Editing Critiques/2009-05-05
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=== PCSAR Board === | === PCSAR Board === | ||
- | Mandate Relevant to Incidents | + | Mandate Relevant to Incidents |
* Overall ability of PCSAR to accomplish its mission. | * Overall ability of PCSAR to accomplish its mission. | ||
* Organizational policies | * Organizational policies | ||
* Relationships with Tasking Agencies and Fellow Responding Organizations. | * Relationships with Tasking Agencies and Fellow Responding Organizations. | ||
* Financing, budget | * Financing, budget | ||
- | suggestions identified: | + | suggestions identified #'s: list numbers |
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=== PCSAR Preplan Committee === | === PCSAR Preplan Committee === | ||
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* Expertise in search and rescue. | * Expertise in search and rescue. | ||
* Standard Operating Procedures for incidents. | * Standard Operating Procedures for incidents. | ||
* Post incident critique, review and follow-up. | * Post incident critique, review and follow-up. | ||
- | suggestions identified: | + | suggestions identified #'s: list numbers |
=== PCSAR Equipment Committee === | === PCSAR Equipment Committee === | ||
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* Obtaining and keeping equipment ready. | * Obtaining and keeping equipment ready. | ||
- | suggestions identified: | + | suggestions identified #'s: list numbers |
=== PCSAR Call-Out Committee === | === PCSAR Call-Out Committee === | ||
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* Respond to First Call from Tasking Agency | * Respond to First Call from Tasking Agency | ||
* Contacting members during an incident. | * Contacting members during an incident. | ||
- | suggestions identified: | + | suggestions identified #'s: list numbers |
=== PCSAR Membership Committee === | === PCSAR Membership Committee === | ||
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* Recruiting members. | * Recruiting members. | ||
* Tracking members contact information, skills and equipment. | * Tracking members contact information, skills and equipment. | ||
- | suggestions identified: | + | suggestions identified #'s: list numbers |
=== PCSAR Training Committee === | === PCSAR Training Committee === | ||
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* Training members. | * Training members. | ||
- | suggestions identified: | + | suggestions identified #'s: list numbers |
=== Tasking Agency === | === Tasking Agency === | ||
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* Overall legal responsibility for incident. | * Overall legal responsibility for incident. | ||
- | suggestions identified: | + | suggestions identified #'s: list numbers |
- | + | == Fellow Responding Organizations === | |
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* Response to incident in accordance with their individual mandate and ability. | * Response to incident in accordance with their individual mandate and ability. | ||
- | suggestions identified: | + | suggestions identified #'s: list numbers |
== Suggestions by functional area == | == Suggestions by functional area == | ||
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=== first notification / tasking === | === first notification / tasking === | ||
=== call-out === | === call-out === | ||
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- | {{ | + | * {{sug|1}} Not able to get call-out people on incidents. Suggest have lead call-out coordinator on-call for month or 2 week period like manager-on-call. Suggest get more call-out people. |
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+ | * {{sug|2}} Using old call out list. Confusion when coordinating with other call-out person. Some people called twice. Suggest use same list. Suggest having index by name and split index. | ||
=== investigation === | === investigation === | ||
=== communications === | === communications === | ||
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+ | * {{sug|3}} Merging teams can cause confusion in command/reporting structure. Suggest clear language of merging vs. working together. Suggest switch to single FRS channel for new team. | ||
=== resources === | === resources === | ||
- | {{ | + | * {{sug|4}} Suggest get gel pens which won't freeze. |
=== family liaison === | === family liaison === | ||
=== (de)briefing === | === (de)briefing === | ||
- | {{ | + | * {{sug|4}} Map becoming available only after given assignment relative to locations is sometimes confusing. Suggest map orientation should be first. |
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+ | * {{sug|5}} Debriefing forms don't match urban context. Suggest rework wording. | ||
=== searching === | === searching === | ||
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- | {{ | + | * {{sug|6}} Suggest have minimum of 2 people approach door for member safety and to give assurance of legitimacy to resident. |
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- | {{ | + | * {{sug|7}} Suggest when urban searching at night have patrol vehicle or other equipped with alley lights and search lights accompany teams to speed up searching of front yards and vehicles. Could expect Pincher RCMP to support in this way. |
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- | {{ | + | * {{sug|8}} Suggest having roving support vehicle for urban search teams for food, water, warming, transport. |
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- | {{ | + | * {{sug|9}} Suggest mark sidewalk with chalk in urban search to indicate what has/hasn't been searched by which team. Could make easier to recognize sweep boundaries. Could be tied to end of walking/tracking stick. Could develop convention for markings "X" like disaster search. |
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+ | * {{sug|10}} Suggest wear reflective vests for urban night search for higher visibility vs normal street clothes. Makes team seem less suspicious when seen by resident in their yard. | ||
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+ | * {{sug|11}} Suggest search areas that are difficult can be reexamined by strategically spotting from point of advantage. E.g. thick brush along creek spotted from other side. | ||
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+ | * {{sug|12}} Discussion of degree of discretion to work outside assigned segment. Suggest need for clarification of when should talk to command post vs. decide on own. | ||
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+ | * {{sug|13}} Suggest when spotting subject, maintain visual contact until part of party approaches. Can lose perspective as approach. | ||
=== extrication === | === extrication === | ||
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- | {{ | + | * {{sug|14}} Having many people approach Alzheimer sufferer likely to cause trauma. |
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+ | * {{sug|15}} Suggest use rope as tag line when extracting stretcher on slope. | ||
=== stand down === | === stand down === | ||
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=== prevention, public education === | === prevention, public education === | ||
=== travel === | === travel === | ||
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- | {{ | + | * {{sug|16}} Suggest continued use of carpooling to search in e.g. Lethbridge. Better safety on way back when tired. |
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+ | * {{sug|17}} Suggest having arrangement to call-in when driving alone back from a tiring search (e.g. night search). To confirm safe arrival. | ||
=== logistics === | === logistics === | ||
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(e.g., how this critique was organized, mock search goals, exercise techniques) | (e.g., how this critique was organized, mock search goals, exercise techniques) | ||
- | {{ | + | * {{sug|18}} Suggest encourage members in field to discuss overhead decisions after search as learning opportunity. |
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- | {{ | + | * {{sug|19}} Suggest everyone get experience of working comms and command post. |
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+ | * {{sug|20}} Suggest better learning if everyone can see handling of first approach to subject. |