SAR Fundamentals/Schedule

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This is a sample schedule (master) for SAR Fundamentals courses hosted by PCSAR. Each section links to a lesson plan.

It is intended to help instructors schedule their sections. It is not intended for students as a commitment of what will be taught when. Times are only approximate. Elements may be moved around.

Contents

Evening 1

Typically a Friday. 18:00-21:30

Q's, discussion, prep for next day, clean up

Day 2

Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00

Day 3

Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00


Start-up

0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30

Navigation - instruments - theory

1.75hr - 09:30 - 11:15
includes break
0.25 - 10:30-10:45

Search Techniques - theory

0.75 hr - 11:15 - 12:00
  • add: Widely-spaced sound sweep

lunch

12:00-12:30
  • discuss student's clothing choices one-on-one


Search Skills and Navigation - instruments - practical - compass

4.5 hr - 12:30-17:00
  • add: Widely-spaced sound sweep

Assigned Reading

See Readings.

Survival and Body Mgmt., & Fitness

assigned reading
otherwise 0.5h
  • further built upon in a later presentation


clothing, personal protection, & Personal Equip

assigned reading
otherwise 0.8h


Field Health and Hygiene

assigned reading
otherwise 0.5 hr


Hazards

otherwise 0.5 hr
  • further built upon in a later presentation


Communications

  • further built upon in a later presentation


Inland Water Search

assigned reading
otherwise 0.5hr


SAR resources and technology, & Power Tools

assigned reading
otherwise 0.5 hr


Urban SAR

assigned reading

Evening 4

Typically a Friday, 2 weeks after the previous weekend. 18:00-21:30

Start-up

0.5 hr - 18:00-18:30
(includes written exam reviewing assigned reading)


Communications (follow-up to assigned reading)

1 hr - 18:30-19:30


Hazards (follow-up to assigned reading)

0.5 hr 19:30-20:00


break

0.25 hr - 20:00-20:15


Navigation - instruments - practical - GPS

1.25 hr : 20:15-21:30

Day 5

Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00


Start-up

0.5hr - 09:00-09:30


Navigation - map - triangulation

0.75hr - 09:30-10:15


Navigation - map - route selection

0.25hr - 10:15-10:30


break

0.25hr - 10:30-10:45


Foot Travel Skills

0.25hr - 10:45-11:00


Cold Weather SAR

1hr - 11:00-12:00


lunch

0.5hr - 12:00-12:30
  • need more moving in afternoon, too much sitting.
    • Possibly have tracking merge into break and outdoor exercise.


Lost person behaviour

0.5hr - 12:30-13:00


Search Probability Theory

0.75hr - 13:00-13:45
  • could cut down to 0.5hr with better prepared slides


Tracking

0.5hr - 13:45-14:15


break

0.25hr - 14:45-15:00


Briefing and debriefing

0.75hr - 15:00-15:45


Search Team Leader

0.5hr - 15:45-16:15


flex

buffer for overruns
0.25hr - 16:45-17:00
Q's, prep for mock search

Evening 5

Typically the same Saturday evening. 18:30-~22:00


Mock search

3.5 hr : 18:30-~22:00

Day 6

Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00


Stress

1.0hr - 09:00-10:00


Start-up

0.5hr - 10:00-10:30


break

0.25hr - 10:30-10:45


Critique

1.0hr - 10:45-11:45


Helicopter

0.75hr - 11:45-12:30


lunch

0.5hr - 12:30-13:00


Air Observer Guidelines

0.5hr - 13:00-13:30


Survival skills (follow-up to assigned reading)

0.5hr - 13:30-14:00


External influences

0.5hr - 14:00-14:30


break

0.25hr - 14:30-14:45


Legal Aspects

0.75hr - 14:45-15:30


Evidence handling

0.5hr - 15:30-16:00


break

0.25hr - 16:00-16:15
second afternoon break needed due to student exhaustion


Review

0.5hr - 16:15-16:45
exam on day's material


Wrap up

0.25hr - 16:45-17:00

not covered

The following material is not explicitly scheduled and where appropriate will be covered in earlier sections.


Navigation - Lat/Long

0.75 hr
SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch13
SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Rationale to not include: SAR workers only use lat/long when interfacing with members of the public and air searchers. Conversion to UTM can be accomplished by a suitably trained person in the planning section.


Navigation - Legal Land Description, Road Numbering System, Municipal Approach Numbering System

1.5 hr
2006-09-30 10:15 11:45
SAR Fundamentals Manual: Ch.13 "Navigation"
Basic SAR Skills Manual: Ch.7 "Navigation"

Rationale to not include: SAR workes only use LLD and its derivatives when navigating to the search site and interfacing with the public and municipal workers. Navigation by LLD is a difficult skill to maintain. Conversion to UTM can be accomplished by a suitably trained person in the planning section.


Navigation - GPS - practical - waypoints


Specialty teams

good idea. Try to work in in future years.


Rope rescue

1.25 hr
SAR Fundamentals Manual:
  • Ch.24 "Rope Rescue Equipment"
  • Ch.25 "Rope Related Skills"
Basic SAR Skills Manual:
  • Ch.21 "Rope Rescue Equipment"
  • Ch.22 "Rope Knots and Skills"
related skills-exercise on knots

Rationale to not include: To assist in a rope rescue takes considerably more training than can be included in this course.


Mountain Bike SAR

Basic SAR Skills Manual: F-12 "Mountain Bike SAR"

Rationale to not include: A speciality not often encountered.

Filler

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