Danni Speight
Medical Officer

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER YOU DIAL 911 FOR A MEDICAL EMERGENCY?

            Your 911 call goes to the county staffed emergency operations center in Marshall and the dispatcher tries to learn the nature of the problem.  A call is then radioed  to the Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department.  The dispatcher also decides if an ambulance is needed and if so, contacts the Mission EMS Office which is located on the By-Pass at Hwy 213 near AB Tech in Marshall.  They have ambulances staged at various points in the county to serve each area accordingly.  If the call is not picked up after 3 attempts to SCVFD, the dispatcher then radios a mutual aid department for assistance. 

            When the Spring Creek Volunteers arrive on the scene, they access the situation, render emergency aid, and begin to stabilize the patient.  When the ambulance arrives, our volunteers continue to work with the paramedics to render further aid.  Should the MAMA Medivac helicopter be needed, the Mission EMS team and/or SCVFD volunteers may call for their assistance with transport.  Once stabilized, the patient is transported to the nearest hospital via the ambulance or helicopter. 

            When you hear the siren in the distance any time, day or night, we hope you feel respect and appreciation for your Spring Creek neighbors who have left their jobs, their dinner tables or their warm beds and families to go to the aid of someone in our community who is in need.

FIRST RESPONDER & EMT PROGRAM AT SCVFD

            The Spring Creek Volunteer Fire Department has both Emergency Medical Technician’s (EMT’S) and First Responders working as volunteers.  EMT’s have received an initial 156 hours of training and have passed the North Carolina State Test for Credentialing.  The First Responder program which did not require a state test is being phased out and is being replaced by a more advanced Medical Responder Program which now requires 100 hours of training and a state test.  The state provides this training for the volunteers and the fire department covers the cost of the textbooks.  These specially trained volunteers must also meet all of the requirements to be a firefighter and are required to received continuous training throughout their service as a first responder or EMT.