Preparation: The Key to Survival
The key to being best able to get through any emergency is being prepared before it even happens. Learning new skills, and practicing them, then, will help you better and more safely respond when the moment counts.
That’s why Pittsburgh firefighters, police, and EMS volunteered yesterday to train along Slippery Rock Creek in McConnell’s Mill State Park yesterday. Why? In the wake of the flash flood in August 2011 along Washington Boulevard in the Highland Park section of Pittsburgh that killed four people and stranded many dozens of others, they wanted to be better equipped to handle urban flooding should the same situation ever arise.
To learn more about what they did, check out the article in the Tribune Review and their additional photographs:
http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/4192672-74/rescue-creek-park#axzz2WK7CvgAP
Would you, too, like to be better prepared the next time that you had out on your next outdoor adventure with friends and family — or even alone — then consider enrolling in a course at True North. We offer in training in wilderness survival, land navigation, and Wilderness First Aid (WFA), and CPR among others. They each off a great way to learn important skills and to build your confidence.
