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Show DAVIS COUNTY CLIPPER. DECEMBER 16. 1977 7.K S5 - ;- LU ft 4 ! tuii j c pt. Wayne Wall, in litter, simulate the position of the injured victim who is evacuated off rescue team trained Salt Lake paramedics and fireman in rescue techniques. Office received a call from the Bountiful There the six-ma- n are no heroes or hotdoggers on Davis County Sheriffs Office Rescue and Response Team, just men who work together and trust each other, said Sgt. Larry Ward, leader of the team and Sgt. Tom Lenox, team member. WE JUST concentrate on team work and safety, Sgt. Lenox said. There is no point in getting there and then having to turn around and rescue the rescuers. Rescue and response team members, who have become highly specialized since they were officially organized in November 1976, last week conducted a four-da- y training session requested by Salt Lake paramedics. "Time is always the big thing in rescue, Sgt. Ward said. The teams ability to reach the scene of the accident quickly was exemplified by an incident on Oct. 29. Team members reached a man who had been fatally shot in a hunting accident Ay2 miles up North Canyon less than 22 hours from the time the incident was reported. BUT IT HAS taken time and a lot of team to learn training for the the skills which qualify them to teach other rescue teams and participate in mountain, air and water rescues. According to Sgt. Lenox, the impetus to provide rescue training to sheriffs deputies came after Deputy Larry Green fell from a cliff in Farmington Canyon while investigating a stolen car which had been pushed off the road. DEPUTY GREEN has since recovered and is now a member of the team, but it was his accident that demonstrated that specialized training was needed for hazardous rescue operations, Sgt. Lenox said. the sheriffs office, all of whom had previous rescue experience and training, volunteered. They were, in addition to Sgt. Ward and Sgt. Lenox, Deputies J.R. Hunt, K.D. Simpson, Phil lixinard and Larry Green. Six ' members of THE SIX men began by taking mountain rescue training from Sgt. Wayne Walls, of the U.S. Air Force Services at Hill Air Force Base. Rescue team members trained on their own time learning mountain rescue operations last winter where they practiced rapell ing. assembling mountain gear, and bringing victims off the mountain in a litter. Sgt. Lenox said. "Now the Davis County Sheriff's Office has a rescue crew capable of operating as a team." Late this fall that team had the opportunity to show what they could do. In 2' 2 hours after Sgt. Bob Peters, the dispatcher at the communications center of the sheriffs office, heard the first call for help, the victim of the accident in North Canyon arrived by helicopter at UniverPara-Rescu- e sity Hospital in Salt Lake City. TEAM LEADER Sgt. Ward and Sgt. Peters made the decision to call for the rescue helicopter from Hill Air Force Base prior to the rescuers arriving at the scene. Although mobilizing the helicopter is an expensive operation, that decision was made since there was no way to know the condition of the victim. Arriving at the scene, they found Rodney A. Calver, 19, of North Salt Lake, dead. The began on that Sas turday when the Davis County Sheriff resuce-operatio- Police Department, saying that a man had been shot while hunting in North Canyon. THE DISPATCHER immediately .reached Sgt. Ward and Lenox and Deputies Hunt and Simpson. The other two members of the team were not at home. The dispatcher also notified Sheriff William J. Lawrence that rescue operations were proceeding. The South Davis ambulance crew was also alerted by the dispatcher. The first call was received at 7:07 p.m. and the four members of the rescue team, who could be reached, were notified by 7: 13 and were moving toward the scene of the accident. PRIOR TO the arrival of the first team member. Deputy K.D. Simpson, at the base camp at the bottom of the canyon at 7:49, Lakeview Hospital had been contacted for authority to use drugs, and the rescue team was equipped with a medical pack. Deputies J.R. Hunt and K.D. Simpson are paramedics. The decision to call for the helicopter was made at 7:56 and Sgt. Peters called to request assistance from the rescue helicopter. The request for the helicopter is an involved process since permission to get the unit in the air must be obtained from Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. IN THE meantime, the rescue team arrived at the mouth of the canyon and organized their equipment prior to the climb. Each man carried about 60 pounds, which included a medical pack, a field support pack, strobe lights, and mise cellaneous survival gear and a two-piec- litter. While the rescue team fought their way up the North Canyon trail and cut back along the ridge to where the man was 7'i the building where Davis County rr Work Together By ROSELYN KIRK -- 'v jiKu '&'t JL t-- 't w : V s S Jh i.x : 7 at. V . VV-- m$ t.S SjJ. Tom Lenox displays equipment used by the Rescue and Response Team for rescue operations. r five hours to carry him down the mountain on the litter. Hence the decision was made to call for the helicopter, even though that operation is costly. Sgt. Lenox says it costs the Air Force about $2,300 to put the aircraft in the air. Photos by Don Terry DUE TO their background and training, the rescue team is prepared to respond to any type of rescue situation, Sgt. Ward said. This includes water rescue and recovery as well as evacuation from high rise buildings. Some of the rescuers, such as Deputy Green, who is a certified scuba diver, have expertise in specialized areas. Sgt. Ward and Deputies Green and Hunt have taken training from the U.S. Border Patrol, in learning to track and locate lost persons. Sgt. Lenox was a rescue and survival expert for five years for the U.S. Air Force. EACH MEMBER of the team carries a small pack of rescue equipment with them when they are on duty so they will be available if called out. The Sheriffs Office has paid for about $500 in equipment for the team. In addition to the North Canyon rescue, team members Ward, Hunt and Lenox and several volunteers rescued a hiker earlier in October who had fallen and injured his leg in Adams Canyon east of Layton. The hiker had to be carried out two miles on a backboard. Any two of the six trained rescuers can direct volunteers and carry on the rescue operation," Sgt. Lenox said. PRIOR TO the duck hunting season the team practiced water rescue tactics at the Farmington Bird Refuge. They are all trained to direct the jeep posse and fire fighters, if that operation should be necessary. sfc; III il I ip - y W mmm ill right i in a helaxing poi-linSgl. Tom to eonlrol tlir deeent a Siilt Lake ( il p.ir.imedie ami Greenhalgh prae-tirfirr-fighli- taught lo llie Ihni leehniqiie Sheriff- reeiie tram. mf: w Sgl. larry Ward. leader of the Sheriff Rescue and Repone team. practice o i Coniitv Offiee recne Tim Irani took mountain rceuc from Sgt. Wauic Wall of tin I . training Air Force ericc al Mill Vir technique. . laij-l(eeu- Korre ltar lal e winler. located, the helicopter crew received permission and was in the air. Sgt. Ward said the climb was hampered by the dark night, the high winds and the rough ground cover. THE GROUND rescue crew set a collision course with the helicopter at the scene. They arrived at the scene at 9:09 and at 9: 14, they guided the helicopter in with flares and strobe lights. The victim had suffered a fatal gunshot wound in the abdominal area. The helicopter departed with the body at 9:46. Sgt. Lenox said at that point the rescue team then took over as an investigation team and investigated the circumstances of the shixiting. Deputy Hunt directed the investigation. At 2:10 a m. the operation was wrapped up and the team returned to their cars to drive home. Over five hours had passed since the first call was received at the dispatch center. that the communications, which were essential to the rescue operation, were coordinated through Sgt. Bob Peters. Sheriff Lawrence estimated that cost of the whole rescue effort was about $5,000, that cost being to get the helicopter in the air. Members of the rescue team receive only their regular monthly check, Sgt. Lenox said, receiving no additional money for rescue operations. Sgt. Larry Ward said the rescue team has had good cooperation from the air rescue crew at Hill Air Force Base. Had the victim been alive, it would have taken SGT. 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