Grassy Knob held important rescue training. This involved extracting an injured Firefighter from a structure or other fire or hazardous situation. Jason Quillen, our Training Officer, put this class together. If a Fireman or other person became disabled at a scene, it is very important to get them into a safe environment ASAP
Pictured on the left is Josh Beyler from ESFD along with Charlie Charlton. They are demonstrating the correct way to attach an anchor to our rescue truck. This type of training is vital because of the huge drops on the edges of our roads in Carroll County. the ropes are used to lower rescue and EMS folks to the scene and to assist in bringing the patient safely up the hill and finish receiving the appropriate care.
We were toned out for a report of an RV overturned by the wind during the storm that went through Grassy Knob on Aug 16th at 21:07 hrs The location was at the upper Dam Site Campground on the Island. Hampering our response was 2 trees down across HWY 187 about 3/4 mile west of Station1. Then SURPRISE !! After clearing those two trees we encountered trees down in the access road to get to the original location. Luckily, the RV was uninhabited at the time! Grassy Knob cleared the call at 00:16
Pictured on the left is the Eureka Springs Ambulance. Eureka Springs responds to all EMS calls and structure fires in the Grassy Knob Service Area. Finally, straight ahead is the unfortunate RV... Just a little word of advice. If you have an RV and a storm is coming, wind up the awning !! It acts like a big sail and can turn an RV over very quickly
Traffic and emergency vehicles at the tree down blocking the road on HWY 187.
By the Numbers
Dec ~ 7 EMS calls
Jan ~ 11 EMS calls