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

see sar/pc/training/subject/sar-fundamentals/components/subject/00-introduction-registration

SAR, what is it and where do you fit

0.5hr - 18:30-19:00

SAR Fundamentals Manual:

Ch.1 "SAR: What Is It and How Do You Fit In?"
Ch.2 "Getting Involved in SAR"

FOG SAR Manual:

Ch.1 "SAR Overview"
Ch.2 "Gettining Involved with SAR"

Video Operation GSAR 11 min

SAR standards, SAR Alberta, SAR RCMP Policy

0.5hr - 19:00-19:30

see sar/pc/training/subject/sar-fundamentals/components/subject/the-sar-role

break

0.25 hr - 19:30-19:45

Anatomy of an incident

1.5hr 19:45-21:15

2003-10-18 10:22 - 11:35 : 1.3h

SAR Fundamentals Manual:

Ch.20 "Anatomy of a SAR Incident"
Appendix A "Urgency Determination Form"

w/mgmt. Video (30min)

Urgency Determination Form

see sar/pc/training/subject/sar-fundamentals/components/subject/anatomy-of-an-incident

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

2003-10-19 09:33 - 10:20

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.10 "Emergency Preparedness Kits - The SAR Ready Pack"

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.5 "Outdoor/SAR Equipment"

Ready pack demo

break

0.25 - 10:30-10:45

Anatomy of an incident

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

SAR Fundamentals Manual:

Ch.3 "Organization: The Incident Command System"
Appendix E "Incident Command System (ICS) Glossary"

FOG SAR Manual:

Ch.12 "Search Management Crucials"
F-13 "Search Management Actions"
F-14 "ICS Orientation"

Exercise Incident Command

see sar/pc/training/subject/sar-fundamentals/components/subject/03-search-management-crucials

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

includes 15 minute break ~14:45

2008-01-03 13:00 - 17:30

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

map reading:

features, contours, land forms,
route selection
UTM
scales, measurements, directions

locating:

distance and bearing,
triangulation

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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Assigned reading

0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00

review assigned reading

distribute communications handbook

lunch

12:00-12:30

Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - compass

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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

Survival and Body Mgmt., & Fitness

assigned reading

SAR Fundamentals Manual:

Ch.4 "Fitness"
Ch.5 "Survival and Body Management"

FOG SAR Manual:

Ch.3 "Fitness for SAR"
Ch.24 "Survival (Body Management)"

otherwise 0.5h

clothing, personal protection, & Personal Equip

assigned reading

SAR Fundamentals Manual:

Ch.6 "Clothing and Personal Protection Systems."
Ch.11 "Personal Outdoor Equipment"

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.4 "Clothing"

otherwise 0.8h

Field Health and Hygiene

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.6 "Field Health and Hygiene"

otherwise 0.5 hr

Environmental Hazards in SAR

SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.8 "Problems Associated with Specific SAR Environments"

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.9 "Environmental Hazards in SAR"

otherwise 0.25 hr

Animal, Insect, Snake Hazards

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.10 "Animal, Insect, Snake Hazards"

otherwise 0.25hr

Communications

assigned reading

distribute Communications Handbook

Inland Water Search

assigned reading

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.19 "Inland Water Search"

otherwise 0.5hr

2005-02 13:20 - 13:38

SAR resources and technology, & Power Tools

assigned reading

SAR Fundamentals Manual:

Ch.15 "SAR Resources and Technology"
Ch.27 "Hand and Power Tools for Rescue"

FOG SAR Manual:

F-5 "SAR Technology"
F-11 "SAR Transportation"

otherwise 0.5 hr

2005-02 10:22 - 10:40, 15:05 - 15:20

Urban SAR

FOG SAR Manual:

F-16 "Urban SAR"

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"

FOG SAR 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

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR Manual: Ch.23 "Rescue and Evacuation"

[include litter carry / perhaps patient packaging]

Cold Weather SAR

1 hr - 11:00-12:00

Snowmobile / Winter SAR
FOG SAR Manual: F-10 "Snowmobile/Winter SAR"
Cold Weather Nutrition
FOG SAR Manual: F-8 "Cold Weather Nutrition"
Wind Chill Calculation
FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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

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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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"

FOG SAR 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

FOG SAR Manual: F-12 "Mountain Bike SAR"

Rationale to not include: A speciality not often encountered.

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@@ Line 138: / Line 138: @@
 '''Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - stride count'''
+: 0.25hr - 11:30-11:45
 : SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
 : FOG SAR Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"
-: 0.25hr - 11:30-11:45
+'''Assigned reading'''
+: 0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00
+: review assigned reading
+: distribute communications handbook
+'''lunch'''
+: 12:00-12:30
+'''Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - compass'''
+: SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
+: FOG SAR 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"
+: FOG SAR 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 ==
 '''Survival and Body Mgmt., & Fitness'''
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 :: FOG SAR Manual: Ch.4 "Clothing"
 : otherwise 0.8h
-reading assignment:
-:: SAR Fundamentals Manual:
-::* Ch.12
@@ Line 170: / Line 208: @@
 : FOG SAR Manual:  Ch.6 "Field Health and Hygiene"
 : otherwise 0.5 hr
 '''Environmental Hazards in SAR'''
@@ Line 175: / Line 214: @@
 : FOG SAR Manual:  Ch.9 "Environmental Hazards in SAR"
 : otherwise 0.25 hr
 '''Animal, Insect, Snake Hazards'''
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-'''lunch'''
-: 12:00-12:30
-'''Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - compass'''
-: SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
-: FOG SAR 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"
-: FOG SAR 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
 == Evening 4 ==

SAR Fundamentals/Schedule

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Revision as of 00:47, 5 March 2010

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