2020 Spring SAR Basics/Schedule

From PCSAR

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This is a sample schedule (master) for SAR Fundamentals courses hosted by PCSAR. Each section links to a lesson plan.

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.

[edit] Evening 1

Wednesday February 12. 18:00-21:30

Scheduled: Brett, Lynn

Available: Chris, Michael, Spencer, Jeff

• 18:00-18:30 0.50hr Introductions and Registration
• 18:30-19:30 1.00hr The SAR Role
• 19:30-21:00 1.50hr Anatomy of an Incident
• 21:00-21:15 0.25hr Navigation - overview
• 21:15-21:30 0.25hr Navigation - map - features

Q's, discussion, prep for next day, clean up

[edit] Day 2

Thursday February 13. 09:00-17:00

Scheduled: Brett, Jeff, Chris to 16:00, Norm

Available: Michael, Spencer

• 09:00-09:30 0.50hr Start-up
• 09:30-10:15 0.75hr Navigation - map - topography
  • too long: should be 0.75hr not 1.5 hr
• 10:15-11:00 0.45hr First Aid - Chris
• 11:00-11:15 0.15hr break
• note: pick up lunch at 11:30 from Subway's
• 11:15-11:45 0.50hr Navigation - map - UTM
• 11:45-12:00 0.25hr Navigation - map - distance
• 12:00-12:30 0.50hr lunch
• 12:30-13:30 1.00hr Evacuation - Chris
• 13:30-14:00 0.50hr Anatomy of an incident (continued video)
• 14:00-14:30 0.50hr Evidence handling - Jeff
• 14:30-14:45 0.25hr break
• 14:45-15:30 0.45hr Ready Pack - Chris
• 15:30-16:15 0.75hr Navigation - map - direction
• 16:15-16:45 0.50hr Organization and Incident Command
• 16:45-17:00 0.25hr flex

[edit] Day 3

Friday February 14. 09:00-17:00

Scheduled: Brett, Norm, Spencer, Lynn

Available: Jeff

• 09:00-09:30 0.50hr Start-up
• 09:30-11:15 1.75hr Navigation - instruments - theory

  10:30-10:45 0.25hr includes break

• pick up lunch at 11:30 from Bear Grass Bistro at Ranchlands Mall
• 11:15-12:00 0.75hr Search Techniques - theory
• 12:00-12:30 0.50hr lunch
  • discuss student's clothing choices one-on-one
• 12:30-17:00 4.50hr Search Skills and Navigation - instruments - practical - compass
  • 12:30
    • at classroom
    • head to venue (Beauvais Lake)
    • split into teams
    • head to first station
  • First Set of Stations

    There are 3 stations:

    • for Type 1 Search,
    • for Widely Spaced Sound Sweep,
    • for Compass Practical.

    The students are split

    into 3 teams and rotated through each station.

  • 13:15 Rotation 1
    • Team S1 - Compass
    • Team S2 - Type 1
    • Team S3 - WSSS
  • 14:00 Rotation 2
    • Team S1 - Type 1
    • Team S2 - WSSS
    • Team S3 - Compass
  • 14:45 Rotation 3

    • Team S1 - WSSS
    • Team S2 - Compass
    • Team S3 - Type 1

  • 15:30 Type 3
  • 15:45 Split into two Teams

    Team A - Type 2

    Team B - Type 2

  • 16:45 flex
  • 17:00 sign out

[edit] Assigned Reading

See Readings.

Survival and Body Mgmt., & Fitness

assigned reading

otherwise 0.5h

• further built upon in a later presentation

clothing, personal protection, & Personal Equip

assigned reading

otherwise 0.8h

Field Health and Hygiene

assigned reading

otherwise 0.5 hr

Hazards

otherwise 0.5 hr

• further built upon in a later presentation

Communications

• further built upon in a later presentation

Inland Water Search

assigned reading

otherwise 0.5hr

SAR resources and technology, & Power Tools

assigned reading

otherwise 0.5 hr

Urban SAR

assigned reading

[edit] Evening 4

Wednesday February 26. 18:00-21:30

Scheduled: Brett, Lynn

Available: Chris, Spencer

• 18:00-18:30 0.50hr Start-up

  (includes written exam reviewing assigned reading)

• 18:30-19:30 1.00hr Communications (follow-up to assigned reading)
• 19:30-20:00 0.50hr Hazards (follow-up to assigned reading) -- Lynn
• 20:00-20:15 0.25hr break
• 20:15-21:30 1.25hr Navigation - instruments - practical - GPS

[edit] Day 5

Thursday February 27. 09:00-17:00

Scheduled: Brett, Roy - prev material, Lynn, Michael

Available: Spencer

• 09:00-09:30 0.50hr Start-up
• 09:30-10:15 0.75hr Navigation - map - triangulation
• 10:15-10:30 0.25hr Navigation - map - route selection
• 10:30-10:45 0.25hr break
• 10:45-11:00 0.25hr Foot Travel Skills
• 11:00-12:00 1.00hr Cold Weather SAR - Roy
• 12:00-12:30 0.50hr lunch
• need more moving in afternoon, too much sitting.
  • Possibly have tracking merge into break and outdoor exercise.
• 12:30-13:00 0.50hr Lost person behaviour - Lynn
• 13:00-13:45 0.75hr Briefing and debriefing - Michael
• 13:45-14:15 0.50hr Search Team Leader - Lynn
• 14:45-15:00 0.25hr break
• 15:00-15:30 0.50hr Tracking
• 15:30-16:15 0.75hr Search Probability Theory - Lynn
• 16:15-17:00 0.75hr flex - possibly knots / rope as filler

  buffer for overruns

  Q's, prep for mock search

[edit] Evening 5

Thursday February 27. 18:30-~22:00

Scheduled: Brett, Russ, Jeff, Norm, Lynn, Michael, Spencer

• 18:30-~22:00 3.50hr Mock search

[edit] Day 6

Friday February 28. 09:00-17:00

Scheduled: Brett, Michael, Roy - prev material

Available: Chris, Spencer

• 09:00-10:00 1.00hr Stress
• 10:00-10:30 0.50hr Start-up
• 10:30-10:45 0.25hr break
• 10:45-11:45 1.00hr Critique - Roy
• 11:45-12:30 0.75hr Helicopter - Michael
• 12:30-13:00 0.50hr lunch
• 13:00-13:30 0.50hr External influences
• 13:30-14:00 0.50hr Air Observer Guidelines - Michael
• 14:30-14:30 0.50hr Survival skills (follow-up to assigned reading)
• 14:30-14:45 0.25hr break
• 14:45-15:30 0.75hr Legal Aspects - Roy
• 15:30-16:00 0.50hr open
• 16:00-16:15 0.25hr break

  second afternoon break needed due to student exhaustion

• 16:15-16:45 0.50hr Review

  exam on day's material

• 16:45-17:00 0.25hr Wrap up

[edit] 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

• Legal Land Description

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 workers 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.

Navigation - GPS - practical - waypoints

• See lesson plan after 1:13

Specialty teams

good idea. Try to work in in future years.

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.

[edit] Filler

• Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug10
• PCSAR event photos, PCSAR event photos
• humorous rescue video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l13dCkY6c4c
• Basic knots
  • clove hitch backed up
  • simple figure 8
  • traced figure 8