February 2008

Camping
Trip
Wichita Mtns
Wildlife Refuge
SW Oklahoma

All spotters talks will be presented in January, February, and March. We do not provide spotter training after the end of March due to increased chances for severe weather.

Meteorologists from the National Weather Service provide the free training at the invitation of a city or county emergency manager. The training lasts about 2 1/2 hours and includes instruction on how to safely observe severe storms, how to identify important features, and how to make accurate and timely reports.

In our area, storm spotters are a resource of each local community, and work with local emergency management officials to help protect their community from dangerous storms.

If you would like to be a storm spotter
in your local community
contact your local Emergency Manager

Oklahoma City Outdoor Network
Wilderness First Aid Class

The American Red Cross
Wilderness First Aid - Basics Course
is a course for those who work, live or play
in remote areas - away from the usual
EMS Service. 

Even though the emergency workers near these areas may be trained to search for and rescue those in need, there may be a
delay in the notification of assistance, the time required to get to
the patient, or in moving the patient to more advanced treatment.

The types of activities and persons needing
more advanced training in first aid could be:

Hikers and Backpackers

Kayakers and Canoers
Hunters & Fishermen
Rock Climbers
Cavers

Farm workers

People in Disaster Situations
tornados, floods, ice storms, etc.

Course Outline

    1. Types of delayed-help situations

    2. Emergency action steps - Check, Call, Care

    3. Checking the scene, patient and resources

    4. Contacting help

    5. Caring for the patient long term

    6. Patient assessment and record

    7. Preventing disease transmission

    8. Prioritizing care

    9. Treatment of injuries such as:

            a. wounds

            b. head and spinal injuries

            c. extremity injuries

            d. abdominal injuries

            e. sudden illnesses

            f. major bites and stings

            g. other types of miseries

    10. Carrying out the plan

    11. Transports and evacuations

This 16-hour
Wilderness First Aid course uses a combination of classroom, skills practice and role-play
to teach the response steps and treatment
of injuries and illnesses in a delayed-help situation.

Contact the
OKC Outdoor Network
for more information

Oklahoma Tackle Show
Oklahoma City's - State Fair Park

Fishing
 at Lake Hefner's
Enclosed "Heated"
Fishing Dock

Some will be fishing for crappie...
and others for catfish or whatever else is biting
You can fish on the "outside" deck or inside the building
 Inside Heated in the winter...
 

Contact the OKC Outdoor Network
for more information

Let's Meet
& Party on
Leap Year Day
2008

Lets Meet and Celebrate
the rare Leap Year Day
on Friday February 29th, the last time Feb. 29th was here on a Friday was 1980

If you have an old picture of you from 1980 bring it, and we can enjoy a look back at where we were in 1980 it will be fun!
 
Why celebrate LEAP year this year ????

Well, lets face it ... the next time LEAP year will appear again
(on a Friday) is 2036 and that's a long time away!

So lets celebrate this one before it is gone.
 
If you want to come celebrate the LEAP YEAR event, Terry and I, and other celebrators will be at the OLD CHICAGO Bar and Restaurant located off of I-40 and across from Tinker AFB. We will be meeting there in the bar after work 5pm-??

Contact Joanna Hudson-DeMoe
for more information or to RSVP