Class teaches advanced techniques

  • First responders work during an Auto Extrication Advanced Patient Handling Class at the Blue Ridge Kiwanis Club Fairgrounds.
    First responders work during an Auto Extrication Advanced Patient Handling Class at the Blue Ridge Kiwanis Club Fairgrounds.
  • First responders in an Auto Extrication Advanced Patient Handling Class faced a wide variety of difficult challenges.
    First responders in an Auto Extrication Advanced Patient Handling Class faced a wide variety of difficult challenges.

    The Kiwanis Club Fairgrounds in Blue Ridge were filled with 26 cars and one school bus as first responders from across North Georgia took part in an Auto Extrication Advanced Patient Handling Class.

    Some ten members of the Fannin County Fire Department (FCFD) joined colleagues from departments in Union, Cherokee and other nearby areas May 19 to 21.

    FCFD spokesman Robert Poole said, “This was a very in depth extrication class taught by Rescue Redefined.”

    He credited the many sponsors who contributed to make the class happen, “There were many moving parts to make this happen. The generosity, assistance and dedication of all involved made this a huge success,” he said.