Horse Emergency Evacuation Team

HEET is offering yet another great opportunity for members, family and friends:

Our training for April will be CPR and First-Aid. The cost of the class is only $ 30.00 per person. Nan Bowman with Action Safety Education and EquineU.com will be providing the instruction. You will be learning the very latest techniques in CPR, as well as how to provide emergency first-aid.

We need a head count ASAP so that Nan can set up a code for us to access on-line before the April 4th class. Please RSVP by email no later than Saturday March 21st to heeteam@hotmail.com to let us know how many in your family/friends will be attending.

The meeting is going to be at the SLO Library starting at 9:00 AM and you will pay the $ 30.00 at the meeting.

Nan is a very good instructor and we truly appreciate her donating her time to help us.

There is some exciting news for all large animal rescuers in our county.  HEET has obtained a used Anderson Sling from Redwings Horse Sanctuary.  We have had it completely refurbished and updated–THANKS, Jerry, at the Anderson company–and the expenses were covered by a much-needed donation from SLOPOST, which was the beneficiary of a tremendously generous bequest by Jeri Borgra.  Jeri was a member of the Montana de Oro division of Coast Mounted Assistance, and was a truly ardent supporter of our Parks and our equestrian community.  So, to our angel, Jeri, we also say thanks.  The sling will be available through CalFire at the San Luis Obispo Airport station.  It is not quite ready for service, as some of the metal framework still needs refreshing, but we are close!  This has been a long-term project for HEET, to provide this invaluable piece of emergency equipment.

Heet has previously provided two Large Animal Rescue Glides for use in our county, one of which is at the airport fire station and the other is at  Paso Robles CalFire Station Number 30.

For more information on the Anderson Sling and Rescue Glides, visit the Anderson website at www.andersonsling.com.

Opportunity is knocking–please answer!  On February 7, 2009, HEET will hold its annual meeting for the general membership.  It will be at the Airport Fire Station at 4671 Broad Street and will include–this is the opportunity part–a class in Fire Safety (how to stay as safe as possible during a fire event) and training in the Incident Command System, which is used by public safety agencies throughout the country to manage emergency events of all types.  The program will begin promptly at 9:30 AM (930), so be there early to sign in, eat donuts (provided) and coffee (also provided).  For more information, call Julie at 264-3422.  There will also be a brief business meeting.