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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1997-04-30, Page 21, 1 , " Times -Advocate, April 30, 1997 Page 21 Health and Wellness clinic planned Cholesterolwill be the topic of the clinic at the Zurich Pharma- cy. By Carmel Sweeney Zurich correspondent ZURICH - The next Zurich Women's Institute meeting will be on May 5,at 11:30 a.m. Plans for the day are lunch and a visit to the Museum in Goderich. Guests are welcome. There will be a Health and Well- ness clinic at the Zurich Pharmacy on May 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. It will be on the topic of choleste- rol. If interested, phone the pharmacy at 236-7577 or drop in for an ap- pointment. There will be no charge for this. The Hensall Community Yard. Sale is coming up on May 31. be- ginning with a Firemen's Breakfast at the firehall on Queen St. There will also be a yard sale at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel School on May 3 from 8 a.m. to.2 p.m. Firefighters' boots are hard to fill r Continued from page 15 zero until MacGregor activated a small flashlite strapped to the side of his ,helmet. It wasn't bright enough to illuminate the room, but I could see it clearly enough to know what direction he was in. During our search. MacGregor's warning keeper activated; he had only five minutes of air left and it was time to get out. I thought I remembered the way out and took the lead, but we somehow became separated. I knew I was on the right track because I felt the tiled floor. But where was my partner? I stopped to listen for his beeper and the noise led me around a • wall. 1 could barely make out the glow from his helmet light but used it to, pin -point his location and led him in the right direction, Morgan said afterwards, the helmet lights are a new edition to their equipment and even though they may not be bright enough to cut through a smoke: filled room, they can be used to spot each other. The type of warning device MacGregor had on his mask Was also an advantage in this situation. Some masks, such as the -one I was wearing, vibrate to warn that air in the tank is low. His beeped and the noise combined with his flashlight helped me locate him. Although we both started with full tanks, 1 was surprised to see 1 still had one quarter tank of air whereas MacGregor was almost completely out. "It depends on the person and the situation. If you're working hard or you panic, you'll breathe more air," said Morgan, adding firefighters are ordered to terminate the,search and exit as fast as possible when their five-' Minute warning 'goes off. • The next lesson to learn happened while I ,was outside. A two -,man team inside radioed that a firefighter was downy MacGregor and I were in the process of replacing our tanks and were caught off - guard. Another team had io scramble to gear up and go in to assist. "There should always he a quick intervention team on stand-by right outside the door ready to go in if that happens," said Morgan. Eventually, the three active firefighters came out carrying a limp Scott Heywood. To throw an unexpected surprised into the drill, Heywood was instructed to act as firefighter rendered unconscious. • Again, another safety device came into play here. Heywood Was carrying a "pass alarm," which emits a loud noise when a firefighter is motionless for more than 30 seconds. He made things difficult by tucking himself between two benches and curling up in a fetal qosition. The alarm guided the rescue team towards him; they would not Have found him if it wasn't for that. Armed with a full tank of air MacGregor and I made our third entry. I took the wall again and began to search. This time around. 1 thought 1 would pick up the pace since I was • becoming familiar with the layout. In my haste I wasn't taking the tiine'to sweep the area in front of me and my knee struck a metal electrical receptor jutting out from the floor. The snmke was not real, the victims were not real, but the pain I felt was very real. Some lessons are learned the hard way. It wasn't long before we ran into the next surprise in store for us. Instead of finding a stuffed dummy, we found Chief Morgan laying on the floorpretending to he an unconscious victim. Morgan is not a small man and even though there were two of us, dragging him along was' difficult. On the way out: we encountered another team carrying the limp body of Deputy Chief Cam McLeod acting as another victim. I could feel the tiled floor and knew we were close to the exit hut they were moving in the wrong direction. What should 1 do? 1 made a quick decision to leave my partner and led the other team with their victim out the door. Realizing my partner was still inside, 1 dashed hack in to help with the other victim. Even though I knew this was a drill in a controlled environment, my adrenalin pumped and my heart kicked into overdrive. As I struggled with the victim, I suddenly felt out of breath. I started to hyperventilate, and even`ihough !could hear the air coming through the mask with every breath 1 took, I still couldn't get enough air. .1 suddenly realized - or at least I believed - I couldn't breath. 1 lost all sense of judgment, completely forgot my training and panicked. 1 stood up and tried to rip the mask off my face as I ran for the door. Firefighter Jeff Musser immediately came to my aid, helping me take the mask off while making me crouch on one knee to help me catch my breath. That third entry was the least pleasurable, but the most valuable. Again, there were lessons to be learned. If the second crew would have been dragging the victim out instead of carrying him, they probably would have felt the tiled floor preventing them from bypassing the exit in the Wrong direction. Myself, I had broken the number one rule when conducting a search and rescue. Never, ever leave your partner. I should have communicated where the exit was to the other team instead of abandoning my partner to lead them out. In a real situation my actions would have jeopardized his life. But in.a real situation I would be dead. When I removed my mask during my panic attack, I broke the seal around my face, a move that would have killed me in a room full of toxic smoke. Morgan said the tucks were purposefully set up to confuse us. "We do it for you guys to fail by making it a tough scenario," he explained. "You may have done something wrong in practice and realize, 'I've just died in a real situation...but I just learned so.nething." Back at the station, firefighters filled the tanks with air and cleaned and replaced their equipment before gathering for a meeting. They took turns discussing the exercise, what we did wrong, what we did right and what we could do to improve the training for next time. I returned home tired, a little sore and soaked in perspiration. I couldn't help but think that at any moment the volunteer firefighters could be called upon to use the training they've learned that night, and in an instant they could be faced with a life and death situation- a situation that takes only minutes to develop, but requires hours of training to overcome. I slept soundly that night, partly because of the work-out I had endured, but mostly because I knew our community is protected by a dedicated group of volunteers who train hard to learn the lifesaving techniques that may save my life some day. 11 Anyone interested in a bus (rip to the Tulip Festival in Holland, Michigan from May 17 to 19 are to phone Mary -Lou Erb in the eve- ning at 236-4779 for more informa- tion. The St. Boniface basketball team travelled to St. Anne's School in Clinton last Wednesday to compete in a tournament with other stu- dents. Even though they didn't win, they had a good time. Congratulations to the students of Aimed Rau who participated in the London Kiwanis Music Festival this past week. Results are as fol- lows: Caresse Bedard 43, Pam Meidinger 80, Lisa Smith 87, Heidi Klopp 90. Klopp placed first in her class and then proceeded to'the Pri- mary Graded Solo Trophy class. Personals - Sympathy goes to the family and relatives of the late Lionel Wilder Sr., who passed away suddenly on April 25. ' , The fifth 'annual mother' and daughter fun weekend together was held on Saturday and Sunday in Dorchester' this year at the home of Cindy Gelinas, with 11 attending. They enjoyed the hot tub at 'her' place and went to London and In- gersoll. Family, members attended from Ottawa, Grand Bend, Zurich area, Dorchester and London. Congratulations to Wayne and Sharon Overholt, .RR #2 Zurich, , who celebrated their 25th Wedding Anniversary on April 22. A surprise party was held for them on Sunday at St. Peter's Par- ish Hall, St. Joseph, with several friends and relatives attending: Happy birthday wishes go to Vera O'Brien on April 26. An open house was held in -her honor on Saturday afternoon with friends, relatives and neighbors stopping in for a visit. A fancily get-together and supper was held dt her home on Sunday. Congratulations to Shannon Re- gier and Ryan Lee who were mar- ried in Calgary, Alberta on April 26 at St. Gerard's Church. The bride is the, daughter of Lar- ry and Barb Regier, RR 2 Zurich, and the groom is the son of Robert and Elaine Lee of Apsley, Ontario. Her grandmother, Mabel Gilfil- lan is at the Blue Water Rest Home, Zurich and his grandfather is Robert Lee in Wallaceburg. Tyler Joseph Regier, son of George end Joanne, was baptized on April 27 at St. Boniface Church by Fr. Wronski. Happy birthday wishes, go to Anne Willert, Doug 1Willert and Mary Richardson, all on April 20; to Dennis Willert on April 21, Glen Greb on April 21; Gerry Kane on • April 25; Danny Greb on April 26; Mary Romaniszyn of Blue Water Rest Home on April 29 and to Jane Lansbergen recently. Happy anniversary to Butch and Marion Sweeney at Pine Lake Park on April 29. A bridal shower was held at the home of Susan Semple on April 27 for Lynn Picard, financed of Paul Johnston with friends and relatives attending. Paul and Lynn will be married in Niagara Falls on June 14. • Oddfe l lows confer Degree EXETER- Exeter Oddtellows conferred 1st Degree on Brother Dwayne DeHaan of Stratford Lodge #41 on April 22. In attendance was Brother John Nicols, Grand Secretary of Grand Lodge of Ontario, Broth- er Robert Schwalm, District Deputy of Perth District #12 and other Stratford members. Thir- ty-five members attended. 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