By Gabe Brison-TreziseValley News CorrespondentThursday, May 28, 2015(Published in print: Thursday, May 28, 2015) Fairlee — Upper Valley Ambulance is getting a lift thanks to the Doty Belt, a device resembling a climbing harness that allows responders to more..
Many EMS providers each year suffer back and other musculoskeletal injuries from lifting patients. The biggest problem is that people don’t have handles to make lifting and handling them easy to do. Firefighter Captain Glen Doty was tired..
First was the regular sized Doty Belt. Then came the larger Doty Belt. But, there was a need for something smaller, something that could be used for home health care, physical therapy, the Elderly and for care facilities,..
UL, the testing corporation, recently ran tensile tests on the Doty Belt. UL is a global independent safety science company offering expertise in certification, validation, testing, inspections, auditing, education and advisory services. UL ran tensile tests on the..
The California Fire Service magazine, September/October 2013 issue, have a feature on Doty Belt. California Fire Service magazine is the exclusive magazine for members of the California State Firefighters’ Association, with over 19,000 members, making it one of the largest firefighter..
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) World, profiled Doty Belt on its website product guide. Along with a very good photo of the belt itself, some of the text was quite flattering: The Doty Belt/Lift Assist Harness was created to..
Doty Belt helps support the Livermore/Pleasanton Firefighters Foundation hook and ladder run, an annual event in its 5th year, held every June.. The Livermore-Pleasanton Firefighters Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)3 that supports: Injured and Fallen Firefighters, officers, First Responders..
Glen Doty is currently a Captain with a California Fire Department and has been in the fire service for 20 years. Over that time period he have responded to hundreds of medical calls. He has witnessed not only..
We didn’t make the cover of the Rolling Stones, or even the cover of International Fire Fighter Magazine, but we are featured on page six of the August 2013 issue. We are right up there with the big guys. We..
Thousands of times each year, Cincinnati Firefighters assist residents from the floor. Sometimes this is simply to assist someone with a mobility problem after a mishap, other times the person may have fallen as part of a more..
