KCDF Foundation donates 2 rescue vehicles for dunes By IMPERIAL VALLEY PRESS STAFF
Sunday, September 30, 2007 9:57 PM PDT
PHOTO COURTESY JACQUE WRIGHT
Shown is one of two ambulances donated by the KCDF Foundation of Los Angeles to Gold Cross Ambulance for emergency response to the dunes area.
The KCDF Foundation and Gold Cross Ambulance Service worked together during the past 18 months to equip Gold Cross with two new Ford F-150s for the upcoming Glamis season.
The trucks were purchased and donated by the KCDF Foundation, which was established by six Los Angeles families after the death of foundation namesake, Kris “Chili Dog” Frick.
Frick died April 9, 2006, as the result of a sand rail accident in the Glamis dunes. When he was injured in the dunes, it took more than an hour to get medical help to him, and he died before reaching the hospital.
As a result, Frick’s family and friends learned about the limited availability of effective and timely emergency medical services out in the dunes. In the months after Frick’s death, they formed the Kris “Chili Dog” Frick Public Benefit Corp., a nonprofit organization whose mission is “To increase dune rider safety awareness and to conduct fundraising to enhance the medical services in Glamis dunes.”
The KCDF Foundation contacted Gold Cross Ambulance after the incident and asked if there was anything it could do to help not allow another incident to happen to other families during the peak season at Glamis.
One way to prevent that was to outfit Gold Cross with the new Ford F-150 pickups, which are being retrofitted to meet the demands of an EMS vehicle designed for off-road emergencies. The new units will ready and available for the upcoming Glamis season, which opens in the next couple weeks.
KCDF and Gold Cross also joined with Imperial County Emergency Medical Services, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management and El Centro Regional Medical Center to pursue goals in four different areas:
n Extend the capabilities of on-call EMS personnel and ambulances at the dunes to better access patients in the center of the dunes area.
n Provide a climate-controlled triage facility with two beds and restroom facilities for the EMS personnel to use while on call at the dunes.
n Enhance “on the dunes” emergency response through the support of existing emergency response vehicles, providing additional vehicles for the EMS personnel and provide driver training to EMS personnel for dune rescues.
n Provide free information and handouts to the users of the dunes, identifying “ride-safe” sand sport activities along with what and where to go if an emergency arises.
To support the efforts of the KCDF Public Benefit Corp., call 714-784-7184, write 3940 E. Miraloma Ave., Anaheim, CA 92806 or visit www.KrisFrick.com for more information.
" Thank you to the KCDF Foundation for their generous donations to our local ambulance service. Anyone who has been at the dunes during a busy holiday weekend knows how hectic things can get, and if you've ever worked for Gold Cross or one of the local hospitals you know how critical timing is in getting to a seriously injured patient. With the current ambulances not being 4-wheel drive capable, these two trucks will greatly help in getting to the injured quickly and providing them with the care they desperately need. "
cinoreah wrote on Oct 1, 2007 7:52 AM:
" Also missing from this newspaper is anything about someone from Holtville who was supposedly shot and killed execution style over the weekend.
I also found it curious there was nothing in this paper about the rain we had a week or so ago. It was significant enough (about a half inch) to at least get a token spot in the paper since rain here is of a somewhat rare thing for the Valley. I'm beginning to wonder about the priorities of this newspaper. jstew118...I understand about the young man killed in the dunes...he was a good friend of my granddaughter's. We get a lot of gobbledy gook from this paper, but somehow they tend to leave out many important stories. Makes you wonder what their reporters are doing...especially over the weekends. "
jstew118 wrote on Oct 1, 2007 7:06 AM:
" More than likely because he was from the Northend and not El Centro or Holtville which is the only thing this newspaper cares about.
This young man was a wonderful, kind, generous person who I am happy to report was my son's best friend! His loss is a tragedy, and he should be celebrated. He was a local businessman at a very young age, and was proud of his community! He will be greatly missed and remembered forever!!! "
jsyi wrote on Oct 1, 2007 1:23 AM:
" hmmm "
cinoreah wrote on Sep 30, 2007 10:22 PM:
" This is good news. And while we're on the subject of the dunes and deaths there, why did this newspaper not report on the death of a Brawley man who was killed in the dunes Saturday after rolling his Jeep? A curiously absent story. "
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Prov3 wrote on Oct 1, 2007 8:17 AM: