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Barbara Razo
Honored as
the Richard
Lubin
Safety Person
of the Year
by Jane Wyckoff
Past President, FWSA
Barbara Razo, a woman of boundless
energy, a positive attitude, selfless volunteer,
and dedicated to any task she undertakes, was
named the 2023 Richard Lubin Safety Person
of the Year at the Far West Ski Association Annual
Convention.
Barbara serves on the Big Bear Ski Patrol
(BBSP) for the Big Bear Mountain Resorts, in
the Southern California Region of the National
Ski Patrol (NSP). She received the NSP 20
Year Service Recognition Award in 2021. She
is a member of the Southern California Region
Safety & Wellness Team at her local Big Bear
Mountain Resorts. This is a new national
NSP Education program that teaches patrollers
how to " bring the calm " during times of
trauma, anxiety and distress while responding
to injured and ill resort guests.
This past year, she attended the St. Alphonsus
Medical Center 15th Annual Ski &
Trauma Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, representing
the Far West Division and Southern
California Region of NSP.
Barbara is an Active Emergency Medical
Technician (EMT) / Field Training Officer Licensed
in the State of California and trained
in prehospital trauma, cardiac, pediatric, pregnancy,
burn emergencies / Emergency Disaster
Planning / Fire Extinguisher since 2000. She
is also licensed as a Basic Life Support Provider
in CPR and AED, with the American
Heart Association. She has served as the Big
Bear Ski Patrol Room Lead Patroller and Candidate
Trainer since 2006. To have someone
with her training and experience in a mountain
patrol room is truly a blessing.
An Executive Secretary to the President/CEO
of Rise Management Group, a consulting
company that manages hospice
agencies, during the week, she then devotes
her time to National Ski Patrol duties in the
evenings and weekends. Until recently, when
Barbara Razo, National Ski Patrol - Bear Mountain Ski Patrol, was named the Richard Lubin
Safety Person of the Year. Presenting the award were program sponsors Sean McErlean, Vice
President of Holidaze Ski Tours, and Stacey Stern, Group Sales, Mammoth Mountain Ski Area.
Convention photos by Steve Strickland / Strictly Photography
not patrolling, she also drove an ambulance
on weekends and was a healthcare worker on
the front lines during the COVID pandemic.
Last year Barbara decided to take her skills to
yet another level and became certified in Outdoor
Emergency Care (OEC), and is now the
Lead OEC Instructor for the OEC Course in
Orange County, California. She is an integral
part of the training team for new patrol candidates
and serves as the Human Resources
Liaison to the volunteer patrollers and resort
area management.
Barbara Razo has the distinct honor of
being named the " Outstanding Patroller of the
Nation " in 2016 receiving a gold star from National
Ski Patrol, after being awarded the Outstanding
Patroller of BBSP, NSP Southern
California Region and the Far West Division.
She was also named the NSP Runner-Up Outstanding
Patroller of the Nation in 2008 and
presented with a Silver Star.
In 2006-2007, Barbara designed and
managed a program raising $160,000 in donations
to help build a state-of-the-art Ski Patrol
Station at the top of Snow Summit Resort
called the Jay Otto Station, honoring one of
Barbara's first trainers who passed of melanoma
at the age of 37.
Barbara's special interests include organizing
and writing. She established the patrol
department files of NSP members as working
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personnel records for historical and geographical
data return for BBSP and is an integral
contributor to the creation / writing of the
Volunteer Management Policies handbook as
an Advisor on the Board of the Local Patrol.
Barbara first became involved in FWSA assisting
with the Silent Auction conducted at
the Annual Convention for ten years, and Silent
Auction Chair for three years. Following
in her mother's footsteps, who was a volunteer
in FWSA during the 1940's, she also
served as FWSA Secretary for two years. In
2016, she presented a Snowsports Leadership
Academy session " Safe Travels on the Slope, "
and has contributed several articles for the
Far West Skier's Guide: " The Future of National
Ski Patrol Volunteers " and " National Ski Patrol -
Recruitment Efforts on the Rise. "
Last November, she was appointed the
National Ski Patrol Liaison to the Far West
Board of Directors, a position formerly held
by Ron Anderson, NSP.
This appointment
was in recognition of the importance ski
safety is and will continue to be, in snowsports.
This
year's new sponsors of the Richard
Lubin Safety Person of the Year recognition
program are Holidaze Ski Tours and Mammoth
Mountain Ski Area. Barbara received
lodging and 3 of 4 day lift passes for two to
Mammoth Mountain. ss
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