Rescue team plans bike and rope extraction on trail, La Plata County CO
Medical EmergencyRescue team plans to evacuate injured person from Hermosa Creek Trail using bike or rope system depending on conditions. They are coordinating communication and possible ground team support to ensure safety during extraction.
Audio|Source: Four Corners Area Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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1722.
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With 4. 1722.
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to assist,
00:18
still puzzled a little bit, this lad out. I don't know when I'm walking six miles,
00:24
but perhaps with the two of you, we can get the bike out, see if it's operational,
00:30
and depending on the guy's height, weight ratio, and all that, perhaps Kurt, or you can ride him out.
00:40
Yeah, I'm bringing my rope gear and a short static line, so hopefully we can just use M.A. to get it out if we have to.
00:49
Otherwise, I'll plan on trying to carry him on my bike if you use of the appropriate size.
00:56
You know,
00:58
as we say, guard out, make sure it's safe.
01:01
Otherwise, you know, he's got a long hike to get out or maybe person to put him on his bike. Do you have pegs?
01:11
I do not, but I've done two-up on a bike without pegs quite a lot, so I'm not too worried about it.
01:20
Copy that. So I'll be coming in behind you.
01:23
He won't have a radio,
01:25
but I'm assuming if he just follows Hermosa Creek in, right, the trail stays on the trail, he's going to run into you, correct?
01:36
That's a firm.
01:39
Okay, so I feel confident then he knows those trails.
01:43
He'll just stay on the Hermosa Creek Trail until you run into him.
01:51
Hermosa Creek Trail the whole time, so it should be good.
01:56
Sounds good. Tom's corkish.
02:00
Combs, go ahead.
02:02
Yes, sir. What should our comms plan be for this plan that I hope you'd overheard?
02:10
Yeah, I put in the alert.
02:13
Command is on 800 SAR2 and tactical V-Sar-1, but if there's nobody else that Drew on scene, there's maybe nobody to talk to on V-Sar-1, unless Kurt might have a radio with that.
02:30
Yeah, Kurt only has his snowmobile club radio. Do we need to have someone establish operations at the trailhead and set up communications?
02:42
Well, that would be the standard practice in case Drew does not have contact at the subject location.
02:53
Okay, yes, if you would make that so,
02:56
and it probably doesn't hurt to have some kind of even a ground team that would assemble in the event that we can't get the bike out. This lad's going to have to walk out, what is it, six miles,
03:09
and I want to make sure we don't have an incident in an incident.
03:15
Copy. Also,
03:19
in the chat was a note from Silverton Medical Rescue.
03:24
They are aware of the,
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and ask if they would like us to,
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Hermosa Creek Trail, Colorado 81301
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