PCSAR Doc-96 Operating Profile/Wikify/Experiment

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Pincher Creek Search & Rescue PCSAR Doc-96-Snowmobile

This document describes what PCSAR is asked to do and can do with snowmobiles.

Definitions:

The following terms are used in this document:

Optimum Minimum 

If we're at this level we can do the job. Below this level, we will be struggling to do the job.

[edit] Situations

Situations where PCSAR could have a role in this profile.

• Wilderness Search
• Wilderness Rescue
• Rural SAR under Extreme Weather
• Event Safety

[edit] Personnel

Personnel Required (for above situations)

• Expert-Level Mountain Sledders - Need not met
• Intermediate-Level Mountain Sledders - not finished
• Snowmobile Safety Course
• Mountain Snowmobile SAR Skills - Need not met
• Avalanche Tech 1
• Basic SAR Skills
• Subject Matter Expert - Need not met

[edit] Equipment

Equipment Required (for above situations)

• Mountain Sleds
• 2 person Mountain Sleds
• Passenger Helmets
• Sledder's Avalanche Equipment
• Avalanche Transceiver Supplement
• Avalanche Probe Supplement
• Avalanche Shovel Supplement
• Rescue Sleigh
• Sled with hitch for rescue sleigh
• VOX Radio for subject
• Sat Phones
• Radios
• GPS
• Snowshoes
• Flares
• Skimmer
• Overnight equipment