///EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT and EMPIRE WELDING & FABRICATING Co. TEAM UP TO PROVIDE
"All Terrain Res-Q Trailer" TO KENTUCKY's NEW "ATV SAFETY & RESCUE TRAINING PROGRAM"
Knott County, Kentucky
Unfortunately, Kentucky continues to lead the nation in All Terrain Vehicle fatalities. However, a group of dedicated emergency service professionals are working to change that.
On a cold, wet and windy early spring Saturday morning in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, ten instructors from the new Kentucky "ATV Safety and Rescue Training Program" gathered to participate in the first ever "ATV Safety R&D Weekend." The purpose of this gathering was to better understand what the ATVs and UTVs used in this program could do, and perhaps more importantly, what they could not do. The site for this unique gathering was the new "KNOTT COUNTY ATV SAFETY TRAINING CENTER" at the Sutton Memorial Park, located near Vest, Kentucky.
As the weekend itinerary commenced, the first event was presentation of an All Terrain Res-Q Trailer for use in the training program's ATV Safety & Rescue classes planned to be taught to emergency responders statewide. Mr. Dale Dobson, program coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's "Farm and Home Safety Training Program" accepted the off road rescue trailer from Mike Brady, of ///EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, master distributor for All Terrain Res-Q. Brady stated:
"With 70 of these life saving off-road rescue trailers now serving in 28 US states, plus Canada!
All Terrain Res-Qs are literally saving lives Coast to Coast, and then some!"
Participating in the ATV Safety R&D Weekend were the management and staff of the Knott County ATV Safety Training Center, instructors from the Farm & Home Safety Program, representatives of ///Emergency Equipment, the crew of LifeNet MEDEVAC helicopter service, members of LaRue County Fire & Rescue, Hazard Fire & Rescue, Ball Creek VFD, Salyersville Fire & Rescue's "Rhino ResQ Team" and the newly formed Grapevine - Chavies VFD "ATV Rescue Team." In all, a dozen volunteer rescue personnel utilized ten 4X4 ATVs and UTVs, plus four "All Terrain Res-Q Trailers" during the two-day learning experience.