Preplan/Committee
From PCSAR
The Preplan Committee is responsible for planning in advance for possible emergencies.
The Preplan Committee assigns managers to take Manager-On-Call for each month.
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Members
The Preplan Committee consists of all active search managers along with anyone else who wishes to assist in the work of the committee.
Description | Value to PCSAR mandate | Difficulty to implement | |
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2013-12-01 Oldman Dam/Critque/Sug/0016 | fact sheet of the capabilities of cell phone tracking and the protocols to obtain such information | medium | medium |
2014-04-01 Mock/Critque/Sug/0003 | Use checklist for subject description | medium | easy |
2016-02-14 Blood Reserve/Critque/Sug/0016 | didn't let local RCMP, PCES know we were out of service | low | easy |
2021-01-09 Crowsnest Mountain fall/Critque/Sug/0007 | On this search, snowmobiles would have got searchers on site very much faster than side by sides. Skis rather than snowshoes would also have been faster after the end of the road. | medium | easy |
Critiques/2010-03-21/Sug/0025 | Have equipment out and ready | high | easy |
Preplan/Committee/2015-10-20/Sug/0001 | negotiate MOU with Waterton Park | medium | hard |
Preplan/Committee/2017-05-16/Sug/0001 | Contact Jake for possible manager coverage | high | done |
Preplan/Committee/2017-05-16/Sug/0002 | Update First Call List | medium | easy |
Preplan/Committee/2017-05-16/Sug/0003 | Oversee 2017-03-20 Lost Creek Snow Bike post-op | high | medium |
Preplan/Committee/2017-05-16/Sug/0004 | oversee 2016-11-13 Haig Ridge post-op | high | medium |
Preplan/Committee/2017-05-16/Sug/0005 | oversee 2016-10-20 Lost Creek Hunter post-op | high | medium |
Preplan/Committee/Meetings/2018-03-20/Sug/0001 | complete 2018-02-23 Ground Blizzard post-op | high | hard |
Preplan/Committee/Meetings/2018-03-20/Sug/0007 | complete 2017-03-20 Lost Creek Snow Bike post-op | high | hard |
Preplan/Committee/Meetings/2021-02-16/Sug/0003 | Provide code to access Rave Academy training | high | done |
Preplan/Committee/Meetings/2021-11-16/Sug/0016 | Brett to send Lynn the list of resources prepared by Roy Davidson for BC south of Corbin | medium | done |
- Eric Bruder
- talk to CNP people about availability of expert level sledders for our roster
- encourage snowmobile roster members to add hitch
- help develop Snowmobile Mountain SAR course
- Claus Burchert
- Brian Balak
- Alieza Cyr
Mandate
The Preplan Committee is the locus within Pincher SAR of technical expertise on responding to incidents.
It is responsible for developing and setting Preplans, Standard Operating Policies, Protocols and Best Practices related to the types of incidents Pincher SAR is likely to respond to.
Meetings
Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 19:00-21:00 at the Fire Hall. (Should show on Calendar).
- 2003: 04-22
- 2004:
- 2005: 05-17, 08-16, 09-20, 10-18, 11-15
- 2006: 01-17, 02-21, 03-21, 04-18, 05-16, 08-15, 09-19
- 2007: 02-20, 03-20, 04-17, 06-19, 07-17, 08-21, 09-18, 10-16, 11-20, 12-18
- 2008: 02-19, 03-18, 04-15, 06-17, 09-16, 10-21, 11-18, 12-16
- 2009: 01-20, 02-17, 04-21, 05-19, 06-16, 08-18, 09-15, 10-20, 12-15
- 2010: 01-19, 02-16, 03-23, 04-20, 05-18, 06-15, 08-17, 09-21, 10-19, 11-16
- 2011: 01-18, 02-15, 04-19, 05-17, 07-19, 08-16, 09-20, 10-18, 11-15
- 2012: 01-17, 03-20, 04-17, 05-15, 06-19, 07-17, 09-18, 11-20
- 2013: 01-15, 02-19, 03-19, 04-16, 05-28, 06-19, 09-17
- 2014: 01-21, 02-18, 03-18, 04-15
Communications
The preplan committee has its own mailing list for members to send e-mail to the attention of all the preplan committee members. See PCSAR Preplan Mailing List.
Tasks
The Preplan Committee has dozens tasks on its plate. We often received and review new tasks.
Tasks Currently Being Worked On
- Preplan Committee Chair: organize the work of the committee
- Prioritized tasks (e.g. from Critiques)
Distribute to other committees
- Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug3
- Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug4
- Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug5
- Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug9
- Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug10
- Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug11
- Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug12
- Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug16
- Critiques/2010-03-21/Sug26
misc
- Post incident tasks; See DOC-74 on [1]
- MedicalPreplanCommittee: BrettWuth, RussellLee
- Pitcher critique suggestion #14: prepare key phone numbers (call out, sat phone, common used numbers) in sheet protectors for the SARCAR, etc. : RoyDavidson
- TaskingAgenciesMOUNeedTask, TaskingAgenciesContactTask, TaskingAgenciesIntroductionTask: RoyDavidson
- RoadBlockPreplanTask: JanetJones
- UntrainedVolunteerSOPTask, SpontaneousVolunteersPreplanTask: JanetJones
- KeysTask : JanetJones
- SurvivalSkillsClassificationTask: WendyNelson
- OverheadIdentificationTask: WendyNelson
- discuss Pitcher search critique suggestions #2 and #11: EricBruder
- FireHallCabinetOrganizationTask: EricBruder
- OverheadRoleTrainingTask: EricBruder with JanetJones
- SnowmobileResourcesTask: EricBruder
- ATVEvacTask: RussellBruder
- SatPhoneSignageTask: RonHann
- Pitcher critique suggestion #13: arrange a magnetic or laminated sign for vehicle driver-side door "You are the subject of a search and rescue operation. Please contact the local police or 911 immediately." : RonHann
- EquipmentInventoryTask: RonHann
- HeatedSARCARParkingTask: RonHann
- yearly update of the PCSAR Resource Summary: [DiscussionDoc94] : RonHann
- yearly update of the PCSAR Incident Statistics: RonHann
- ManagerKitTask, StandardOperatingProceduresBinderTask, OverheadFormsTask: BrettWuth
- OverheadJobDescriptionsTask (to be filed BrettWuth)
- AgencyExecutiveRenamingTask: BrettWuth
- Distribute Lost Person Behaviour Checklists and Characteristics of Travel by Persons Lost in Alberta Wilderness to Search Managers that missed the March meeting: BrettWuth
Tasks Awaiting Non-committee Work
(none)
Tasks To Be Worked On
- ComputerSystemTask
- EmergencyCallRoutingTask: Determine how 911 calls reach us
- LongRangeAvalancheTransceiverTask
- Send updated Resource Summary to all organizations that need it. Get the list of organizations
- Request sufficient overhead team members: OverheadPersonnelNeedTask
- EmergencyResponseGroupsContactTask
- OvernightSOPTask
- ManagerSummitTask
- TaskingAgencyHandbookTask
- UrbanSearchPreplanTask
- FireHallEquipmentCheckListTask
- SARCARSetUpCheckListTask
- PreplanTermsOfReferenceTask
- NeedAssessmentTask: low priority
Issues to be discussed as committee (may become Tasks)
Tasks that Won't Be Done
Tasks that we've decided don't need to be done or shouldn't be done. We keep the task descriptions in case we decide to change our minds or need to be reminded of what we decided.
- OverheadRolePackageTask, FoodPreplanTask, BaseLocationPreplanTask, ManagerTravelPreplanTask
- Add emergency number (ambulance, poison control) to briefing sheet (consensus: not needed)
Completed Tasks
We keep these task descriptions around because at some future time we will probably have to revisit them. And to show what we've accomplished.
- Checklist for briefing field teams
- Plan for using field manager
- Plan for difficult communications
- Managers on-call on monthly basis
- Risk assessment based on PC SAR past records
- RCMPRiskAssessmentTask: Risk assessment based on RCMP past records
- Theoretical risk assessment
- ResponsePotentialTask: Define response potential
- Checklist of post search work for search manager
- OverheadPresentationTask (should probably be done once a year)
- ReviewMDMappingTask: Look at mapping from MD
- CommunicationCodeTask
- DifficultTravelPreplanTask
- Critique Suggestion Tracking Form (PCSAR Doc-97)
Documents
The preplan committee oversees a large collection of documents used operationally by the organization.
- Search Manager Guidelines
- preplan snowmobile
- preplan resource summary
- individual-availability-assessment form
- 2001-01 preplan - draft risk assessment categories
- preplan - re-sourcing to other groups
- preplan - first aid record - form
- preplan - Illness Report - form
- preplan - lost person questionnaire - form
- 2000-02-13 2002-05-27 preplan - communications map
- 2002-05-27 preplan - statistics
- 2004-10-26 preplan - resource list form