Congratulations, Kentucky no longer leads the nation in all terrain vehicle (ATV) fatalities!  While wishing to remain humble, this group of dedicated emergency service professionals have been working hard to change that statistic for almost five years now.  However, the numbers are in for the three year period from 2005 through 2007, and West Virginia with 143 ATV related fatalities is #1 on this infamous list.  Florida with 123 ATV related fatalities is #2, and Kentucky with 114 ATV related fatalities is #3.  As these numbers are still far to high, our work continues.

So, on a cold and windy early fall Saturday morning in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky, ten instructors from the unfunded Kentucky "ATV Safety and Rescue Training Program" gathered to participate in the 2ND annual "ATV Safety and Rescue 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 "KNOTT COUNTY ATV & MOTORCYCLE SAFETY TRAINING CENTER" at Sutton Memorial Park, located near the community of Vest, in Knot County, Kentucky.

This year's weekend itinerary included rescue scenarios drawn from actual off-road rescue reports from around the state.  Also, a new 'All Terrain Res-Q Trailer' for use in the Farm & Home Safety training Program's ATV Safety & Rescue classes was introduced to the program's volunteer instructors.  Mr. Dale Dobson, program coordinator for the Kentucky Department of Agriculture's 'Farm and Home Safety Training Program' accepted the new off road rescue trailer from ATR's master distributor Mike Brady, of  ///EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT, in time for it to be displayed at the 2009 Kentucky State Fair.  Brady stated:

"With 118 of these life saving off-road rescue trailers now serving in 36 US states and in 3 countries, 'All Terrain Res-Q Trailers' are literally saving lives Coast to Coast, and then some!"

Participating in this ATV Safety and Rescue R&D Weekend were the management and staff of the Knott County ATV Safety Training Center, instructors from KDA's Farm & Home Safety Program, instructors from Kentucky State Fire Rescue Training, representatives of ///Emergency Equipment, the flight crews of Air Methods and PHI medical evacuation helicopter services, members of Elizabethtown Fire & Rescue, LaRue County Fire & Rescue, Hazard Fire & Rescue, Salyersville Fire & Rescue's Rhino ResQ Team, Grapevine - Chavies Fire & Rescue's ATV Res-Q Team, and the newly formed Knott County Trail Riders ATV Rescue Team.  In all, sixteen volunteer off-road rescue personnel utilized ten 4X4 ATVs and UTVs, plus four "All Terrain Res-Q Trailers" during the two-day learning experience with one goal in mind:  to learn how to improve response when off-road accidents occur.

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