Training/2012 tentative schedule

Proposed schedule of regular Tuesday night trainings

Jan 2012
regular meeting training: navigation UTM - Brett

Feb 2012
regular meeting training: avalanche - Eric

extra: Snowmobile Safety

extra: SAR Fundamentals

extra: Search Manager Recertification

Mar 2012
regular meeting training: wild animal safety

extra: Mock, SAR Fundamentals

Apr 2012
regular meeting training: Ready pack & SAR car (What is in your ready pack, & where and what stuff is in SAR car), Jorgensen's GI Jane equipment presentation

extra: possible wilderness first aid

May 2012
regular meeting training: ICS + Web site training - Brett

extra: Urban mock evacuation

extra: possible wilderness first aid

extra: possible Mantracking

Jun 2012
regular meeting training: in field radio + search skills (type 1 - 4)

extra: possible Mantracking

Jul 2012
regular meeting training: (prefer outdoor) Ready pack, GPS, radio, in field / GPS poker run / stations

Aug 2012
regular meeting training: no training - BBQ

Sep 2012
regular meeting training: (prefer outdoor) Equipment use (stretcher, restraint, evacuation and first aid recap)

Oct 2012
regular meeting training: evening mock search

Nov 2012
regular meeting training: no training - AGM, social

Dec 2012
regular meeting training: table top exercise

Jan 2013
regular meeting training: cold weather SAR

Requested, Needed or Interesting

 * First aid recap (splint, stretchers, etc)
 * in field GPS and radio
 * Ready bag in field
 * using the wiki
 * Scavenger hunt / SAR games
 * personal sar equipment / ready pack / Jorgensen's GI Jane equipment
 * wild animal safety
 * stretcher handler, packaging, evacuation
 * navigation skills - gps practical / GPS poker run
 * navigation skills - compass practical
 * navigation skills - map and compass
 * navigation skills - UTM
 * air - LZ preparation / STARS presentation
 * table top exercise
 * search skills, type 1 - 4
 * survival skills
 * first aid practice - general
 * first aid practice - stretcher, packaging
 * tracking
 * team leader role
 * evidence handling
 * rope rescue orientation - rope and knot
 * travel skills - cold weather preparation / avalanche

Nothing special

 * use of radios
 * navigation skills - legal land description, road numbering, municipal approach
 * navigation skills - lat / long
 * air - helicopter orientation
 * air - observer
 * ICS
 * cold weather SAR
 * lost person behaviour - general
 * lost person behaviour - alzheimers
 * search probability theory
 * briefing / debriefing
 * CISM
 * legal aspects
 * foot travel skills

Filler

 * "Call-Out" TV episodes
 * ropes & knots

Not suitable for meeting night

 * foot travel skills - hike