2014-01-16 Rope Rescue training

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1 Announcement
2 Booking
3 File number
4 Agenda
5 Participants
6 Record
7 Equipment
8 Financial
9 Feedback
10 To do

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[edit] Booking

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4-year review
- highlights for 2013
  - 12 training sessions
    - public demo off Hewetson bridge
  - combining with Swift Water Rescue team
    - SWR course
- challenges
  - few people attend training
  - low interest in training outside
  - no formal course
  - very few people do organization support
- what we planned to accomplish
- the resources that we have (people, time, finance)
- the need for rope rescue
- our current capabilities
  - equipment: 2 kits, adequate but weak
  - personnel: variable about 8
  - skills: 1-PEP Team Leader, 2-PEP Team Member equivalent, 5-Team Member in training
  - capacity:
    - high-angle or steep slope (> 30 degrees) in wilderness, road access, or industrial: only when the right personnel attending and given lots of time
      - easy scenarios can handle in reasonable time
    - low-angle on very-low angle: capable. Slow without key personnel
- how best to address the need
  - objectives, milestones, who

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Dan, Rob, Brett

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Objectives:

all team members have scene survey skills
- PCES expects RRTMs to be able to take first-on-scene lead
- need to be able to recognize when RR is appropriate, what type of resources to bring in
- lead: Brett (review: Brett Wuth)

make RR roles simpler
- using pre-rigged equipment
- identify additional equipment that reduces learning load
- lead: Brett (review: Brett Wuth)

increase number of members
- get more people from PCES, PCSAR involved
- recruit externally
- high value
- medium difficulty
- lead: all

RR training
- training, monthly
  - consider 3-4 longer weekend day activities instead of month's 3rd Thursday evening
  - high value
  - medium difficult
  - immediate
  - lead: Brett (review: Brett Wuth)

skills-focused training
- 4-month cycle
- month 1: learn new skills set 1 - as much as can take in
- month 2: review skills 1 / learn new skills 2
- month 3: test skills 1 / review skills 2 / learn new skills 3
- month 4: review skills 1 / test skills 2 / review skills 3 / learn new skills 4
- month 5: review skills 2 / test skills 3 / review skills 4 / learn new skills 5
- etc.

SWR training
- summer months
- lead: Nichole, Dan, Rob

create working arrangements with other teams
- Waterton, CNP, Sparwood, ACRO
- anticipate more local participation with visible involvement in larger team
- hesitant members prefer invitations to observe at other groups' training
- high value
- difficult
- lead: Brett (review: Brett Wuth)