Rope Rescue/Tasks

From PCSAR

• member participation
  • recruitment in PCSAR
  • recruitment in PCES
  • recruitment from public
  • increase participation level of team members
• training
  • instruction
    • complete 2-hour sessions by February (Brett)
    • deliver 4 6-hour Saturdays (Brett)
    • if financing becomes available inquire with professional instructors for course (Brett, Pat)
      • Fire Master
      • Vertical Systems International
  • reminders of training events (0.1 hr/month)
  • keep training records - what was covered, who attended, gaps (0.5 hr/month) (Shara)
  • arrange manuals (3 hr) (Dan)
  • training area
    • construct anchor points at fire hall for practices (16 hr)
    • mobile anchor points
• equipment
  • wrangling - bring to training, pack, store (1 hr/month)
  • equipment needs
• alert system
  • phone based (Shara)
• develop targets/strategy re response capability
  • response time
  • radios
  • schedule
  • on-call/coverage

• liabilities (Dave)
• explore financing options through Councils, AEMA, funding agencies, etc. (Dave)

• standards
• regional mutual aid
• develop strategy/policy re paid vs unpaid time/workers