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C hris Fox was driving along Route 1 in Philadelphia when he came across a car crash blocking an intersection. Fox sees accidents often—he drives a lot as a consulting utility forester for Davey Resource Group (DRG). Typically, by the time Fox sees a crash police and EMS have already responded. But this day, the day after Christmas, emergency responders had not yet arrived. He quickly pulled over. "I just immediately fell back on my Davey training," Fox says. A female driver had lost control of her car, which veered across the median and crashed into a light pole. The accident knocked her unconscious. "After I knew my truck was out of the way so as to avoid myself getting injured, I was able to put out cones to direct traffic," Fox says. "I instructed one of the witnesses to call paramedics to let them know what was going on and notify police. I had another witness assist me in adjusting the seat back, because the woman's legs looked like they were pinned underneath the dash." Fox determined the crash victim was breathing, albeit unconscious, but the car's seatbelt was stretched tightly across her throat. Fox had unlocked the seatbelt and all the car's doors when a police officer arrived. The woman slowly started regaining consciousness, and Fox assisted the officer in freeing her from the car. They then tried to keep her calm until paramedics arrived. "Everything worked the way that it should have," says Geoffrey Etzel, regional operations manager for DRG. Etzel travels around the country scheduling basic CPR and emergency-scenario training sessions for Davey utility employees. Fox had just taken part in the more than six hour course in the fall. "I'm very proud of Chris," Etzel says. "Not only is this training intended for use in the field, but it's also meant to help anyone in our employees' families, or anyone they might come across in their personal life. This just happened to be someone he came across while driving." Police were grateful for Fox's help. The driver sustained no life-threatening injuries. "It's really easy to not do the first few steps," Fox says. "You need to make sure, when you pull over to assist somebody, that you're not going to be part of the problem. And when you're out on the road you need to have your vest on so people can see you. For me, having the cones out and wearing my vest, all those little details, that's the kind of information people can ignore in training or in an emergency. "I would have had no idea what to do if I hadn't gone through the training with Davey," he says. "I try to take full advantage of every training opportunity I get. You never know when you're going to need it." Training Aids in Accident Assistance Chris Fox May/June 2015 | 7 D avey has supported Greater Cincinnati's Taking Root campaign since its beginning in 2013 to achieve its goal of planting 2 million trees by 2020. Davey received a prominent award at the second annual Great Tree Summit 2015 for its part in the Taking Root Campaign and for being an exemplary tree care company. A record crowd of 375 individuals attended the event at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. Not only did Davey win the inaugural John Aston Award for its involvement with the Taking Root campaign, but also Jenny Gulick, sales coordinator for Davey Resource Group (DRG), won the Johnny Appleseed Award for her efforts as vice chair of the campaign. "The John Aston Award is an important and prestigious award," Gulick says. "Davey won the award because of our support of Taking Root, and the fact that John Davey founded the first professional tree care company in the country right here in Ohio in 1880." The award honors John Warder, a historic local physician who helped create the American Forestry Association (now known as American Forests) in 1875. Its founding was celebrated by a massive tree planting project in downtown Cincinnati. The Taking Root campaign's current registered tree count is 63,720 trees. Rewarded for TREEmendous Efforts Jenny Gulick, sales coordinator for Davey Resource Group (center), receives a Johnny Appleseed Award at the Great Tree Summit. Bob Meoak, district manager of Davey's Cincinnati R/C office (left) and Scott Beuerlein, Chair of Taking Root (right) accompany Gulick as she accepts her award.

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