2013-01-17 Rope Rescue training
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Booking
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2013-01-17 19:00 at the Fire Hall
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Agenda
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- video: Image:Members:Call-out-season-1-episode-09-part-1-penticton-rope-rescue.mpg
- discussion
- 3-year review
- highlights for 2012
- Rescue response to Victoria Peak
- 11 training sessions
- lowering off Hewetson bridge
- challenges
- few people attend training
- low interest in training outside
- poor indoor training facilities
- 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
- low-angle on very-low angle: capable. Slow without key personnel
- how best to address the need
- objectives, milestones, who
- highlights for 2012
Participants
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Record
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- use of alert system to activate response earlier
- need to pre-alert earlier
- 2-3 incidents per year is more realistic
- coordinated training nights with beaver mines PCES rope team
- people need to have a sense of accomplishment through certification
Objectives:
- continue on joint team
- increase number of members
- get more people from PCES, PCSAR invloved
- recruit externally
- high value
- medium difficulty
- by summer
- lead: Pat
- training
- training, monthly
- high value
- medium difficult
- immediate
- lead: Brett
- training, monthly
- create MOUs with other teams
- Waterton, CNP
- high value
- by end of year
- difficult
- lead: Dave
- develop SOP for PCES to activate and use team
- high value
- by fall
- difficult
- lead: Dave
- 1 exercise
- e.g. Oldman Dam power plant
- high value
- difficult
- done by: May
- lead: Brett
- 1 exercise
- amalgamate with in-station training
- medium value
- easy
- done by: May
- lead: Pat
- amalgamate with in-station training
- look for public event to schedule a demo at
- medium value
- medium difficulty
- not unless part of exercise
- explore possibility of bringing in a course
- determine costs
- work on budget
- determine funding sources
- lead: Dave
- end of year
- low value
- medium difficulty
- May
- 3rd party assessment of skills
- low value
- medium difficulty
Equipment
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Financial
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Feedback
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To do
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