2013-02 SAR Fundamentals/Schedule
From PCSAR
This is the schedule for SAR Fundamentals courses hosted by PCSAR. Compare with the generic schedule.
Each section links to a lesson plan.
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.
It may have to be adjusted to instructor availability, etc.
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Evening 1 - February 8
Typically a Friday. 18:00-21:30
Introductions and Registration (Brett)
- 0.5hr - 18:00-18:30
The SAR Role (Brett)
- 1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30
break
- 0.25 hr - 19:30-19:45
Anatomy of an Incident (Brett)
- 1.5hr 19:45-21:15
flex (Brett)
- 0.25 hr - 21:15-21:30
- buffer for overruns
- Q's, discussion, prep for next day, clean up
Day 2 - February 9
Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00
Start-up (Brett)
- 0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
Navigation - overview (Chris)
- 0.25 hr - 09:30-09:45
Navigation - map - features (Chris)
- 0.25 hr - 09:45-10:00
Navigation - map - topography (Chris)
- 1.5 hr - 10:00-11:30
Anatomy of an incident (continued video) (Brett)
- 0.5 hr - 11:30-12:00
lunch
- 12:00-12:30
Ready Pack (Brett)
- 1.0 hr - 12:30-13:30
Navigation - map - UTM (Chris)
- 0.5 hr - 13:30-14:00
Navigation - map - distance (Chris)
- 0.25 hr - 14:00-14:15
break
- 0.25 hr - 14:15-14:30
- spend time repacking my pack
Organization and Incident Command (Brett)
- 0.5hr 14:30-15:00
Navigation - map - direction (Chris)
- 0.75 hr - 15:00-15:45
Navigation - map - triangulation (Brett)
- 0.75 hr - 15:45-16:30
Navigation - map - route selection (Brett)
- 0.25 hr - 16:30-16:30
flex (Brett)
- 0.25hr - 16:45-17:00
- buffer for overruns
- questions
Day 3 - February 10
Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00
Start-up (Brett)
- 0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
Navigation - instruments - theory (Brett)
- 1.75hr - 09:30 - 11:45
- includes break
- 0.25 - 10:30-10:45
- includes break
Assigned reading (Brett)
- 0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00
lunch
- 12:00-12:30
Search Skills and Navigation - instruments - compass - practical (Spencer, Brett, Cindy, Ron?, Alieza?)
- 4.5 hr - 12:30-17:00
Assigned Reading
See Readings.
Survival and Body Mgmt., & Fitness
- assigned reading
- otherwise 0.5h
clothing, personal protection, & Personal Equip
- assigned reading
- otherwise 0.8h
- assigned reading
- otherwise 0.5 hr
- otherwise 0.5 hr
- assigned reading
- otherwise 0.5hr
SAR resources and technology, & Power Tools
- assigned reading
- otherwise 0.5 hr
- assigned reading
Evening 4 - February 22
Typically a Friday, 2 weeks after the previous weekend. 18:00-21:30
Start-up (Brett)
- 0.5 hr - 18:00-18:30
Review assigned reading (Brett)
- 1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30
Hazards (Brett)
- 0.5 hr 19:30-20:00
break
- 0.25 hr - 20:00-20:15
Navigation - instruments - practical - GPS (Brett, Karl?)
- 1.25 hr : 20:15-21:30
Day 5 - February 23
Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00
Start-up (Brett)
- 0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
First Aid (Claus?)
- 1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30
break
- 0.25 hr - 10:30-10:45
Evacuation (Brett)
- 0.25 hr - 10:45-11:00
Cold Weather SAR (Roy)
- 1 hr - 11:00-12:00
lunch
- 12:00-12:30
Communications (Bryan)
- 1 hr - 12:30-13:30
Lost person behaviour (Brett)
- 0.5hr - 13:30-14:00
Search Probability Theory (Jeff?)
- 0.75hr - 14:00-14:45
break
- 0.25hr - 14:45-15:00
Briefing and debriefing (Bryan)
- 0.75hr - 15:00-15:45
Search Team Leader (Diane?)
- 0.5hr - 15:45-16:15
Tracking (Bryan)
- 0.5hr - 16:15-16:45
flex (Brett)
- buffer for overruns
- 0.25hr - 16:45-17:00
- Q's, prep for mock search
Evening 5 - February 23
Typically the same Saturday evening. 18:30-~22:00
Mock search (Eric, Russ, ghosts: Brett, Bryan, Jeff?, Michael?)
- 3.5 hr : 18:30-~22:00
Day 6 - February 24
Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00
Stress (Bryan)
- 0.75 hr - 09:00-09:45
Critique (Roy)
- 1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30
break
- 0.25 - 10:30-10:45
Review (Brett)
- 0.5 hr - 10:45-11:15
- verify sign in
- distribute course evaluations (form)
- exam on previous day's material
Survival skills (Eric)
- 0.75 hr - 11:15-12:00
lunch
- 0.5 hr - 12:00-12:30
Helicopter (Bryan)
- 0.75 hr - 12:30-13:15
Air Observer Guidelines (Bryan)
- 1 hr - 13:15-14:15
Legal Aspects (Roy)
- 0.5hr - 14:15-14:45
break
- 0.25 - 14:45-15:00
Evidence handling (Roy)
- 0.5 hr - 15:00-15:30
External influences (Brett)
- 0.5hr - 15:30-16:00
Foot Travel Skills (Brett)
- 0.25hr - 16:00-16:15
Review (Brett)
- 0.5 hr - 16:15-16:45
- exam on day's material
Wrap up (Janet, Brett)
- 0.25 hr - 16:45-17:00
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.
Navigation - GPS - practical - waypoints
- See lesson plan after 1:13
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.
