Critiques/2010-03-21
From PCSAR
Suggestions coming from the March 21, 2010 critique regarding the March 20 mock search and the March 7 avalanche response.
Pincher Creek SAR routinely performs a critique after a Search and Rescue incident in order to learn what should be done differently or the same in the next similar incident. Critiques are not about criticism but rather about learning. They are normally chaired by a Search Manager that was not involved in the incident. The suggestions that are brought forward through the critique process are presented in this report.
Committee / Organization
The suggestions are being passed on to the indicated organizations/committees for their consideration. We recognize that not all suggestions may be appropriate, and some may already have been implemented.
PCSAR Board
Mandate Relevant to Incidents:
- Overall ability of PCSAR to accomplish its mission.
- Organizational policies
- Relationships with Tasking Agencies and Fellow Responding Organizations.
- Financing, budget
suggestions identified:
PCSAR Preplan Committee
Mandate Relevant to Incidents:
- Expertise in search and rescue.
- Standard Operating Procedures for incidents.
- Post incident critique, review and follow-up.
suggestions identified:
PCSAR Equipment Committee
Mandate Relevant to Incidents:
- Obtaining and keeping equipment ready.
suggestions identified:
PCSAR Call-Out Committee
Mandate Relevant to Incidents:
- Respond to First Call from Tasking Agency
- Contacting members during an incident.
suggestions identified:
PCSAR Membership Committee
Mandate Relevant to Incidents:
- Recruiting members.
- Tracking members contact information, skills and equipment.
suggestions identified:
PCSAR Training Committee
Mandate Relevant to Incidents:
- Training members.
suggestions identified:
Tasking Agency
Mandate Relevant to Incidents:
- Overall legal responsibility for incident.
suggestions identified:
Fellow Responding Organizations
Mandate Relevant to Incidents:
- Response to incident in accordance with their individual mandate and ability.
suggestions identified:
Suggestions by functional area
mandate
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first notification / tasking
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Suggestion #2:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
clarify purpose of task
- not
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Suggestion #3:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
on-call person to have call-out list on person - program cell phone
- already done
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Suggestion #5:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
+ immediate notification by RCMP, ramp up resources
- ack
Merge from Critiques/2010-08-24/Sug14
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call-out
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Suggestion #7:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
wait before rushing to maximize prep time
- we're stood down often
- not
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Suggestion #8:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
be prepared for call out at any time
- done
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Suggestion #10:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
+ had comms between different training sites
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Suggestion #11:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
stage people at the scene
ack
investigation
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Suggestion #12:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
+ feed into the search manager info from Family, without taking time out from the search
communications
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focus on strengths of certain people as command post radio operator
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2012-09-18 preplan
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Suggestion #19:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
level of detail of patient status
- privacy
- First priority was information. Not guarding communications.
- not
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Suggestion #20:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
+ had multiple forms of communication
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resources
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The List:
See Mobile Command Post/Incident Set Up, Search Manager Guideline 17. Action:
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family liaison
(de)briefing
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Suggestion #28:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
+ teams deployed quickly
- teams got out quickly when they were tasked.
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searching
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Suggestion #38:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
reinterpretation of assignment. when does a clue become a change of assignment? Could you change assigned search type without confirmation from command.
- comes with experience
extrication
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access/return from segment
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Suggestion #42:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
never split team returning from field
- training exercise artifact
stand down
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CISM
prevention, public education
travel
only the RCMP can shut down road, we might request
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planning
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logistics
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2013-01-15 preplan: MOU with CMR should solve further issues |
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operations
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Suggestion #51:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
balancing priorities with multiple subjects
- handled appropriate
media
family
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Suggestion #52:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
+ family liaison
post ops
leave it up to search managers to delegate jobs before releasing searchers |
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Suggestion #53:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
Nobody should leave until everything is packed up to go. Don't leave until released.
- same as before
learning
(e.g., how this critique was organized, mock search goals, exercise techniques)
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Suggestion #54:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
more scenarios
- on the mock
- not more subjects
- command post issue
misc
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Suggestion #55:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
use the best equipment -> index criteria
- not understood
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Suggestion #56:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
get stuff ready sooner, incl. vehicle
- covered earlier
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Suggestion #60:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
+ accountability at hill
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Suggestion #61:
- Committee handling: unassigned
- Value to PCSAR mandate: not rated
- Difficulty to implement: not rated
Had radio reception, but no phone reception. use mountain safety office.
- Knowing in advance where good facilities are at CMR - e.g. command post.
- handled
Committee handling | Suggestion/Committee/List/unassigned +, Suggestion/Committee/List/preplan +, Suggestion/Committee/List/training +, and Suggestion/Committee/List/equipment + |
Description | define level of response +, clarify purpose of task +, on-call person to have call-out list on person - program cell phone +, + delegate to other
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Difficulty to implement | not rated +, done +, easy +, hard +, and medium + |
Full page name | Critiques/2010-03-21 + |
Person handling | Cindy Mauthe Drake +, and Brett Wuth + |
Review | unspecified + |
Sequence number | 1 +, 2 +, 3 +, 4 +, 5 +, 6 +, 7 +, 8 +, 9 +, 10 +, 11 +, 12 +, 13 +, 14 +, 15 +, 16 +, 17 +, 18 +, 19 +, 20 +, 21 +, 22 +, 23 +, 24 +, 25 +, 26 +, 27 +, 28 +, 29 +, 30 +, 31 +, 32 +, 33 +, 34 +, 35 +, 36 +, 37 +, 38 +, 39 +, 42 +, 43 +, 44 +, 45 +, 46 +, 47 +, 48 +, 49 +, 51 +, 52 +, 53 +, 54 +, 55 +, 56 +, 57 +, 58 +, 59 +, 60 +, and 61 + |
Value to PCSAR mandate | medium +, none +, not rated +, high +, and low + |
Categories: Committee unassigned | Value medium | Difficulty not rated | Suggestion compendium | Value none | Value not rated | Difficulty done | Committee preplan | Person Cindy Mauthe Drake | Value high | Difficulty easy | Review/Brett Wuth | Committee training | Value low | Person Brett Wuth | Committee equipment | Difficulty hard | Difficulty medium