Ranger Report September 22 2021
Town
of Wells--On Sept. 17, Forest Ranger Scott joined New York State Fire and New
York Task Force-2 at Auger Falls in the Sacandaga River Siamese Ponds
Wilderness Area for a practice rescue scenario. Ranger Scott placed a mannequin
at the falls and the team rigged a highline over the gorge to recover the
mannequin. The training scenario focused on rigging, packaging, and extricating
the patient. Photos, courtesy of the New York State Division of Homeland
Security and Emergency Services (DSHES),
Town
of Indian Lake--On Sept 18 at 10:15 a.m. Hamilton County 911 contacted DEC's
Ray Brook Dispatch reporting a 34-year-old hiker from Baldwinsville with a knee
injury on the Castle Rock Trail in Blue Mountain Lake Wild Forest. Forest
Rangers Lomnitzer and Milano reached the subject at 11:12 a.m., and assisted
him back to the trailhead. At 11:30 a.m., he advised he would seek medical
attention on his own.
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