HOME PAGE ADDRESS - http://www.oss1.toddalan.com/ncarems/ T. MAX WESSON, COMMANDER BUDDY WHITE, VICE-COMMANDER GORDON A. JOYNER, SECRETARY-TREASURER June 10, 1996 COMMANDER'S MESSAGE Workers' Compensation Fund for the Benefit of Volunteer Safety Workers applications have been mailed to all departments. A second mailing will be out shortly. The State Fire & Rescue Commission shall administer the fund by contracting with a third party administrator. Eligible departments must not be a part of local government. The fund is in the Department of Insurance and is an expendable trust fund. Revenue in the fund shall be used to provide Workers' Compensation benefits to eligible members under Chapter 97 of the general statutes that governs the payment of benefits from the fund. Benefits are payable for compensable injuries or deaths that occur on or after July 1, 1996. Revenue is credited to the fund from appropriations made to the Department of Insurance for this purpose and every unit that elects to participate shall pay into the fund an amount set annually by the State Fire and Rescue Commission to ensure that the fund will be able to meet its payment obligations. The amount shall be set as a per capita fixed dollar amount for each member on the roster of the eligible unit. The fixed dollar amount for 1996-1997 fiscal year is $50.00. Payment must be made by July 1st. This is your fund and I urge you to participate in it. If you need additional information, contact the Department of Insurance or your Fire or Rescue Associations. Are you in the Pension Fund? Are you in the Benevolent Brotherhood? If the answer is no, you are doing a disservice to your family. Get the facts, and I feel you will become a part of these two great funds. VICE-COMMANDER'S MESSAGE Spring has sprung, fall has fell, summer is here and it's hot as all blue blazes. Time to get out the Quik Kools and take care of those heat exhaustion patients. Seriously though, springtime does bring about some thoughts that need to be kept in the front of everyone's mind. The Workers' Compensation applications are on the street and hopefully you will take advantage of this new service. Many thanks go out to all those who spent so much time in meeting and on the phone getting everything just right for us. Convention 1996' is just around the corner. Asheville needs your registration packets so that they can plan effectively for our visit. Also, if you have extra rooms reserved that you know you are not going to use, either cancel them or let Gordon at the office know so that others may get a chance to use them. Don't forget the next judge's evaluation in Edenton on Saturday, July 27th. This will be your last chance this year to get evaluated for judging at the 1996' Convention. Remember the Brotherhood and keep your rosters up to date. Thanks for all you do for your community, your cities, counties and state. BROTHERHOOD OBITUARY #489 Clarence E. Gravley Transylvania Rescue Squad Age: 73 D.O.D.: 04/30/96 #490 James H. Christenbury Calabash EMS Age: 36 D.O.D.: 05/07/96 #491 Trubert J. Shelton Rural Hall Fire & Rescue Age: 76 D.O.D.: 05/14/96 #492 Zettie L. Fulford Coastline Rescue Squad Age: 65 D.O.D.: 05/14/96 #493 Ralph G. Gobble Rowan County Rescue Squad Age: 77 D.O.D.: 05/04/96 #494 Charles M. Grant Rowan County Rescue Squad Age: 81 D.O.D.: 05/15/96 #495 Luby B. Mitchell Kenly EMS Age: 60 D.O.D.: 05/21/96 R ADAMS COWLEY 17th NATIONAL TRAUMA SYMPOSIUM November 7-9, 1996 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The symposium will consist of three days of intense medical education on clinical topics in trauma care and management of the critically ill patient. Deadline for abstracts is August 1, 1996. (Advanced Trauma Life Support, Tuesday & Wednesday, November 5 & 6, 1996). For further information and abstract form contact: The Office of Program Development, R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, University of Maryland Medical System, 22 South Greene Street, T3R26, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-1595, USA. Telephone: (410)328-2399, fax (410)328-0501 40th N.C. ASSOCIATION OF RESCUE & EMS TRAINING SEMINAR September 12, 1996, 7 - 10 p.m. September 13, 1996, 8 - 11 a.m. Radisson Hotel, Lobby Meeting Room, Asheville, North Carolina. Pre-registration required by August 1, 1996. Course Offered: River & Flood Rescue Seminar This seminar introduces personnel to the problems and solutions of water rescue such as those encountered during flash floods, seasonal flooding, large-scale disasters, and flood control projects. Situations discussed include handling submerged vehicles, and victims trapped in low-head dams, irrigation and flood control canals, and mud slides. Basic equipment needs, new techniques, training considerations, and multi-agency cooperation are also covered. This seminar is entirely classroom, so no equipment is required. Instructor: Slim Ray, co-author of the book Water Rescue and internationally recognized as white water kayaker and rescue specialist, Rescue 3 International. Cost: $15.00, materials and certificate. Payable to: NCAR&EMS Seminar. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA SIXTEENTH ANNUAL RESCUE COLLEGE August 3 & 4, 1996. There is a $15.00 registration fee for North Carolina residents who are members of a rescue squad, fire department or law enforcement. Tentative Courses are: Air Quality, General, & Communications (BRT), Aircraft Rescue, Basic Land Navigation, Confined Space Rescue, Farm Medic, Fire Behavior 1&2 & Portable Fire Extinguishers, Hazardous Materials Awareness, Hazardous Materials Operations, Helicopter Use in Rescue, Managing the Search Function, Mantracking Intermediate, Mountain Rescue 1, Mountain Rescue 2, Mountain Rescue 3, Mountain Rescue 4, Mountain Rescue 5, Occult & Ritual Identification, Personal Protective Equipment 1, Ropes 1&2, Trench Rescue-Advanced, Underwater Search & Recovery, Vehicle Extrication 1, Vehicle Extrication 2, Vehicle Extrication 3. For further information, contact the Continuing Education Dept., Blue Ridge Community College, College Drive, Flat Rock, N.C. 28731, telephone (704) 692-3572. APEX RESCUE CELEBRATES 25th ANNIVERSARY Apex Rescue was organized in July 1971 to provide emergency ambulance care to the sick and injured in the town of Apex and communities in Wake County. The squad provides Paramedic level service operating three ambulances, one crash truck and two boats. The celebration will continue from now until an Awards Banquet and 25th Celebration on August 10, 1996. You are invited to stop in and visit the squad at any time. 15th ANNUAL EAST COAST EMERGENCY MEDICINE SEMINAR East Carolina University School of Medicine will hold the seminar September 13 - 15, 1996 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center in Morehead City, N.C. For further information, contact Brenda Truell at (919) 816-2154. LODGING FOR 1996 WNCARS RESCUE COLLEGE If you are planning to attend the Western North Carolina Rescue College next August 3-4, 1996, make your reservations now, as many hotels are being booked full due to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Do Not Procrastinate - Secure Your Rooms Now!! "HELICOPTER USE IN RESCUE" Blue Ridge Community College offers a class quarterly entitled "Helicopter Use in Rescue" to fire/rescue personnel subject to mountain or high-level rescues. The course includes instruction on communication, guiding and landing helicopters, safety in and around helicopters, how to load and balance a helicopter, extinguishing turbine engine fires, LZ management and live rescue scenario atop Looking Glass Rock in Pisgah National Forest. WNC Helicopter Service provides the helicopter and assists with course instruction. Cost is $60.00 per person with maximum class of 20 students. For more information, contact Frank Simpson or Delores Hogsed, BRCC, (704)692-3572, ext. 224 or 225, or Bob Twomey, Rescue & Tactical Associates, (704)884-7174. TRADE-SWAP-SELL-LOCATE ITEMS FOR SALE - 1991 Model Ford (diesel) Wheeled Coach, Type III. 87,000 miles, still in service. Call for current mileage. Chassis, box, lights and siren, asking price $25,000. Stretcher & radio negotiable. Maintenance records available for inspection. Identification lettering must be removed. Contact Ray Eubanks at (919) 524-4678 or Russell Rhodes (919) 527-5058 at work, (919) 524-3668 at home. FOR SALE - Defibrillators, (2) LP300's, (1) LP250, and (1) LP5. Good condition. If interested call Watauga EMS at (704) 264-9486.