SAR Fundamentals/Schedule

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This is a sample schedule for SAR Fundamentals courses hosted by PCSAR.

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


Introductions and Registration

0.5hr - 18:00-18:30


The SAR Role

1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30


break

0.25 hr - 19:30-19:45


Anatomy of an Incident

1.5hr 19:45-21:15


flex

0.25 hr - 21:15-21:30
buffer for overruns
Q's, discussion, prep for next day, clean up

Day 2

Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00


Start-up

0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
sign in
exam on previous day's material


Ready Pack

1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30


break

0.25 hr - 10:30-10:45


Anatomy of an incident (cont)

0.5 hr - 10:45-11:15
spend time repacking my pack


Organization and Incident Command

0.5hr 11:15-11:45


flex

0.25hr - 11:45-12:00
buffer for overruns
questions


lunch

12:00-12:30


Navigation, part 1

4.5 hr - 12:30-17:00

Day 3

Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00


Start-up

0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
sign in
exam on previous day's material


Navigation, part 2, instruments - indoor

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


Assigned reading

0.25 hr - 11:45 - 12:00


lunch

12:00-12:30


Search Skills and Compass Practical

4.5 hr - 12:30-17:00

Assigned Reading

See Readings.

Evening 4

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


Start-up

0.5 hr - 18:00-18:30


Review assigned reading

1.0 hr - 18:30-19:30


flex

0.5 hr 19:30-20:00


break

0.25 - 20:00-20:15


Navigation, part 3, instruments - practical - GPS

1.25 hr : 20:15-19:00

Day 5

Typically a Saturday. 09:00-17:00


Start-up

0.5 hr - 09:00-09:30
sign in
exam on previous day's material


First Aid

1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30


break

0.25 hr - 10:30-10:45


Evacuation

0.25 hr - 10:45-11:00


Cold Weather SAR

1 hr - 11:00-12:00


lunch

12:00-12:30


Communications

1 hr - 12:30-13:30


Lost person behaviour

0.5hr - 13:30-14:00


Search Probability Theory

0.75hr - 14:00-14:45


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


Tracking

0.5hr - 16:15-16:45


flex

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

Evening 5

Typically the same Saturday evening. 19:00-22:00


Mock search

3 hr : 19:00-22:00

Day 6

Typically a Sunday. 09:00-17:00


Stress

0.75 hr - 09:00-09:45


Critique

1.0 hr - 09:30-10:30


break

0.25 - 10:30-10:45


Review

0.5 hr - 10:45-11:15
verify sign in
distribute course evaluations (form)
exam on previous day's material


Survival

0.75 hr - 11:15-12:00


lunch

0.5 hr - 12:00-12:30


Helicopter

0.75 hr - 12:30-13:15


Air Observer Guidelines

1 hr - 13:15-14:15


Legal Aspects

0.5hr - 14:15-14:45


break

0.25 - 14:45-15:00


Evidence handling

0.5 hr - 15:00-15:30


External influences

0.5hr - 15:30-16:00


Foot Travel Skills

0.25hr - 16:00-16:15


Review

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


Wrap up

0.25 hr - 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


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.

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