I would like to point out 1 thing, regarding this incident. This incident could have happened in someone's garage, and with every type of car/truck out there. I don't want people thinking that this incident is specifically a result of this event. We all need to be safe when jacking up a vehicle, and place a tire under both sides. If we can't get a tire underneath it, then we need to find something else to back up the jack. This is just in case the jack fails. This rule holds true when we work on our rigs on the trail, or when we work on our cars at home.

I think it would be be very helpfull for Troy, Jeff, and anyone else who has served as a trailleader and/or tailgunner, to debrief this call to improve any future emergency response needs. Troy could share his experience in having to handle this emergency, so that other's will be more prepared in the future.

Fernando, Travis, and myself handle emergencies like this every day at our FIRE/EMS jobs, but we are not always going to be around.

I would be very interested in facilitating some discussion on this matter, and how we can improve our handaling of any future emergencies encountered on the trail.