2013-04-26 Swift Water Rescue course

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Course Name: Swiftwater Rescue Technician


Description:


Syllabus:


Offered To:

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

Registrations from search and rescue workers from any SAR Alberta member organization are given priority.


Instructors:


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.

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

Pre/co-requisites:

None.


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. (verify)

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 accomodation 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 but must pay their own travel and accomodation.

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
  • 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/2013-04-06_ATV_Safety#Participants


Follow up with the deposit.

Registrations and deposits must be received by April 12.


Bring:

  • (detail)


For more information:

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

Booking

Event location, date, time and duration.

  • Friday April 26 to Sunday April 28
  • MD Meeting Room
  • Field location to be determined
    • likely a combination of Boulder Run on the Oldman and Pincher Creek around town
    • possibly Crowsnest River downstream of Lundbreck Falls or between Blairmore and Frank

See booking records

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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)

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