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Show JEEP PATROL URGED TO UP-DATE EQUIPMENT Adrian Baldwin, vice commander com-mander of the National Jeep Patrol organization, and a member of the Iron County Sheriff's Jeep Patrol, returned 1 a visit paid by the new officers offi-cers of the Beaver County organization, or-ganization, when the group held their regular meeting in Beaver last Thursday evening. Mr. Baldwin reported that Iron County 'has some S20 invested in-vested in each man of their patrol, while the members have a personal investment of between be-tween $2500 and $5,000 in equipment. Citing the need for equipment, equip-ment, Mr. Baldwin told of the time he witnessed a plane crash. He was able to notify the Highway Patrol via his radio. He put out a small fire ir the crashed plane with his j fire extinguisher, and was able i to stem the bleeding of the I Continued on Page Three HERE'S MOKE ABOUT JEEP PATROL Contiued from Page one two occupants by use of his I first aid kit and the training I he had received, largely thru his association with the Jeep Patrol. He urged the local group to call their members out for equipment checks on a continuing contin-uing basis, saying "No matter how much you know or how well you are trained, you can't do much if you don't have the tools to work iwith." Mr. Baldwin also urged a strenuous screening program be used in accepting new applica- I tions for membership. "When your sheriff calls on you for service, you have all the authority of a deputy sheriff sher-iff be sure," he urged "that the men you accept will carry out that responsibility and be a credit to themselves and to your organization." |