Critiques/2010-08-24

Suggestion #1: Add to SAR Tasking Guidelines that the Manager on Call communicate directly with the RCMP

Committee handling: preplan

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: done

Action: Address in SAR Pre-plan

Suggestion #2: All Search Mangers should have phone contacts for EMS ambulance in order to improve on inter-agency communication and avoid mistaken directions including Channel(s) 1&2.

Committee handling: training

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: easy

also preplan committee

Search managers and net control should know that we should use Channel 1 as preferred means of communicating with PCES during incidents.

• Verify with PCES

Channel 2 is simplex.

Considered, but rejected: having cell phone numbers of ambulances. Won't know which ambulance is deployed.

Action: Address in SAR Training

Same as Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug2.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #3: Interagency Communication should be improved

Committee handling: board

Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated

Difficulty to implement: not rated

Action: Training with Table-top exercise among all agencies

Could include all agencies.

Request to PCCEMA to organize.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

refer to tasking agency (PCCEMA)

Suggestion #4: Equipment in SARCAR and Equipment Trailer should include Heat Blankets and Hot Packs.

Committee handling: equipment

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: medium

Fire Chief has offered hot packs.

Hypothermia kits can't freeze so stored in Fire Hall.

Rejected: understand why kits can't freeze and see if constraint can be ignored.

Consider: heated container in equipment trailer allowing equipment that require minimum temperature to be kept there year round.

Action: check out and procure this survival equipment.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #5: ensure that all drivers can back up and haul out the SAR trailer

Committee handling: training

Value to PCSAR mandate: medium

Difficulty to implement: easy

SAR spent 20 minutes lining up trailer hitch/chose wrong hitch.

• practice deployment of SAR trailer.

Assuming that we move the equipment trailer to the firehall, value is only medium.

Rejected: Identify who can do it, who is needed.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #6: Practice should be to haul trailer out to most incident.

Committee handling: preplan

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: done

Rejected: Policy to haul to every incident. Incidents supporting other teams may not require.

Action:

• Remind Managers.
• Remind Managers what's in it.
• have as backup training.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting, 2010-11-16 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #7: research best practice for transport of injured subject via truck bed, train to that standard

Committee handling: preplan

Value to PCSAR mandate: medium

Difficulty to implement: easy

also training committee

• Stretcher should have been tied down.
  • recommend use as training exercise.
  • tie-downs are available.
• would be better to tether/and winch up of another truck.

• only occurs 1 in 5 or more years

Consider: could be in purvue of rope rescue response.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

1. REDIRECT Members:Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug/0008

Suggestion #9: Subject removal and evacuation planning.

Committee handling: training

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: medium

Acton: Training should prepare joint exercise among SAR, PCES, Ambulance Services on Evacuation Planning.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #10: clarify roles and command structure/hierarchy when several agencies are involved in/responding to the same incident.

Committee handling: training

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: medium

Action: Joint training on Incident Commanding

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

See User:Brett Wuth/Working Notes/2012-12-01 leadership training

Suggestion #11: that the trailer be stored at the Fire Hall

Committee handling: equipment

Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated

Difficulty to implement: done

To have a faster response.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #12: Training in the use of PCES radio channels (1& 2) as well as in the “Mutual Aid” channel.

Committee handling: training

Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated

Difficulty to implement: not rated

Action: Training exercise

Same as Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug2.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

• duplicate

Suggestion #13: rope rescue equipment is transferred to the SAR trailer

Committee handling: unassigned

Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated

Difficulty to implement: done

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #14: arrange meeting with new RCMP Commander

Committee handling: board

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: not rated

also preplan

Cpl. Lorne Cobb.

To know what we do, build trust. Consider inviting to tabletop, critique.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Merge into Critiques/2010-03-21/Sug6.

Suggestion #15: Had the original message gone off right at the shale slide? Was there too much hysteria?

Committee handling: unassigned

Value to PCSAR mandate: low

Difficulty to implement: not rated

Not our mandate.

Did public in Table Mtn incident over react?

How do we know what is fact/fiction?

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #16: Use a magnetic wand to show trailer alignment.

Committee handling: equipment

Value to PCSAR mandate: low

Difficulty to implement: not rated

Small ticket. No need for magnet. Remove when done. V-skirt to guide in. Could be done at welding shop.

Suggestion #17: Call out needs more than 15 minutes to marshal at fire hall

Committee handling: preplan

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: done

Need to give 30 minutes. Focus on efficiency.

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

Reviewed at 2013-06-19 Preplan meeting.

• Problem is that people at the end of the list only have a few minutes to arrive at the fire hall, whereas the people at the start have plenty of time.
• Easiest solution is to use our new automated call out system.
• Eric Bruder to check with Linda on deployment and work on making this as soon as possible.

Suggestion #18: Train new call-out

Committee handling: preplan

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: done

(Olga and Mavis)

Reviewed at 2010-10-19 Preplan meeting.

also: callout committee

Suggestion #19: EMS all terrain stretcher could not have gone in all way. It would have been a tough pack; Pincher SAR's would have been better.

Committee handling: unassigned

Value to PCSAR mandate: low

Difficulty to implement: not rated

Re: Table Mtn.

The stretcher actually could have been taken all the way. It's critical to get a backboard into situations like this. May need to send a hasty team ahead of the stretcher.

Reviewed at 2010-11-16 Preplan meeting.

1. REDIRECT Members:Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug/0020

Suggestion #21: No PCSAR team leader in the field.

Committee handling: training

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: easy

Original issue was "A bear had been seen before, but not all knew that a bear was in area." but the root cause was that a safety briefing was missed, in fact there was no briefing, because there was no team leader in the field.

Happens a lot when we are working with other agencies. Lack of our leadership when we work with PCES. We assume they will do it.

First member that arrives should assume leadership for our organization.

How to coordinate between 2 different agencies.

Who know that the bear was there? SRD knew? There's always a bear in that area. Was it a risk?

Action:

• Train senior PCES in SAR approach.
• General training - every team needs a leader.
  • Renew training for all members, including senior members, that whenever together must identify a team leader.

Reviewed at 2010-11-16 Preplan meeting.

Preplan 2012-09-18

• refer to train committee
• lesson: every time you approach a group and its not obvious who is in charge, ask explicitly "who's in charge?"
  • if you get an ambiguous answer, ask for precision
  • encourage our partners to be explicit, clear cut
  • teams merging
    • team leaders shall have a quick discussion on which leader will be over-all for both teams
    • usually the leader of the first team on site

see User:Brett Wuth/Working Notes/2012-12-01 leadership training

Suggestion #22: PCSAR & EMS joint training (witness a mock search). Would provide opportunity to let EMS personnel see capability of SAR.

Committee handling: training

Value to PCSAR mandate: medium

Difficulty to implement: medium

also preplan committee

• Merged from Members:Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug20

Action:

• Verify that they're interested
• run session on one of their training days

Reviewed at 2010-11-16 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #23: working with EMS, need to get SAR into action faster

Committee handling: preplan

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: medium

• want to get response time lower
  • should marshal at fire hall
  • consider pagers
  • consider radios
  • consider one-way radios
  • consider call-out through dispatch

Sketch out a typical timeline for a rescue response. Focus on each element.

Get phone call out quicker.

Shell has a call-out system. ACRO uses a phone system that can play a message to everyones phone numbers in just a couple of minutes.

Could call back number have a PCSAR-owned voice mail box that any call-back person could review. Can receive and answer multiple calls at a time. Recorded "greeting" message gives updated/additional details. Members leave message only if they are able to respond.

Sign-in via call-out system.

Muster at site not firehall.

Reviewed at 2010-11-16 Preplan meeting.

Suggestion #24: Consider using back door number to talk to Lethbridge dispatch to avoid long calls of questions

Committee handling: preplan

Value to PCSAR mandate: medium

Difficulty to implement: easy

When calling 911, there are sometimes delays when forced to answer questions that are not relevant, like background info on caller.

• Dave will discuss with Chris

Reviewed at 2010-11-16 Preplan meeting.