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Revision as of 22:44, 17 March 2010
This is a sample schedule for SAR Fundamentals courses hosted by PCSAR.
It is intended to help instructors schedule their sections. It is not intended for students as a commitment of what will be taught when. Times are only approximate. Elements may be moved around.
Contents |
Evening 1
Typically a Friday. 18:00-21:30
Introductions and Registration
- 0.5hr - 18:00-18:30
- 1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30
break
- 0.25 hr - 19:30-19:45
- 1.5hr 19:45-21:15
flex
- 0.25 hr - 21:15-21:30
- buffer for overruns
- Q's, discussion, prep for next day, clean up
Day 2
Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00
Start-up
- 0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
- sign in
- exam on previous day's material
- 1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30
break
- 0.25 - 10:30-10:45
Anatomy of an incident (cont)
- 0.5hr 10:45-11:15
- SAR Mgmt video
- "Initial Response" 27:30
- spend time repacking my pack
Organization and Incident Command
- 0.5hr 11:15-11:45
flex
- 0.25hr - 11:45-12:00
- buffer for overruns
- questions
lunch
- 12:00-12:30
- 4.5 hr - 12:30-17:00
Day 3
Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00
Start-up
- 0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
- sign in
- exam on previous day's material
Navigation, part 2, instruments - indoor
- 1.75hr - 09:30 - 11:30
- includes break
- 0.25 - 10:30-10:45
- includes break
- SAR Fundamentals Ch.13 "Navigation"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
- stride count
- compass
- GPS
Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - stride count
- 0.25hr - 11:30-11:45
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
- 0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00
lunch
- 12:00-12:30
Search Skills and Compass Practical
- 4.5 hr - 12:30-17:00
Assigned Reading
See Readings.
Evening 4
Typically a Friday, 2 weeks after the previous weekend. 18:00-21:30
Start-up
- 0.5 hr - 18:00-18:30
- sign in
- exam on previous day's material
Review assigned reading
- 1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30
- Survival and Body Mgmt., & Fitness
- clothing, personal protection, & Personal Equip
- Communications
flex
- 0.5 hr 19:30-20:00
break
- 0.25 - 20:00-20:15
Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - GPS
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
- 1.25 hr : 20:15-19:00
Day 5
Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00
Start-up
- 0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
- sign in
- exam on previous day's material
First Aid
- 1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30
- SAR Fundamentals Manual:
- Ch.9 "Some Survival First Aid Considerations"
- appendix B
- Basic SAR Skills Manual:
- Ch.11 "First Aid"
- F-9 "Hypothermia"
- Hypothermia
break
- 0.25 hr - 10:30-10:45
Evacuation
- 0.25 hr - 10:45-11:00
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.26 "Evacuation"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.23 "Rescue and Evacuation"
- [include litter carry / perhaps patient packaging]
Cold Weather SAR
- 1 hr - 11:00-12:00
- Snowmobile / Winter SAR
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-10 "Snowmobile/Winter SAR"
- Cold Weather Nutrition
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-8 "Cold Weather Nutrition"
- Wind Chill Calculation
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: G-4 "Wind Chill Calculation Chart"
lunch
- 12:00-12:30
Communications
- 1 hr - 12:30-13:30
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.14 "Communications"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-4 "Communications"
- Exercise
- see sar/pc/training/subject/sar-fundamentals/components/subject/05-communications
Lost person behaviour
- 0.5hr - 13:30-14:00
- SAR Fundamentals Manual:
- Ch.21 "Lost Person Behavior"
- Appendix F "Lst Person Questionnaire"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.14 "Lost Person Behavior"
- Lost person Questionnaire w/exercise
Search Probability Theory
- 0.75hr - 14:00-14:45
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.22 "Search Probability Theory"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual:
- Ch.12 "Search Management Crucials"
- Ch.13 "Search Area/Confinement"
- Search Area / Confinement
break
- 0.25hr - 14:45-15:00
Briefing and debriefing
- 0.75hr - 15:00-15:45
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Appendix D "Briefing and Debriefing Checklists"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-1 "Callout/Check-In"
- see sar/pc/training/subject/sar-fundamentals/components/subject/07-briefing-debriefing
Search Team Leader
- 0.5hr - 15:45-16:15
- 2005-02 09:55-10:20 : 0.4h
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.17 "Search Team Leader"
- (add marshalling, sign-in)
- see sar/pc/training/subject/sar-fundamentals/components/subject/06-team-leader
Tracking
- 0.5hr - 16:15-16:45
- SAR Fundamentals Manual:
- Ch.23 "Tracking"
- Appendix C "Track ID Form"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.18 "Tracking"
- Tracking Form.
- Exercise
flex
- buffer for overruns
- 0.25hr - 16:45-17:00
- Q's, prep for mock search
Evening 5
Typically the same Saturday evening. 19:00-22:00
evening mock search
Day 6
Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00
Stress
- 0.75 hr - 09:00-09:45
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.16 "Stress in SAR"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-3
- (Floating Stone Video)
critique
- 1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30
- 2006-09-30 09:26 - 10:15
- 2005-02 08:50 - 10:05
- 2008-02-07 10:00 - 2008-02-07 10:34
- critique of night search
break
- 0.25 - 10:30-10:45
Review
- 0.5 hr - 10:45-11:15
- verify sign in
- distribute course evaluations
- exam on previous day's material
Survival
- 0.75 - 11:15-12:00
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.7 "Emergency Survival Skills - Improvising"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual:
- Ch.25 "Short Term Survival Skills"
- F-17 "PSAR"
- prevention, trip plan
- improvising
- video Share The Responsibility
lunch
- 12:00-12:30
Helicopter
- 0.75hr - 12:30-13:15
- 2005-02 10:40 - 11:40
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.29 "Helicopter in SAR"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-6 "Helicopter Operations"
- Helicopter operations video
Air Observer Guidelines
- 1 hr - 13:15-14:15
- 2005-02 12:45 - 13:20
- 2006-09-30 13:12 - 14:15
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.28 "Air Operations Observer"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-7 "Air Observer Guide"
- 0.5hr - 14:15-14:45
break
- 0.25 - 14:45-15:00
- 0.5 hr - 15:00-15:30
External influences
- 0.5hr - 15:30-16:00
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.30 "Handling External Influences"
- (family, media, politics)
Foot Travel Skills
- 0.25hr - 16:00-16:15
- 2006-09-30 14:15 - 14:27
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.12 "Travel Skills: Foot Travel for the SAR Worker"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.8 "Foot Travel"
Review
- 0.5 hr - 16:15-16:45
- exam on day's material
Wrap up
- 0.25 hr - 16:45-17:00
- certificates, congratulations
- log books
- going forward
- maintaining certification
- joining SAR groups
- SAR Alberta
- other training that is possible
- return lent texts, compasses
- return cheques
not covered
The following material is not explicitly scheduled and where appropriate will be covered in earlier sections.
Navigation - Lat/Long
- 0.75 hr
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch13
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
Rationale to not include: SAR workers only use lat/long when interfacing with members of the public and air searchers. Conversion to UTM can be accomplished by a suitably trained person in the planning section.
Navigation - Legal Land Description, Road Numbering System, Municipal Approach Numbering System
- 1.5 hr
- 2006-09-30 10:15 11:45
- SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
Rationale to not include: SAR workes only use LLD and its derivatives when navigating to the search site and interfacing with the public and municipal workers. Navigation by LLD is a difficult skill to maintain. Conversion to UTM can be accomplished by a suitably trained person in the planning section.
Rope rescue
- 1.25 hr
- SAR Fundamentals Manual:
- Ch.24 "Rope Rescue Equipment"
- Ch.25 "Rope Related Skills"
- Basic SAR Skills Manual:
- Ch.21 "Rope Rescue Equipment"
- Ch.22 "Rope Knots and Skills"
- related skills-exercise on knots
Rationale to not include: To assist in a rope rescue takes considerably more training than can be included in this course.
Mountain Bike SAR
- Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-12 "Mountain Bike SAR"
Rationale to not include: A speciality not often encountered.
