SurvivalSkillsClassificationTask

Background:
2004-02-04 discussed at Wilderness First Aid course

Are all of our members capable of supporting themselves alone in the wilderness for 24 hours under any conditions?

How do we classify the survival capabilities of our members? On a tasking, how do we decide which members are capable of facing potential survival situations?

Proposal:
We create a survival requirements test. Members are classified as to whether they pass that test. Their classification is available to the overhead team for planning. PCSAR provides related training. When sufficient members have classification, it becomes a requirement for certain types of taskings.

Survival Skills Classifications:

Unknown - members skills have not been verified.

Level 1/Summer - Member has been on a 10 km summer hike. The weight of their pack is recorded. On a separate occassion member camps solo overnight. Member is monitored through-out the night for safety. They use a pack of the same weight of which 2 kg is unusable equipment representing SAR related load.

Level 2/Winter - Member has been on a 5 km snowshoe hike. The weight of their pack is recorded. On a separate occassion member camps solo off-the-land overnight. Member is monitored through-out the night for safety. They use a pack of the same weight of which 2 kg is unusable equipment representing SAR related load.

Tasks

 * develop/modify/refine the proposal
 * evaluate whether there is a need for classification
 * consider possible resistance from members
 * develop staged plan to get from current system to future point where classification is done and used
 * identify training needs, work with TrainingCoordinator to evaluate training feasability
 * Present to PreplanCommittee for consensus

Brett Wuth, 2004/07/13 20:46 MST (via web):

WendyNelson has taken up this task.