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Page 12-A?THE BRUNSWICK BEACON. Thursday. Mar Ocean is!e First To Assist Emerc BY DOUG RCTTER Dave Harrell of Ocean Isle Beach hopes he is never forced into a situation where he needs to know how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). But as a volunteer firefighter, a businessman who travels the island frequently and a concerned citizen, he feels he will someday need it to save a life. Harrell. along with 16 others at Ocean Isle Beach, recently learned CPR and many other emereenev medical techniques while taking a first responders course. "I think it's something that certainly I will have a use for as well as the others who took the class." he said. "We all hope we don't need it. but it's something that's important to know." Instructors Alex and Jean Mearns, who are members of the Shallotte Volunteer Rescue Squad, said persons enrolled in the course were instructed in all basic first aid techniques including one-man CPR. hemorrhage control and splinting. "It's really the first rung on the ladder for emergency rescue work," said Mearns. The main role of first responders at Ocean Isle Beach, he added, wiii be to stabilize any patients until the rescue squad arrives. He stressed that they will not transport any victims. Mrc Hoarnc nvnluirturl lhat nno nf tlio hiojPQt ,S,M* "" * * *" " *** ?- ?oo benefits of having a crew of first responders is that they can assist other emergency personnel, even if it's just to retrieve a splint or bandage from the ambulance. During their period of instruction, students at Ocean Isle were introduced to the various supplies and pieces of equipment used to treat accident victims. They were became familiar with where those items are located on most ambulances so they can be found quickly during an emergency situation. Mearns said that tlie need for first responders in this area is just as critical as the need for trained emergency medical technicians lEMTs). The 48-hour state certification course has been offered through Brunswick Community College for the past four years, ever since the program was initiated in North Carolina. Jimmy Marshall, director of continuing education at BCC, said interest in the program is growing among local fire and rescue squads and that it is offered on demand to any group of a dozen or more people. Farming Of Wetlai Under Federal Sw Farmers producing agricultural resources are lost commodities on wetlands converted done, the release si within the last 27 months are dis- Exempt from th< qualified from certain federal farm vation Provision is program benefits. agricultural comi verted wetlands Under a Wetland Conservation was commenced 01 Provision of the Food Security Act of n<?> os iqbk ? _ J ? M/., iOW, UI 1905, farmers who converted resulted from the wetlands for agricultural use after party. Also exem Dec. 25, 1985, arc not eligible for created artificiaiij many programs offered through the ponds, farm ponds U.S. Department of Agriculture. In enforcing th< tions, the Agricult According to a news release from and Conservation the Brunswick County Soil Conserva- mines if the applii tion Service, programs covered by agricultural comm the regulations include the USDA daries of fields that price and income support programs, disaster payments, crop insurance, ri Farmers Home Administration | - , ? loans, Commodity Credit Corpora- 5 fcllJOy t tion storage payments and farm !] pjinnpr storage facility loans. 11 Wmner 1 I. ~ This Wee Farmers who do not comply with the regulations are not eligible for /' ? any benefits of those programs for Ijj any crops they produce, not just crops produced on converted wetlands. (*(n| R ?R8a Live Weel While some areas classified as HlW Frida wetlands can be used as productive j?vj lands for fish and wildlife, they can IKL also help control flooding by tern- utiSKjf*\ porarily storing water, trap J?#," / pollutants and improve recreational V)g/. J i J| opportunities. Although farmers can increase B.S1 production dramatically by using drained wetlands, valuable natural ??:*? Let Us Do Your I ,/ 'Offices // H0MES :mfL?7 ?. 'WINDOW V % I 'TILE FLO I/ft ^ j 'I 'CARPET' I COMPLETE CLE B AREA'S LARGEST JANITORI * \ eh 31. 1988 Responders jencv Personnel * a "We would like for the private citizens to get more involved," he said. "You never can tell when you might come into a situation where you can save a life." The course was sponsored by the Ocean Isle Beach Property Owners Association. In addition to paying the $15 tuition of each student required to pay, the organization donated books and arm patches for all students. In the near future, the OIBPOA plans to purchase a four-wheel-drive vehicle which can be used by these first responders in all emergency situations. The vehicle will be housed at the fire station and will bo stocked with first aid equipment needed by first responders as well as radio communications equipment. Terry Barbee, fire chief at Ocean Isle and course graduate, added that the vehicle will also be equipped with a generator, spot lights and a winch and may respond to every fire call. Ocean Isle Beach Police Chief Bill Ozment, one of the recent graduates, said, "This is all part of the POA trying to get the place cranked up and more responsive to our emergency needs." He added that the addition of first responders on the island is just one part of the improving quality of life in the area. "There is such a good spirit of voluntarism here," he said. "It all adds up to a better way of life for all of our people." Mearns said the hope of everyone involved in the course is that some will continue with more advanced training and join a local rescue squad. While the Town of Ocean Isle Beach may need its own rescue squad at some point. Chief Ozment said the first responders will fill the gap which had previously existed in emergency assistance. Barbee added, "This will definitely make things better than they were." In addition to Ozment, other members of the town ponce department passing tne course last week were Jerry Wilson, Jimmy Todd, James Stewart, Hovle Yow and W.C. Lewis. Raymond Ericksen and Albert Crawford graduated from the course as members of the Ocean Isle Beach Volunteer Fire Department in addition to Chief Barbee and Harrell. Other area residents who completed the course were Sandy Wilson, Frankie Hewett, Joseph Ferlauto, Patricia Quaintance, Kirstin Overcash, Donald Overcash and Harry Hunt. ids Outlawed arnpbuster' Act each time this is if the conversion of wetlands com'.ates. menced before the cutoff date and if j Wetland Conser- the wetland conversion was by a ; the production of third party whose actions were nodities on con- beyond the control of the applicant, if the conversion The Soil Conservation Service completed before determines if the area can be if the conversion classified as wetland, if the converactions of a third sion was completed before or after ipt are wetlands the cutoff date, if crop production on r such as catfish wetianas is possible because of and rice paddies, natural conditions such as drought ? federal regula- and if production will have a minimal ural Stabilization effect on wetland values, i Service deter- For more information on these cant is producing regulations, contact the county Soil odities, the boun- Conservation Service office in include wetlands, Bolivia at 253-4458. rTiritjj^iiifiTrm k ' " - . -. *?-. . j * ? *-? kTCH OF THE DAY (chonges doily) | Swordfish, Grouper, Dolphin ed Snapper, Mako Shark, etc. 9 kend Entertainment y ond Soturdoy /? 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