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== Announcement ==
{{Event/Announcement}} 
'''Course Name:''' Swiftwater Rescue Technician 1

'''Description:'''

This course is a standard for swiftwater rescue teams.
If your agency responds to moving water accidents, the Technician
certification is appropriate.  It is compliant to the National Fire
Protection Agency (NFPA) standards 1006 and 1670.  The intensive 24
hour swiftwater rescue class has four hours of classroom instruction
followed by two days developing and practicing skills on
the river.  The course is taught through
scenarios, giving the students an opportunity to work in real time to
solve realistic problems.  While the initial emphasis is safety and
self rescue, the class offers an in-depth look at reading water,
recognizing and avoiding hazards, quick rescue techniques, boat-based
rescues, entrapment scenarios, and technical rescue systems.
The students and instructors will
analyze footage of actual river rescues in the classroom and progress
from a solid foundation of rescue skills and practice into rescue
scenarios on the river.  The class is challenging, fun and tailored to
the students' needs.

'''Syllabus:''' 
* Hydrology
* Rescue Organization
* Communication
* Entrapment/Extrication
* Stranded swimmers
* Self-Rescue Techniques
* Mechanical Advantage
* Tension Diagonals
* and much more

'''Offered To:'''

All interested persons - search and rescue workers,
government workers, and members of the public.

Seats that are funded by the provincial grant
are 
prioritized for
search and rescue workers from any SAR Alberta
member organization.
If those seats do not fill up, registrations can be accepted from government workers
and members of the public.
However, if one of our partner agency wishes to create additional seats
dedicated to their members, they can do so at our incremental cost
of $420.

'''Instructors:'''
: Whitewater Rescue Institute (of Montana) http://www.whitewaterrescue.com

'''Place:'''
* Meet at the [[MD Meeting Room]], Pincher Creek.  (See link for map)
* Most of the course will be on the river within 20 minutes of Pincher Creek

'''Date:'''

24 hours spread over
3 days.
Friday - Sunday, April 26-28, 2013.

This is an intensive course.  Students are advised not to plan other activities during this time period.

See detail of times and places on the web page
http://pcsar.webhop.org/mediawiki/index.php/2013-04-26_Swift_Water_Rescue_course

'''Prerequisites:'''

* Good general health and the ability to swim

'''Cost:'''

This course is funded by an Alberta Government grant.

Seating is limited.
Students who register but do not attend or do not complete the course
restrict participation and funding for other students who would have
completed the course.
A $50 deposit is required to hold a seat.
The deposit will be refunded if the student completes the course.

Deposits made out to "Pincher Creek Search and Rescue"
may be:

mailed to:
: Training Coordinator
: Pincher Creek Search and Rescue
: Box 1251
: Pincher Creek, AB
: T0K 1W0

or hand delivered cheques to Brett Wuth (403 627-2460).

The text book is supplied as part of the course.

PFD, helmets, wetsuits, footwear, and gloves will be supplied.  If you
have equipment that you want to use or be evaluated in the course,
bring it.

The student is responsible for travel, and
accommodation.
As part of the provincial funding, 
limited reimbursement of travel and accommodation
are provided for up to 2 out-of-town students
who request it, on a first-come first-serve basis.
Contact the course coordinator for details.
Additional out-of-town students are welcome on an as-available basis but must
pay their own travel and accommodation.

Lunches will be provided.

If you need to stay over in Pincher Creek, there are a number of hotels,
motels, and bed and breakfast options.

http://www.tripadvisor.ca/Tourism-g499107-Pincher_Creek_Alberta-Vacations.html

If you would like to be billeted by one of our members, contact
the course coordinator.  (No promises.)

'''To Register:'''

Contact Brett Wuth, wuth@acm.org, 403 627-2460
and provide your:
* name
* affiliation (SAR group or organization, if any)
* e-mail address
* phone number
* height
* weight
* shoe size
* Have you taken swiftwater rescue training before?  If so, when, and to what level?
* Do you have any known medical issues that the course organizer or instructors should consider?

Or add your information here:
http://pcsar.webhop.org/mediawiki/index.php/2013-04-26_Swift_Water_Rescue_course#Participants

Follow up with the deposit.

Registrations and deposits must be received by April 12.

'''Bring:'''
* clothing suitable for the weather including warm synthetic or wool base layers
* an old pair of sneakers or river shoes
* looser footwear if you want to try on the fire department dry suits which have built in booties that have to fit inside your shoes

'''For more information:'''

visit
http://pcsar.webhop.org/mediawiki/index.php/2013-04-26_Swift_Water_Rescue_course

== Booking ==
{{Event/Booking}} 
* Friday April 26, 17:30-21:30 meet at [[MD Meeting Room]]
* Saturday April 27, 09:00-21:00 meet at river, location to be finalized.  Lunch, Supper provided.
* Sunday April 28, 09:00-18:00 meet at river, location to be finalized. Lunch provided.

* Field location to be finalized
** likely a combination of Boulder Run on the Oldman, Crowsnest River around Lundbreck Falls and Pincher Creek around town
** possibly between Blairmore and Frank

See {{subpage|Booking|booking records}}

See {{subpage|Emergency Response Plan}}

== File number ==
{{Event/File}} 
ARRC #S2013-410

== Agenda ==
{{Event/Agenda}}

See {{subpage|Agenda}} for detailed agenda for course planners.

Our objectives:

1/ train ground search and rescue team members to be safe when working
at water's edge, e.g. near undercut banks, when searching for subjects
from land or extricating subjects on bank.

2/ have individuals be capable of self rescuing or procedures for
rescue by teammates should they fall in on river's edge

3/ evaluate the feasibility of maintaining a swift water rescue team,
perhaps in combination with other organizations.  Identify training
workload, recruitment and equipment requirements.

4/ train core members of what will become the swift water rescue team
assuming the decision is to create such

5/ be able to assist an outside resource in a rescue, if we do not
develop a swift water rescue team

6/ determine the suitability and replacement priority of our current
equipment: PFDs, throw bags, (dry suits from fire department)

== Participants ==
{{Event/Participants}}

See {{subpage|Roster}}

== Record ==
{{Event/Record}}

== Equipment ==
{{Event/Equipment}} 
== Financial ==
{{Event/Financial}} 
* See {{subpage|Financial}}

== Feedback ==
{{Event/Feedback}} 
== To do ==
{{Event/To do}} 
* pick up PCSAR rope rescue equipment
* pick up PCSAR first aid pack, sat phone
* pick up PCES dry suits, etc.
* pick up audio visual equipment
* pick up key
* bring park permit
* bring deposits
* bring roster
* bring sign-in sheets
* finalize locations for food delivery

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 If those seats do not fill up, registrations can be accepted from government workers
 and members of the public.
-However, if one of our partner agencies wishes to create additional seats
+However, if one of our partner agency wishes to create additional seats
 dedicated to their members, they can do so at our incremental cost
 of $420.