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FESTI is AEMA's 2008 rethinking of how SAR training is done.

== 2008-11-22 Southern Region Consultation ==

On behalf on Pincher Creek SAR, I attended the Alberta Emergency
Management Agency and SAR Alberta consultation in Lethbridge today
(Sat 2008-11-22).  The meeting was well attended, with about 20 people
there from LASARA, CSDA, Vulcan SAR, SEASAR, ACRO, SAR Alberta and
AEMA.

This meeting had very short notice, in part because of deadlines they
are facing and their desire to accommodate SAR Alberta.  They committed
to better notice in the future.

AEMA has been looking at several disciplines: Fire, Emergency
Management/Disaster Services, Disaster Social Services, SAR, and
Emergency Amateur Radio.  For each one it wants to develop a process
that provides accreditation, certification and standards.  And it
wants to support delivery of training.

The meeting was facilitated by Fred Tyrell, on secondment from
Community Development and was very well handled.  Fred led us through
a discussion of
* the strengths of the current training
* the weaknesses
* how it can be improved
* what we want from SAR Alberta related to training, operations, and admin

There were many good ideas that came from this discussion.  Meeting
notes will be distributed in a couple of weeks.  I'll forward them
when I get them.

SAR Alberta will be using the input in its Standards Committee and
hopefully the board.

AEMA expects to establish a working group in February to plan how
accreditation and certification would work for SAR.  Spence Sample
will begin compiling his report in the summer and deliver it in the
fall of 2009.  At that point it will go before the provincial cabinet
for approval.

The meeting was well worth attending for its own sake.  Several of the
ideas generated can be undertaken without government support.  The
facilitation that supported this discussion was excellent.  AEMA, a
reformulated organization of about a year and half, has yet to
deliver much new to the SAR community.  It's unclear whether these
consultations will have a real impact.  However there is potential for
very good things.  I recommend Pincher SAR stays involved.

--[[User:Brett Wuth|Brett Wuth]]

== Consultation notes ==

: Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:57:40 -0700
: Message-ID: <4548C2E9FC9A0748846342500591D2990A789DA7@EDM-GOA-EXCC-3A.goa.ds.gov.ab.ca>
: From: "Fred Tyrrell" <Fred.Tyrrell@gov.ab.ca>
: Subject: Search & Rescue Consultations

Good morning,
 
I am pleased to provide you, on behalf of both SAR Alberta and the
Alberta Emergency Management Agency, the full set of notes from the
recent series of first-round consultations with the search and rescue
community in Alberta.  These consultations were driven, on our part, by
the Fire and Emergency Services Training Initiative headed by Spence
Sample.

The notes are broken down by the community in which the sessions were
held.  If you wish any clarification of a point that was recorded, feel
free to contact Spence Sample (Spence.sample@gov.ab.ca), Cindy Heselton
(sarasouthcentraldirector@yahoo.ca) or me.  For further information on
the Initiative, contact Spence.  For further information on the SAR
Alberta Standards Committee, contact Cindy.

We will endeavor to keep you up to date as these projects move forward.

Fred Tyrrell

Manager, Stakeholder Relations

Alberta Emergency Management Agency

See notes:  http://pcsar.webhop.org/AEMA-FESTI-2008-11-Workshop-Notes.pdf

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-FESTI (Fire and Emergency Services Training Initiative) is AEMA's 2008 rethinking of how SAR and other training is done.
+FESTI is AEMA's 2008 rethinking of how SAR training is done.
 == 2008-11-22 Southern Region Consultation ==
-On behalf of Pincher Creek SAR, I attended the Alberta Emergency
+On behalf on Pincher Creek SAR, I attended the Alberta Emergency
 Management Agency and SAR Alberta consultation in Lethbridge today
 (Sat 2008-11-22).  The meeting was well attended, with about 20 people
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 --[[User:Brett Wuth|Brett Wuth]]
-== 2008-12-11 Notes from consultation received ==
+== Consultation notes ==
 : Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:57:40 -0700