Today You Need to Know How to Take Care of You and Yours.... Because Nobody is Coming to Help

Our nation is changing and we need to change too. With the recent unrests, changes in weather, and the chance of earthquakes we need to know how to take care of you and yours because in a disaster nobody is coming at least not for a while.

Many of my blog posts talk about the need for volunteers in the LMRFD, but that's about day to day operations for fire and ambulance calls. 

The LMRFD does well on those day to day services, but to put it bluntly in a disaster we're screwed. With roads closed on a good day we have 3-4 firefighters and the volunteers, on a bad day we have 2 firefighters.

So I'm going to talk about how we can care for family friends & neighbors in those few days or weeks after a disaster.

Who would respond in a regional disaster? If our region had a major weather event or earthquake where roads are closed and normal communications are down, how would you call for help and who would respond? 

The truth is nobody is going to respond if you or your family are injured or killed in a major event, not for days, maybe weeks in more remote areas

In a major event involving Kingman, Bullhead City, the Colorado River area, and Lake Havasu City, we would be on our own for days if not longer.

It's not their fault, we chose to live here in Mohave County. Did you know our county is over 13 thousand square miles? That's a little smaller than New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island  together. Get the idea when it comes to disaster response in the rural areas of our county? 

It's NOT the Lake Mohave Ranchos Fire Districts fault, it's not the county's fault, and it's not the states fault, it's our fault. We decided to live in a small rural community with limited resources that provides fire protection and ambulance service for over 2000 square miles. 

So it's our responsibility to know how to take care of our family, friends and neighbors in a disaster or anytime there's an emergency 

Everyone Needs to Take First Aid CPR/AED and basic CERT Citizens Emergency Response Team training because what you know in a disaster may literally mean the difference between life and death. This training is available online...

It would be great if the fire district had 50 volunteers in Dolan Springs and Meadview, but we have a hand full.  That's why everyone needs to take first aid and basic rescue training so we do have the ability to care for our family, friends, and neighbors, until professional rescuers can arrive.

It doesn't take much to create a real life and death emergency in Arizona. Especially in Meadview, several times in the last 8 years I've heard calls where the ambulance was unable to respond to a call in Meadview and tad to turn back because the washes on Pierce Ferry and Stockton Hill Road were both running too high and roads were closed.

Be good neighbors and be prepared... 

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CERT Training Info