2010-03 SAR Fundamentals/Schedule

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This is a trail schedule for the SAR Fundamentals course hosted by PCSAR.

It is intended to help instructors schedule their sections. It is not intended for students as a commitment of what will be taught when. Times are only approximate. Elements may be moved around.

Contents

[edit] Evening 1

Typically a Friday. 18:00-21:30


Introductions and Registration

0.5hr - 18:00-18:30


The SAR Role

1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30


break

0.25 hr - 19:30-19:45


Anatomy of an Incident

1.5hr 19:45-21:15

flex

0.25 hr - 21:15-21:30
buffer for overruns
Q's, discussion, prep for next day, clean up

[edit] Day 2

Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00


Start-up

0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
sign in
exam on previous day's material


Ready Pack

1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30


break

0.25 - 10:30-10:45


Anatomy of an incident (cont)

0.5hr 10:45-11:15
spend time repacking my pack


Organization and Incident Command

0.5hr 11:15-11:45


flex

0.25hr - 11:45-12:00
buffer for overruns
questions


lunch

12:00-12:30


Navigation, part 1

4.5 hr - 12:30-17:00

[edit] Day 3

Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00


Start-up

0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
sign in
exam on previous day's material


Navigation, part 2, instruments - indoor

1.75hr - 09:30 - 11:30
includes break
0.25 - 10:30-10:45


Assigned reading

0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00


lunch

12:00-12:30


Search Skills and Compass Practical

15:00 interrupt by avalanche call to CMR.

Had been split into 3 teams:

  • Team A - completed Compass, Type 2.
  • Team B - completed Type 1, Type 4.
  • Team C - completed Type 4, Compass.

[edit] Assigned Reading

See Readings.

[edit] Evening 4

Friday, 2 weeks after the previous weekend. 18:00-21:30


Start-up

0.5 hr - 18:00-18:30
sign in
exam on previous day's material


Review assigned reading

0.45 hr - 18:30-19:15 (Brett)


break

0.25 hr - 19:15-20:30 (Brett)


Communications

0.45 hr - 19:30-20:15 (Brett)


Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - GPS

1.25 hr : 20:30-21:30 (Brett)

[edit] Day 5

Saturday. 08:30-17:00


Start-up

0.5 hr - 08:30-09:00 (Brett)
sign in
exam on previous day's material


Briefing and debriefing

0.75 hr - 09:00-09:45 (Brett/Spencer)


Lost person behaviour

0.5hr - 09:45-10:15 (Spencer)


break

0.25hr - 10:15-10:30


First Aid

1.0 hr - 10:30-11:30 (Brett)


Cold Weather SAR

0.5 hr - 11:30-12:00 (Brett)


lunch

12:00-12:30


Search Team Leader

0.5hr - 12:30-13:00 (Brett)


Tracking

0.5hr - 13:00-13:30 (Brett)


Search Skills and Compass Practical

13:30 marshal at MD Meeting room
  • regroup in teams from last time
    • Team A - completed Compass, Type 2 - moves to Type 4
    • Team B - completed Type 1, Type 4 - moves to Compass
    • Team C - completed Type 4, Compass - moves to Type 2
13:45 rotation 3
    • Team A - Type 4 (Spencer)
    • Team B - Compass (Brett)
    • Team C - Type 1 (Ron)
14:45 Type 2 (All)
15:45 Type 3 (Brett)
16:00 done


break

incorporated in above
0.25hr - moves to 16:15


Evacuation

0.50 hr - 16:15-16:45 (Cindy)


flex

buffer for overruns
0.25hr - 16:45-17:00
Q's, prep for mock search

[edit] Evening 5

Typically the same Saturday evening.

18:30 marshal at MD meeting room, convoy to Eric Bruder's ranch


Mock Search

19:00-22:00 evening (All)

[edit] Day 6

Sunday. 08:30-17:30


Stress

0.75 hr - 08:30-09:00 (Brett)


Critique

1.0 hr - 09:00-10:00 (Cindy)


break

0.25 - 10:00-10:15


Review

0.5 hr - 10:15-10:45 (Brett)
verify sign in
distribute course evaluations (form)
exam on previous day's material


Search Probability Theory

0.75hr - 10:45-11:30 (Brett)


Foot Travel Skills

0.25hr - 11:30-11:45 (Spencer)


Flex

0.25hr - 11:45-12:00


lunch

0.5 hr - 12:00-12:30


Survival

0.75 hr - 12:30-13:15 (Brett)


Helicopter

0.75 hr - 13:15-14:00 (Cindy)


Air Observer Guidelines

1 hr - 14:00-15:00 (Ron)


break

0.25 - 15:00-15:15


Evidence handling

0.5 hr - 15:15-15:45 (Roy)


Legal Aspects

0.5hr - 15:45-16:15 (Roy)


External influences

0.5hr - 16:15-16:45 (Brett)
SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.30 "Handling External Influences"
(family, media, politics)


Review

0.5 hr - 16:45-17:15 (Brett)
exam on day's material


Wrap up

0.25 hr - 17:15-17:30 (All)
  • certificates, congratulations
  • log books
  • going forward
    • maintaining certification
    • joining SAR groups
      • SAR Alberta
    • other training that is possible
  • return lent texts, compasses
  • return cheques

[edit] not covered

The following material is not explicitly scheduled and where appropriate will be covered in earlier sections.


Navigation - Lat/Long

0.75 hr
SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch13
SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Rationale to not include: SAR workers only use lat/long when interfacing with members of the public and air searchers. Conversion to UTM can be accomplished by a suitably trained person in the planning section.


Navigation - Legal Land Description, Road Numbering System, Municipal Approach Numbering System

1.5 hr
2006-09-30 10:15 11:45
SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Rationale to not include: SAR workes only use LLD and its derivatives when navigating to the search site and interfacing with the public and municipal workers. Navigation by LLD is a difficult skill to maintain. Conversion to UTM can be accomplished by a suitably trained person in the planning section.


Rope rescue

1.25 hr
SAR Fundamentals Manual:
  • Ch.24 "Rope Rescue Equipment"
  • Ch.25 "Rope Related Skills"
Basic SAR Skills Manual:
  • Ch.21 "Rope Rescue Equipment"
  • Ch.22 "Rope Knots and Skills"
related skills-exercise on knots

Rationale to not include: To assist in a rope rescue takes considerably more training than can be included in this course.


Mountain Bike SAR

Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-12 "Mountain Bike SAR"

Rationale to not include: A speciality not often encountered.

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