New Member Information
From PCSAR
Welcome New and Prospective Members!
We're very glad you want to be part of Pincher Creek Search and Rescue.
This page provides our package of information for people who want to or have just joined Search and Rescue in the Pincher Creek area.
A paper copy of this information can be found in the personnel binder which is at the regular meetings. You can print out copies for yourself or new packages for others from the individual documents.
Whether you've already decided to join, or just want to check us out, please come out to our next regular training night. These are the first Tuesday of every month at 19:00 (7pm) at the Pincher Creek fire hall.
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[edit] Recruitment brochure
The first thing you may encounter is our recruitment brochure. You can print it out from this PDF link.
[edit] Overview
[edit] Basic information
[edit] Training for New Members
New members of Pincher SAR are expected to meet the provincial requirements of:
- ICS 100 -- a 3-hour online course that introduces how people are organized during an "incident"
- SAR Basics -- a 40-hour course, held in Pincher Creek in the fall and Lethbridge in the spring
- Standard First Aid or higher -- you can get this anywhere you want. Pincher SAR will pay up to $150 of the course fee of those that complete it. Every few years Pincher SAR offers the more advanced Wilderness First Aid
Members of our sister organization, the Community Response Group, need not meet all of these requirements. We however encourage them to take the training anyway as it means you can be deployed in more circumstances.
[edit] Fitness and Well-Being Policy
[edit] Media Policy
[edit] Public Relations Policy
[edit] Expense Form
You can print the pdf expense form here.
[edit] Criminal Record Check Request form
You can print the pdf form to request a Criminal Record Check Request from one of these links
If the date on the pre-signed form is more than 6 months old, it might not be accepted. Better to print out the unsigned form and get it signed by a member of the board, the membership committee or the Administrator before you take it to the RCMP.
[edit] Personnel Record
You can print the pdf personnel record form here.
[edit] Recruitment Tactics Questionnaire
Search and Rescue wants to get better at reaching out to recruits like you. Please help us by providing a little information about what brought you here.
Your name?
How did you hear about the volunteer search and rescue that happens around Pincher Creek?
How did you figure out how to contact us?
What motivates you to want to join?
[Administrator, please forward this completed information to the Membership Committee.]
[edit] Policy
The formal membership policy is available here.
