Cyclic Hotline
19th Dec 2004, 19:45
Interesting perspective!
Helicopter Training
POSTED: 10:08 p.m. MST December 18, 2004
December 18, 2004 -- One hundred search and rescue volunteers gathered at Burn Lake in Las Cruces Saturday for yearly training.
The men and women learn to move patients, tie knots and check equipment.
But many of the volunteers say the most important training is with their partners in the sky .. helicopters.
"Basically they are like big bombs and the rotors are pretty dangerous so we are learning how to operate around the helicopter," said Dara Parker, one of the volunteers.
Because of the dangers of setting up a landing zone for helicopter pilots and moving in and around the aircraft, safety training is needed for the volunteers, to keep them and their patients safe.
There are about 90 search and rescue teams in the state of New Mexico.
This was the third year, the Las Cruces volunteers took part in the training.
Story here. (http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/4008666/detail.html)
Helicopter Training
POSTED: 10:08 p.m. MST December 18, 2004
December 18, 2004 -- One hundred search and rescue volunteers gathered at Burn Lake in Las Cruces Saturday for yearly training.
The men and women learn to move patients, tie knots and check equipment.
But many of the volunteers say the most important training is with their partners in the sky .. helicopters.
"Basically they are like big bombs and the rotors are pretty dangerous so we are learning how to operate around the helicopter," said Dara Parker, one of the volunteers.
Because of the dangers of setting up a landing zone for helicopter pilots and moving in and around the aircraft, safety training is needed for the volunteers, to keep them and their patients safe.
There are about 90 search and rescue teams in the state of New Mexico.
This was the third year, the Las Cruces volunteers took part in the training.
Story here. (http://www.kfoxtv.com/news/4008666/detail.html)