Dispatcher: 911 – What’s your emergency?

Caller: My husband was complaining chest pains and now he’s not breathing.

          or My children were playing down by the river and one of them has fallen in.

          or I’m calling from my cell phone, I’m driving on the Richardson Highway

          by Birch Lake and a vehicle with two people still in it is in the ditch.

Dispatcher: Please stay on the line. Salcha Rescue is being dispatched.

Dispatcher: Salcha Rescue, ambulance request, Delta response, to 1234 Old Rich

         Highway for a 78 year old male with chest pains, CPR in progress.

         or Salcha Rescue, respond to Milepost 323 Richard Highway, Tanana River,

         for a child in the river.

         or Salcha Rescue, respond to Milepost 305 for a motor vehicle accident, two

         patients, extrication required.

Salcha Rescue: Salcha Rescue responding to scene, ETA 10 minutes, advanced life-

         support crew on board.

Salcha Rescue, YOUR local EMS volunteers, respond 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 52 weeks a year. What if there were no volunteers for Salcha Rescue?

What if, when you dial 9-1-1 your nearest response agency is North Pole, estimated time of arrival 45 minutes to one hour? Salcha Rescue now needs your help. Salcha Rescue needs volunteers. If you’re interested in volunteering to be an EMT I, EMT II or EMT III, please contact Salcha Rescue at 488-5274 (leave a message, please, as it is not a manned station) or call Chief Ed Keep-Barnes, keepbarnes@acsalaska.net , 488-5336, or attend one of our general membership meetings, held the first and third Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m., Station 1 (Richardson Hwy just north of Johnson Road). Volunteering with Salcha Rescue is a big commitment, but it is a very rewarding commitment.