2013-01-17 Rope Rescue training

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

[edit] Announcement

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[edit] Booking

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2013-01-17 19:00 at the Fire Hall

[edit] File number

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[edit] 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

[edit] Participants

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[edit] Record

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• Image:2013-01-17-joint-rope-rescue-3-year-review.odp

• 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

• 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

• • amalgamate with in-station training
    • medium value
    • easy
    • done by: May
    • lead: Pat

• 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

[edit] Equipment

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[edit] Financial

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[edit] Feedback

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[edit] To do

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