2013-04-26 Swift Water Rescue course/Emergency Response Plan
From PCSAR
This is a Draft Emergency Response Plan (ERP) for potential emergencies that may occur during the April 26-28, 2013 Swift Water Rescue course to be held in Pincher Creek at the Oldman Dam and Lundbreck Falls Provincial Recreation Areas.
The Alberta Parks Permit requires that an ERP be submitted approved.
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Unique character
This plan recognizes the unique character of the event in which many of the participants will be the same people who could be called upon to respond to an emergency including:
- search and rescue personnel
- Alberta Parks personnel
- Pincher Creek Emergency Services personnel
- RCMP members
- swiftwater rescue instructors
As such the normal processes of notifying emergency authorities, tasking responders and arrival of those responders may be foreshortened by having key people already on scene.
Hazards
Equipment
Protocols
"No Duff"
In the event of an emergency, a Search Manager or senior member of the hosting agency (PCSAR) shall take command pending a formal tasking from an agency having jurisdiction. Given the presence of several key agencies such as RCMP, Alberta Parks, and PCES a formal tasking of personnel on site (or alternatively a decision to use other personnel) may be very rapid. If a PCSAR Search Manager who also has jurisdiction (e.g. Alberta Parks personnel) is available, this would be the first choice of command.
ICS shall be established with the most experienced person available assigned to be the rescue team leader or Operations Section Chief. In the case of a swift water rescue, this is likely to be the senior swift water rescue instructor.
Communications shall be established with the regular emergency response system (ambulance, rescue). This could be via cell phone (911), radio, sat phone, or if in a communications shadow by sending personnel to relay the messages.
