LYME — (From a press release) The Lyme Ambulance Association has announced the appointment of Erik Eisensmith to their Emergency Management Services (EMS) team. Eisensmith has been named Driver Training Officer for the organization and brings years of professional driver training experience to the task.
A graduate of Wheaton College, Eisensmith has lived in Lyme for 15 years. As an executive of Overland Experts, LLC, he is well qualified for this important position. He and his company have taught specialty driving skills to military special forces, utility company personnel, and aid workers in the United States and abroad.
Eisensmith exemplifies the professionalism of Lyme Ambulance Association volunteers. Given the gravity of the Association’s core mission, the association is fortunate and grateful for the deep pool of talent living in Lyme.
Lyme Ambulance Association is staffed by residents who share a common profile: competence, commitment and compassion. Eisensmith embodies this profile when asked why he has volunteered his talents, saying, “It’s not a job, it’s a passion.”
Lyme Ambulance Association is an independent, not for profit association staffed fully by volunteers.
For more information, call 860-434- 5667 or visit the Lyme Ambulance Association’s website.
The Conncecticut State Police have 2 SKIDCAR SysTeM training devices. The SKIDCAR system is used to train real vehicle dymanics in small areas at low speeds. As new drivers are trainned in emergncy vehicle operations (EVO) Being able to allow drivers to learn from their mistakes with out damage orphysical injury is truly training saving lives. Its is a valuable training aid the Association sould look into.
Drive well trainined and safe.