2010-03 SAR Fundamentals/Schedule

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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.

1 Evening 1
2 Day 2
3 Day 3
4 Assigned Reading
5 Evening 4
6 Day 5
7 Evening 5
8 Day 6
9 not covered

Evening 1

Typically a Friday. 18:00-21:30

Introductions and Registration

0.5hr - 18:00-18:30

The SAR Role

1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30

break

0.25 hr - 19:30-19:45

Anatomy of an Incident

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

exam on previous day's material

Ready Pack

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

Navigation, part 1

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

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

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"

Assigned reading

0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00

lunch

12:00-12:30

Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - compass

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"

Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

1 hr - 12:30-13:30

Search Skills

3 hr - 13:30-16:30

SAR Fundamentals Manual:

Ch.17 "Search"
Ch.19 "Clue Consciousness"

Basic SAR Skills Manual:

Ch.15 "Search Tactics and Resources"
Ch.16 "Search Principles & Techniques (How to Search)"

Search skills 0.5hr

Exercise- search skills 2.0hr

Debriefing 0.5 hr

Clue consciousness

break

incorporated in above

0.25 - brings to 16:45

flex

0.25 - 16:45-17:00

buffer for overruns

questions, review what's needed for next weekend

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

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

2nd half of SAR Mgmt.Video

0.5 hr - 19:30-20:00

"Expanding the Search" 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

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"

Legal Aspects

0.5hr - 14:15-14:45

2005-02 15:20 - 15:41

2008-02-07 14:36-15:06

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.31 "Legal Questions: Some Suggestions for Keeping Out of Trouble"

Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-15 "Legal Aspects"

break

0.25 - 14:45-15:00

Evidence handling

0.5 hr - 15:00-15:30

2005-02 09:05 - 09:38

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.18 "Handling Evidence"

Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.20 "Evidence Handling"

Exercise

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.

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-{{Subst:SAR Fundamentals/Schedule}}
+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.
+== Evening 1 ==
+Typically a Friday.  18:00-21:30
+'''[[SAR Fundamentals/Introduction|Introductions and Registration]]'''
+: 0.5hr - 18:00-18:30
+'''[[SAR Fundamentals/SAR Role|The SAR Role]]'''
+: 1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30
+'''break'''
+: 0.25 hr - 19:30-19:45
+'''[[SAR Fundamentals/Anatomy of an Incident|Anatomy of an Incident]]'''
+: 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
+'''[[SAR Fundamentals/Ready Pack|Ready Pack]]'''
+: 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
+'''[[SAR Fundamentals/Organization and Incident Command|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
+'''[[SAR Fundamentals/Navigation, part 1|Navigation, part 1]]'''
+: 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
+: 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"
+'''[[SAR Fundamentals/Assigned reading#Day 3|Assigned reading]]'''
+: 0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00
+'''lunch'''
+: 12:00-12:30
+'''Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - compass'''
+: SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
+: Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
+: 1 hr - 12:30-13:30
+'''Search Skills'''
+: 3 hr - 13:30-16:30
+: SAR Fundamentals Manual:
+:* Ch.17 "Search"
+:* Ch.19 "Clue Consciousness"
+: Basic SAR Skills Manual:
+:* Ch.15 "Search Tactics and Resources"
+:* Ch.16 "Search Principles & Techniques (How to Search)"
+: Search skills				0.5hr
+:  Exercise- search skills		2.0hr
+:  Debriefing				0.5 hr
+: Clue consciousness
+'''break'''
+: incorporated in above
+: 0.25 - brings to 16:45
+'''flex'''
+: 0.25 - 16:45-17:00
+: buffer for overruns
+: questions, review what's needed for next weekend
+== Assigned Reading ==
+See [[SAR Fundamentals/Assigned reading#Readings|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
+'''2nd half of SAR Mgmt.Video'''
+: 0.5 hr - 19:30-20:00
+: "Expanding the Search" 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"
+'''Legal Aspects'''
+: 0.5hr - 14:15-14:45
+:: 2005-02  15:20 - 15:41
+:: 2008-02-07 14:36-15:06
+: SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.31 "Legal Questions: Some Suggestions for Keeping Out of Trouble"
+: Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-15 "Legal Aspects"
+'''break'''
+: 0.25 - 14:45-15:00
+'''Evidence handling'''
+: 0.5 hr - 15:00-15:30
+::  2005-02 09:05 - 09:38
+: SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.18 "Handling Evidence"
+: Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.20 "Evidence Handling"
+: Exercise
+'''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.