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Riverside Mile Markers Will Help with Water Rescues By: Chris Taylor, Breeding Fire TRT Captain On November 27, 2011 Breeding Fire Department Technical Rescue Team members assisted Campbellsville Fire Rescue in putting up mile marker signs on the Green River. The Taylor County Fiscal Court decided to make the mile marker signs and place every mile on Green River. The decision was made after two different water rescues were made during the summer. One event was a swift water rescue on Memorial Day weekend where 2 people were rescued after their canoe capsized in the river during the heavy rains of last May. A drowning occurred on July 4th weekend. BFD TRT was requested and assisted with both of those incidents. The mile markers are in place to help the patrons of the river as well as aiding first responders during the event of an emergency. The idea is that fisherman, canoeist, kayakers or duck hunters will be able to see the mile markers and keep up with their location by remembering the mile markers along the way or if they summon help through the land owners, they (landowners) will know their mile marker on their property giving responders a better location to gain access to the victims. All of the miles are marked with highly visible signs on the right side of the river in large trees next to the river's edge. Every mile marker, visible access ramps and particularly dangers areas of the river such as strainers were marked with GPS coordinates so the information can be compiled on a highly detailed map and on handheld GPS units the swift water teams will have. Another problem that swift water rescuers face on the river is after a rescue is completed you have to be able to remove the victims to a safe and secure area. There are so many remote areas of the Green River where the only access is by water. You may go 4 miles before you can find a secure place to exit the river to get the victims to EMS. We need to know each of these places. So with us having this information available at our command post and handheld GPS units we can better coordinate rescues. Swift water rescues are statistically 400% more dangerous than any other discipline in the fire service. An average of 200 Americans drown each year in flash flooding-more than in airline crashes or domestic terrorism. Flash flooding is the top weather-related killer, ahead of earthquakes, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Also an average of three professional rescuers drown each year while attempting a swift water rescue. With our dangerous jobs any advantage that can get on the river will hopefully be lives saved not only for victims but ourselves as well. The end result is we will be able to locate the actual scene in a more efficient manner. We plan on marking the larger waterways in Adair County such as Russell Creek, Petty's Fork, and ext on GPS in the event of a water rescue incident on those streams within the next couple of months. BFD being able to assist CFD in placing the mile markers allows us to get excellent real life training in river orientation and boat handling at the same time while helping the public. BFD and CFD plan on assisting Green County Emergency Responders in placing their mile makers to learn the rest of the river through Green County in the event of a mutual aid request to assist them. If you would like more information on BFD please go to our webpage at www.breedingvfd.com. This story was posted on 2011-12-06 13:06:20
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