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Pope County honors volunteer first responders after remote rescue; state award cited
Summary
Pope County Quorum Court on April 2025 recognized volunteer EMS and rescue personnel for a remote rescue near Pedestal Rock and highlighted a statewide Star of Life award for a county responder.
Pope County officials recognized volunteer emergency responders on the Quorum Court’s April 2025 agenda after a hiker was injured in a remote area near Pedestal Rock.
The county’s EMS director, Dale Saffo, told the court the injured visitor crawled through a small opening and suffered a leg injury; Pope County EMS, the Hector response team and volunteer rescue members hiked in, carried the patient out roughly two miles to a side-by-side vehicle, then to an ambulance and…
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