RESCUES-HORSES

Working on a project right now that might be of interest to you horse-people in the audience.
It's a two-day training course called: Equine Emergencies for First Responders. The idea is to give fire/rescue volunteers the knowledge and skill they need to handle situations like barn fires or MVA's involving horse trailers. Meadowgate Equine Rescue Facility in Newfield, NY is hosting it. And we're bringing these guys in to conduct the training -- check them out.

www.emergencytrainingsystems.com

It'll go something like this:

DAY ONE:
BARN FIRE TACTICS AND STRATEGIES: (8-hour classroom session)
-History of barn fires
-Pre-fire planning
-Barn construction and design
-Enroute to the fire
-Water supply
-Arrival on scene
-Incident command for barn fires
-Barn fire tactics and strategies
-Horses and barn fires
-Protecting the showground
-Firefighter horse-handling
-Tabletop scenarios

DAY TWO:
FIRE-FIGHTER HORSE-HANDLING: (8-hour hands-on session)
-Hay and horse bedding fires
-Behavior issues with horses/live fire
-Horse/equine first aid
-Safety zones around horses
-Emergency halter/lead ropes
-Approach and equipment for restraint and confinement
-Restraint of downed horse
-Horse-handling techniques/one-,man, two-man, multiple horses
-Proper horse release techniques
-Barn smoke drills/rescuing the horse from a barn fire
-Blind-folding the horse

Looks great, right?

Trouble is, with fire department budgets cut to the bone, this can't be a high priority training for most companies -- even though there is a lot of interest. So I'm hoping to get some support from the "horse industry," whether bigger businesses or smaller horse farms.

We need about $5k to make it happen.
Not a lot of money, really.
Not really.

If you've got any funding ideas. I'd be real interested in hearing them.
And, of course, if you've got any spare cash you'd like to chip in....

sj