2018 Fall SAR Basics/After registration
From PCSAR
Here's the information you will need for the first weekend of the course. There's lots of details. Please read it all now.
We need to a phone number for the following people so we can let you know if there are any last minute changes.
- Zerlina Buhler
- Allen Buhler
- Cody Cameron
- Aidan Sweeney
Registration/deposit fees for the course were due November 16. If you
have not got your fee in, please contact Christy MacDougall for a
resolution: 1-855-727-6825 x3 or pcsar.admn@gmail.com.
Students are expected to have Standard First Aid or higher. Please e-mail your certificate to me or bring it to class. If you don't have Standard First Aid, you can still complete the course but you will not be certified in SAR Basics until you can produce a Standard First Aid certificate.
By the start of the 2nd weekend of the SAR Basics course, the student must have completed separately and show an ICS 100 certificate. This approximately 3 hour course is available from multiple sources, including for free on-line from the Alberta government. Certificates are sometimes delayed, so students that don't already have ICS 100, should take the online course immediately. See http://pcsar.webhop.org/mediawiki/index.php/Training/ICS_100
When you complete the course or if you already have your ICS 100 certification, please e-mail your certificate to me, or bring it to class.
We meet on Friday November 23 at 18:30 (6:30 pm) - 22:00 (10:00 pm) at the Pincher Creek Elks Hall. All students are expected to be on time.
The Pincher Creek Elks Hall is at 1047 Bev McLaughlin Drive.
From Highway 3, turn south onto Highway 6 at Pincher Station. Continue straight south into Pincher Creek. Go straight through the roundabout (traffic circle). As you come out of the roundabout (south) this is Hewetson Ave. Continue straight, descending a hill, crossing a bridge, and coming to a 4-way stop. Turn left (east on Main Street). Continue straight to the next 4-way stop (at the 7-11). Turn left (north on Bev McLaughlin Drive), and cross a bridge. Continue past the museum, a log building, on your right, to Grove Street on your right. The next building on your right is the Elks Hall. You can use the parking on the east side (right) of the building.
Map at:
http://pcsar.dyndns.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/Pincher_Creek_Elks_Hall
Saturday and Sunday are from 09:00 (9 am) to 17:00 (5 pm). Sunday may run late. Lunches are provided.
During the weekend, if you are unable to attend or have problems, text or leave a message on 403-627-7652. Prior or between course weekends e-mail wuth@acm.org or call 403 627-2460.
Bring clothes so that you can be both outside in the weather for up to 4 and a half hours and at other times inside a classroom. The best approach is to use layers that you can put on and take off. Make sure you bring enough to keep yourself warm.
Both the trainers and the students are members of various emergency organizations. Either may be called away to respond to an emergency. For instance, during the 2010 course we were called to an avalanche. If such a situation arises we may suspend portions of this training and reschedule them.
Please review the additional details at:
http://pcsar.dyndns.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/2018_Fall_SAR_Basics/Announce
and
http://pcsar.dyndns.org:8080/mediawiki/index.php/2018_Fall_SAR_Basics
See you this Friday! -- Brett Wuth, Secretary-Treasurer, Pincher Creek Search and Rescue pcsar@castrov.cuug.ab.ca Tel:+1-855-727-6825 http://pcsar.webhop.org Box 1705, Pincher Creek, Alberta, T0K1W0, CANADA
