Weekly Training 11-11-09

This Wednesday's training class was EMS related. Gallatin Gateway Fire Department responds into Gallatin Canyon and there is always potential for a large incident with multiple patients. Motor Coaches transport skiers and resort employees up to Big Sky, ski area daily.

Gallatin Gateway Fire Department might arrive on scene initially and need to establish command and begin sorting patients as other agencies are summoned and ambulances come from some distance away for assistance. Guidelines for Triage were discussed and with half the class acting as patients the other firefighters took turns establishing command and making decisions on what level of care and which patients could be treated and packaged for transport first. The concept is to sort the patients who need immediate treatment and transport to make the best use of limited EMS transport capability until more ambulance can arrive on the scene. Trainer Steve Emerson lead the class of 15 firefighters.