The MFA Oil Foundation has awarded a grant to Anderson County emergency management to assist with purchasing four public access bleeding control stations. The MFA Oil Foundation provides support to nonprofit organizations that are working to improve communities where MFA Oil has a significant concentration of members and employees. In addition to this grant, Wes Skillman with the Garnett fire department worked with the lake Garnett grand Prix revival group to purchase 2 additional kits. These kits consist of tourniquets, bandages, and protective equipment to be utilized if an incident should occur where someone is injured and suffering major bleeding. The kits are to be mounted in public areas, similar to A-E-D’s, so they are easily accessible.
Anderson County has several instructors in the National Stop The Bleed Project which consists of training for the general public to know how to stop bleeding using a variety of tools and supplies. This training takes about 90 minutes. If there you groups or entities interested in hosting this training, please contact Anderson County Emergency Management.
