Preplan/Committee/To prioritize

Committee handling: preplan

Value to PCSAR mandate: high

Difficulty to implement: medium

Current:

Idling burns gas. Noisy.

Option 1:

RV heater. Use 20 or 30lb bottle of propane. Can be ducted (fan forced, e.g. into the back) or not.

Compartment in back driver side for propane, vented to outside.

Have to idle the bus to use existing heaters. With wind, risk of carbon monoxide.

Can extend exhaust to take it further away.

Self contained, don't have to set up other stuff (like generator).

RV heater would be much quieter

Would have to get professional installer. material guess: $1200.

Total guess: $2500.

Reluctant to sink too much money in heating system in old bus.

Option 2: Electric

Consider portable electric heaters and bigger generator.

To Do: Ron to get idea of costs.

Committee handling: equipment

Value to PCSAR mandate: medium

Difficulty to implement: medium

Already have draft copy from ~5 years ago.

Committee handling: equipment

Value to PCSAR mandate: medium

Difficulty to implement: easy

2 off old ambulances. Needs to be permanently mounted.

$0 cost.

Used to address searchers. Bring search time from area to base. Searchers waiting in vehicles for further instructions.

Possible attraction.

2005-05:

Bryan reported that he hasn't received any calls for any incidents recently although he is listed as available in the database. There was also a concern that cell phone numbers were not being tried during call-out. We should meet with the call-out people at the next preplan meeting to understand call-out procedures. It was proposed that any specialized knowledge (such as who doesn't want to be called, which numbers not to call) should be written down in a way that allows the members to make sure the information is up to date and allows others to use the written information to perform call out.

2010-06-15 preplan

numbers are listed in call order

resolved.

Resulting from last meeting's discussions, Brett distributed "operating profile" documents for Snowmobile and Traffic Control. The points were discussed in detail. The value of such operating profile documents was agreed. We will try to do a new one each meeting preparing for the likely activities in the season ahead.

• Snowmobile Operating Profile
• Overhead Operating Profile Task : Brett Wuth

2010-06-15

to do: Brett to bring examples of profiles