Originally Posted by ginblueearth:
When the world of Outlaws required the fire extinguisher on board, I made the comment else someplace else. that if they were concerned about the safety and were requiring the fire extinguisher. that they should also look at themselves. and get a traveling safety team and fire crew. like Knoxville or Medstar to my surprise, Got. my ass ripped. I was even told by one person. Why I expected the world of outlaws to have to come up with $1,000,000 to have a team like that travel with them. Now, just imagine if that would have happened last night at a track other than Knoxville. Where the corner workers were dressed in T shirts and shorts and had a 5 pound fire extinguisher. What a disaster it would have been. Instead of talking about a driver with minor burns on his neck, bruises and a broken rib. we probably would have been talking about the death of another driver in a terrible fire. I think it's high time the world of Outlaws. have a traveling safety team, fire crew with them at every race track. They go to. just for something like we've seen last night. usac. And the All Stars should have the same thing. Their driver's safety should be their number one concern. For everyone that thinks this is ridiculous. Ask Ask the drivers that went into that fire. To get Carson out. ask them if it's ridiculous to have a good safety team and fire crew. traveling with them. Ask them if they would like somebody like Medstar or Knoxville's team. See what they say. Somebody in T shirts or shorts with a 5 pound fire extinguisher. or someone in fire suits. and fire equipment that can put a fire out and save a driver's life. Do you wanna Rap my ass now? If you do find the video of last night and watch it a few times, Then think about it. Glen Murra
This whole "traveling safety team" is a much more complex issue than most would comprehend. There is a lot of ******** involved. You have to take into consideration individual city, county and state requirements regarding training levels, licensing of those providing these services, fire-fighter union agreements, etc. Whatever level of training this traveling crew might have, may be acceptable in one county or state, but not in the next one they travel to.
Do you ever notice when you are at a race track that has a standby ambulance, and a driver gets injured and requires transportation to the hospital, the ambulance treats and loads the patient, and then retreats back to the infield to sit on their hands until the full fire department contingent arrives from the closest (or not so closest) neighboring town? That is all due to contractual obligations on who can and who can't.
I'm aware of at least one area of the country that requires any entity who provides EMS/Rescue service to have a physician medical director on staff. What physician would be licensed in multiple states to provide oversight to this traveling safety team?
As far as whether this team only provides fire fighting and extrication services and not actual patient care, there is an overlap involved in both services, and when the lawyers get involved in who did what, it will get interesting very quickly.