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$ 00 Inclu1des Tax Vol. 112 | No. 48 Philip, South Dakota 57567 Thursday, July 19, 2018 www. pioneer-review.com Civil Air Patrol aerospace weekend by Del Bartels unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The South Dakota Wing of the CAP members are all volunteers Civil Air Patrol held its annual who enjoy getting together for aerospace weekend at the Philip flight related activities.” airport, July 13-15. Also leading in the aerospace Cadets, aged 12-21, from across weekend was Buck DeWeese, South Dakota gathered to partic - S.D. vice commander, and Lt. Col. ipate in glider flights, powered Craig Goodrich, S.D. director of aircraft flights, making and operations. First Lieutenant Tim launching of model rockets, learn - Modde, Piedmont, is the director ing about unmanned aerial vehi - of aerospace education. cles (UAVs), flight simulators and The CAP welcomed community other aerospace related activities. members to visit and to watch the All six state squadrons were activities. CAP hosted a free hot represented; Pierre (which in - dog and lemonade lunch for the cludes Philip), Brookings, Sioux community on Saturday. Basic Falls, Rapid City, Custer and rockets, "fizzy flier" and foam Spearfish. Over 40 personnel at - rockets were free for young people tended the weekend. The South aged approximately 8-18 years. Dakota wing of the Civil Air Pa - Advanced rockets with burning trol has approximately 330 mem - engines were built and launched Del Bartels bers, 100 of whom are cadets. by the cadets, during which visi - Many hands; one voice. Each step of getting each crash victim out and on the way to the hospital had to be called out by someone. That role seam - Lee Vaughan, Philip, led many tors were invited to watch. lessly slid from an ambulance crew member, a volunteer fireman or a law enforcement official. volunteers in preliminary work at Though the day was hot, the the Philip airport. “For the past cadets were used to wearing their month, the members of our BDUs (battle dress uniform – squadron from Philip, Harold, black T-shirt with woodland Onida and Pierre have worked camoflage pants. No boots, tirelessly to prepare the though, were allowed in the squadron's building and grounds glider. Each event had its own Mass casualty exercise at Philip, making it possible for safety meeting, which included by Del Bartels sparks or spills existed, so that the arriving aircrews, cadets and everyone staying hydrated. The passengers were enjoying moment’s leader decided to get to support staff to immediately turn Cadets rode in the front seat of their day. The weather was clear, and treat the victims. The Haakon their attention to cadet orienta - the glider, with the instructor rid - traffic was light, everyone was County Deputy Sheriff arrived tion glider rides and building ing in the seat behind. It was having fun. The day was good. and set up a safety perimeter for rockets as they worked toward pulled by a powered airplane to The driver began experiencing a civilians. their model rocketry badge.” approximately 1,500 feet. The diabetic emergency. An intersec - Fire departments arrived, Colonel David Small Jr, Rapid cadets then took over. Because of tion was ahead. The vehicle went though the leadership role stayed City, CAP S.D. wing commander, thermals, “It’s bumpy up there,” through, slamming into the side of with each EMT directing the work said many of the adult and youth warned DeWeese. “We will touch a propane truck. for each patient. Any propane po - participants camped at the air - down in the first 50 feet of the This was the lead-in to a mass tential was a fireman’s call. Fire - port Friday through Sunday. runway, which you don’t see in casualty exercise at the Philip men assisted in getting people out “Aerospace education is one of any other aircraft.” For glider bal - Roping Arena area in Philip, July of vehicles, into C-collars, and onto the three missions of the Civil Air ance and stability, cadets under a 14. By way of pagers, messages backboards and cots. Patrol, the auxiliary of the United certain weight sat on a lead- came in to different people repre - Triage was determined. One States Air Force,” said Small. weighted seat cushion. senting different first-responder ambulance left with two critical “Member activities include glider For more information, or to departments, and the hands-on “red” patients. Two less critical rides, orientation rides in single possibly join the Civil Air Patrol, part of the South Dakota Emer - “yellow” were prepped and loaded engine propeller aircraft, con - contact a CAP leader. gency Medical Service District 5 into the waiting ambulance. No struction and launching of model meeting and training began. ambulance was needed for the aircraft and learning about use of The training was realistic and dead “black” patient. The two Del Bartels multi-departmental. To an ob - walking wounded “green” patients It took more than just the ambulance crew to safely get the unconscious server, it was a continuous transi - were tended. When the first am - propane truck driver out of his cab, strapped onto a backboard, and into tioning of leadership roles. bulance returned, that crew took an ambulance. Seven victims and only two ambulances made this train - First on scene was an ambu - over in the medical proceedures ing scenario a mass casualty incident. A damaged propane truck added lance crew. Immediate determina - and moving of the remaining pa - to the emergency potential. tion of the situation was made by tients. someone who knew, through train - Depending on experience, one ing, that they had to take charge. person in charge smoothly Fire departments and law enforce - switched the leadership to an - ment were apprized. other. Each had their specific re - By definition, a mass casualty sponsibilities. Everyone obeyed. In situation is any scenario where an emergency, the responders can - the number of casualties exceeds not be egotistic or indeterminate. the safe capacity of the medical Orders were given, yet a sureness units on hand. An ambulance crew and calmness were presented to can tend to up to two patients dur - the conscious patients. ing transport. Two ambulances The patients were addressed. made the scene. But, there were The propane situation was ad - seven patients. dressed. Clean-up had begun. Each volunteer victim had on Someone, maybe a fireman, took realistic make-up and wore a tag charge and demanded that all which vaguely described their in - emergency personnel were out juries. If you don’t know the extent and if any were injured in any of the injuries, you assume the way. During the entire exercise, a worst. Because this could not be non-participant was taking notes reality, some things such as intra - of each step and each person’s role, venous medical proceedures, had and those notes were going to be Del Bartels Del Bartels These volunteer “victims” show off their make-up. Each wore a tag to be “verbalized” as they were scrutinized after the exercise. Philip Cadet Alec Crowser is strapped into the pilot’s five-point har - vaguely describing their injuries, ranging from a diabetic situation to taken through the motions. Lori Quinn, Haakon County ness of the glider. The harness is to keep her stable during any turbu - broken bones, internal injuries, to maybe being dead. The warning number on the emergency management director lence or exciting maneuvers. She, and the instructor sitting behind her, side of the propane truck (1075) and Philip Ambulance Service di - were towed by a powered airplane to approximately 1,500 feet, then let was called into dispatch to deter - rector, organized the exercise. land Ambulance Service and Vol - One special guest was Julie loose. She experienced two glider flights during the Civil Air Patrol’s mine a safe perimeter distance for Represented were the Philip Vol - unteer Fire Department, The Smithson, Western EMS special - aerospace weekend at the Philip airport, July 13-15. The second was emergency personnel. It could unteer Fire Department, the Onida Volunteer Fire Department, ist, S.D. Department of Health, “easier.” Cadet Crowser had already piloted a powered aircraft, under have been looked up in a manual, Haakon County Sheriffs Office, and others. In all, organizations EMS program. strict supervision by a CAP instructor, from Philip to Pierre during a but this way was faster. No fire, Philip Police Department, Mid - from 13 counties had been invited. CAP training exercise. continued on 2 Board prepares for upcoming school year The Haakon School District cents to $2.75. Breakfasts for all Many of the sports coaches about the eventual finished prod - Board of Education began its July students remain at $1.50 and have been approved for this uct of this multi-million dollar 9 meeting with the swearing in of extra milks remain at 30 cents. school year. project that affects the entire two board members starting their Student reduce lunches are still In the building construction up - community, “We have a right to be next terms, Mark Radway and 40 cents. date, the building committee, picky.” Jake Fitzgerald. Admission to school activities other board members and some of A new school building open The board then approved its an - remain the same as last year, $3 the administration voiced concern house for just students and their nual “housekeeping” items re - for students and senior citizens about the workers meeting their parents is scheduled for August quired at the beginning of the and $5 for other adults. Season deadline before classes begin. 13. The rest of the public is in - district’s fiscal year. The First Na - passes are also the same, $25 for “A lot has been accomplished in vited to an open house to be tional Bank in Philip is still the students and senior citizens and the last three weeks and a lot is scheduled for a later date.

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