Preparing for the worst

For those of you wondering exactly what a WFR (“Woofer”)  is and why I love them and we need them, this should give you some context. It’s an article from the Journal of Emergency Medical Services on exactly why WFR’s rock, and why, when the world falls apart, we’ll be the ones putting it back together.

Enjoy!

http://www.jems.com/article/major-incidents/consider-wilderness-medicine-t

We now have photos from our Haiti deployment online. Please go to our Media section:
http://www.rescuenetus.org/picturesvideo/deployment-media

We are proud to welcome our two newest members to the RescueNet US team.

Aaron Fischer is from Minnesota via Bishop, CA. He works with a mountain SAR team there and is also a WFR instructor. Aaron is entering his PP1 phase.

Erika Jensen hails from Canada. She is an EMT-B and has been working with RescueNet in Australia. She is moving to the US and will be joining our segment of the team. She has completed her PP2 and is a full team member.

Please welcome them both to our team; they are excellent additions and will continue to increase the strength of our responses.

RescueNet US is looking at fall 2010 for our next training course. Make sure you’re on the mailing list for updates.

RescueNet is shocked and saddened to hear of yesterday’s attack on the World Vision office in Manserah, Pakistan. RescueNet has worked alongside Wold Vision team in the Philippines, Haiti and other disaster scenes. They are an excellent group of people serving those in desperate need around the world.

Please pray for the families of the slain and injured and for the workers of World Vision globally who are feeling this loss.

Click here for more information: World Vision

After much prayer and research RescueNet will not be deploying to Chile. Their main needs now seem to be security, heavy search and rescue, shelter and water. None of those are our specialties.

Thank you for your queries and support. Please continue to pray for the people of Chile. They have a long road ahead.

Dave

Chile is asking for international aid. We
are in touch with our national office in Chile to see what the real need is
and if we can help. Please pray.

Due to the surprisingly low number of casualties and the fact that they are not calling for international aid, RescueNet is not planning a deployment to Chile.

Please keep them in your prayers as rioting and looting have already begun.

Blessings,
Dave

A massive 8.8 earthquake rocked Chile this morning. It struck at 03:35 local time (06:36 GMT.) 147 confirmed dead so far, which could quickly and dramatically rise.

RescueNet is tracking this event and we’ll keep you posted. Please be praying for the people of Chile.

Greetings again friends and supporters,

During our time in Haiti our team happened to work alongside the doctors from the US medical show “The Doctors.”  They were impressed with our work and invited one of our team members to join them in taping one of their episodes. It’s a short clip, but shows RescueNet in a good light on national television.

Of course this is never our goal and we never seek the spotlight preferring to work in the areas often overlooked by most responders and the media, but when a commendation seeks us out we are happy to receive it and thank God we were able to be recognized for doing a good job in the task He called us to.

Here’s the link: http://www.thedoctorstv.com/main/procedure_list/1263