average response time of 3 minutes to any call. Our first responder services include:
- Coordinating medical response teams
- Equipping ambulances and EMTs
- Constructing ambulance bays
- Providing medical supplies and restocking EMT field kits
- Providing radios for field communication and bullet-proof vests
- Training new EMT’s and ambulance drivers
Did you catch that? Three minutes response time nationwide!
I don’t think there are very many Yuppies in Israel. Be sure to check out their WEBSITE HERE and see what all they do.
But before we get started on that, let’s get this equipment checked out. I need to order some more coffee.
(When you get the time, check out this 10-minute video that they have produced as a public relations effort:
