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Aerial Rescue Demo

oxman@chatlink.com
Sat, 25 Oct 1997 23:37:53 -0500

We are preparing for an Aerial Rescur Workshop up here in Ashland, Oregon (just 14 miles from the California Border) on January 7th. We would like some suggestions on visual content.

What are the flashiest, most instructive techniques in use? Our instructor, Jim Harris, once used a toy cellular phone noisemaker to simulate calling 911 in a jamboree.

We have a bucket truck and dummy and want to show how to get the victim down without the rescuer becoming a second victim.

Speed has become a big change factor in the tree climber jamboree rescue event. Because the 5 minute time allottment is so short, some of the element of learning while competing is lessened. Aerial rescue has to take as long as it takes.

Mike Oxman