2010 Classes
These classes are what we call the "Tracks". The class can last the entire weekend or can be limited to the number of students. Some of the tracks may have additional costs for certificates so read through class description carefully. When looking at Track Classes that have various individual classes Within that track. You do not have to be signed up for that track to go to those classes. If you See a Dog, Horse, or Medical Class that interests you, go to that portion, You do not have to attend the entire track if You do not want to.
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| Man Tracking | Scanner and Observer Training |
These classes are what we call "mix and match", meaning you can choose them at random. Generally lasting 1 to 4 hours throughout the day.
* Medical CE classes.
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Instructor: Cliff Cheng
Instructor: Mort Arditti
Instructor: Joseph Schweitzer
Instructor: Carl Gardenias
Instructor: Cathy Gardenias
Duration: 16 hours
SAR City 2010: Communications Track
Cliff Cheng, Ph.D.,AC6C,Chair
http://sites.google.com/site/sarcityhams/
Neighborhood Emergency Radio Project
www.NERP.myEweb.net
AC6C --at—ARRL –DOT-- net
Introduction.
For SAR City 2007, the 35th anniversary of SAR City regional search and rescue school, Dr. Cliff Cheng, AC6C, Neighborhood Emergency Radio Project, www.NERP.myEweb.net was asked to coordinate the Communications Track. At the time, this track had not been offered at SAR City since the 1990s. In 2007, we licensed 16 SAR operators with the Federal Communication Commission’s (FCC) amateur radio license thus enabling them to use amateur radio as communication on SAR operations; as well as use it as a hobby if they so choose. In 2008, we licensed 11 more SAR operators. All 11 people passed in 2009. For 2010, we hope to license more SAR people, provide a new ham orientation and continuing education.
Dr. Cheng has brought to SAR City an experienced team of instructors and volunteer examiners (VE) from far and near. Training is provided to accommodate the different levels of experience with radio communication. Our offerings Saturday morning can be taken by anyone interested in SAR; people with or without a ham radio license. We will offer an opportunity to earn a FCC Technician class amateur radio license on Saturday. Sunday morning, we will orient the new licensees; people who have a license and need refresher training will benefit from these offerings.
Amateur radio is very useful for search and rescue! Some SAR squads are provided with police/fire/sheriff radios and find them sufficient. But some squads find they need more frequencies or the flexibility the vast options amateur radio offers them. Some squads need some form of radio communications. Please visit the Neighborhood Emergency Radio Project’s free, non-profit, non-commercial, educational website for a discussion on what the different kind of radio services, besides amateur, are available – www.NERP.myEweb.net.
Amateur radio may be used for non-commercial communications. A license issued by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is required. Since the 1980s amateur radio licensing requirements have been made easier a number of times. Morse code is no longer required for any class of license. The examination question pools are published http://bb.qualitymatrix.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30 You can study the actual pool of questions from which the actual questions on your exam are drawn from. Test passage rates for the entry level license are accordingly in the high 90th percentile - usually. If you can cram and pass a driver’s license test, you can pass the easy ham radio tests that have existed in the 1990s.
The Technician license is the entry level amateur radio license. With this license one earns privileges on VHF and UHF, where the bands most useful for search and rescue are; and other privileges too. You will be able to use voice, digital communications, TV, and if you choose to learn Morse code you may also use that. You can use up to 1,500 watts of power in addition to credit card sized handheld amateur radio transceivers and everything in-between.
The code-free Technician licensing test is easy! No Morse code is required. There are only 35 multiple choice questions. You can study the actual question pool of 392 questions and answers those 35 questions are drawn from. The questions and the right answers can be found at: http://bb.qualitymatrix.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30
The question pool is grouped into 10 categories, called sub-elements. You can miss as many as 9 questions and still pass!
Most people go to any variety of free websites to take a practice exam or two. Please visit: www.NERP.myEweb.net and click Ham Radio Practice Exams. Once they see on-line how easy the test is, they take the practice test. When you pass a few practice tests, come and take the exam at SAR City.
Amateur Radio Track Discount. In years previous Dr. Cheng has been able to authorize a group discount. Last year Dr. Cheng’s discount will made the fees $70 instead of $85. Four meals are provided in that fee; 3 meals on Sat. and Sun. breakfast. This discount requires prior approval of Dr. Cheng and is given to ham track participants who register early. If possible, Dr. Cheng will extend the discount to others.
Schedule – Course descriptions and Instructor Biographies follow. Room assignments will be made just prior to the start of SAR City starts. Check the bulletin board frequently for last minute changes.
(Note – no courses Friday night).
By appointment, Fri., Oct., 8, 2010 to Sun. Oct. 10, 2010 – Radio Programming - The following ham radio operators will, if requested ahead of time, bring to SAR City their laptops with software and cables to program the following radios. Please make an appointment with them, preferably before SAR city. Once SAR City, these hams will be helping people who made appointments, teaching, and examining. If time permits we will help walk-ins. You can reach us on Sat. in our licensing session classroom or Sun. in our New Ham Orientation classroom (check schedule board for location) or if you have a 2 meter radio, 147.51 simplex (alternate FLASH 2 Repeater 147.180 pl. 151.4). Some of us will get there Friday night. We will monitor 147.51 simplex.
You will need to prepare by:
Bring your radio, instruction booklet, power source (charged battery or power supply if a mobile).
Bring a list of frequencies you want programmed – get this from your squad or type in the (name of your town) repeaters into a search engine. If people are waiting on us, we will only program 5 frequencies for you. If you want more, we will have you do data entry.
Elmer (mentor) and Radios:
Mort Arditi, NA6MA. Yaesu: FT-7900, VX3, VX7-R
Cliff Cheng, AC6C, certsponsor@gmail.com. Yaesu: FT-7800, VX-150, VX-170, VX-177/FT-277R.
Bernard Falkin, KG5FBM. Wouxun, KG-UVD-1P-UU. Yaesu, FT-8800, VX6-R.
Joe Schweitzer, KG6L, Orange County Sheriff's SAR. Kenwood, D7. Yaesu FT-60R, FT-7800, FT-8800, FT-8900.
(Saturday)
Sat., Oct., 9, 2010, 8am. Welcoming Remarks by Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., AC6C, Communications Track Chairman.
Sat., Oct., 9 2010, 8:00am to 11:30am – FCC Amateur Radio Technician Study Hall. Test preparation for FCC licensing exam to follow at 11:30am. (see course descriptions for important details). Facilitator – Mort Arditti, NA6MA, assisted by Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., AC6C and staff.
Sat., Oct., 9, 2010, 9am to 10:30am, 1.5hrs. How to Choose and Care for Walkie Talkie Batteries So They are Ready When You Need Them, Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., AC6C. This is a very practical hands-on session. Having taught how to buy a walkie-talkie (HT) at SAR City for several years, Cliff, has helped SAR operators during the year in-between SAR City weekends. He has seen many SAR operators buying and using ineffective batteries and chargers. As a result, they often have communication failures during searches. Cliff has put this class together to teach SAR operators the different battery types and their proper use. How to match a charger to your batteries and how to use them together. If you can bring your radios, batteries and chargers to the session.
Sat., Oct., 9, 2010, 10:30am to 11:30am, 1hr. APRS for SAR: Automatic Packet Reporting System: An Overview, Joseph Schweitzer, KG6L, Orange County Sheriff's SAR. Equipment requirements, technical and tactical considerations of using this automated system to tract search asset positions status and much more.
Sat., Oct., 9, 2010, Approximately 11:30am to approximately 12:15pm, FCC Amateur Radio Examination Session. see course descriptions for important details.
If the class members are ready earlier and enough examiners are present, we will start earlier. If you are not in the class and want to take the exam, check with us an hour before the scheduled start time.
Special $4 fee; pay at exam. If you have prepared for the exam and not taken out Study Hall, you are welcomed to take our exam on a space available basis. Volunteer Examiner Team Leader – Jock Soutar, KC6IIH, Jim Seifert, AD6WL, Custodian of Exams, Norm Odette, K6UO, Jim Laage, KI6SUA, Joe Schweitzer, KG6L, Bernard Falkin, KG6FBM, and Cliff Cheng, AC6C, Examiners.
Test takers are welcomed to leave and go to lunch when they finish.
Most people finish in about 20-30mins.
(Lunch)
Sat., Oct., 9 2010, 1:00pm to 4:30am – FCC Amateur Radio Technician Study Hall and FCC Test Session. (Note earlier start time. Particpants are welcome to come later at 1:30pm if they accept they are giving themselves less study time and reducing the possiblity of passing the exam.). Test preparation for FCC licensing exam to follow at 11:30am. (see course descriptions for important details). Facilitator – Mort Arditti, NA6MA, assisted by Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., AC6C and staff. Facilitator – Mort Arditti, NA6MA, assisted by Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., AC6C and staff.
Sat., Oct., 9, 2010, Approximately 3:30pm to approximately 4:30pm, FCC Amateur Radio Examination Session. see course descriptions for important details.
If the class members are ready earlier and enough examiners are present, we will start earlier. If you are not in the class and want to take the exam, check with us an hour before the scheduled start time.
Special $4 fee; pay at exam.
If you have prepared for the exam and not taken out Study Hall, you are welcomed to take our exam on a space available basis.
Volunteer Examiner Team Leader – Jock Soutar, KC6IIH, Jim Seifert, AD6WL, Custodian of Exams, Norm Odette, K6UO, Jim Laage, KI6SUA, Joe Schweitzer, KG6L, Bernard Falkin,
KG6FBM, and Cliff Cheng, AC6C, Examiners.
Most people finish in about 20-30mins.
Sat., Oct., 9, 2010, 4:30pm to 6:00pm, 1.5hrs. How to Buy a Walkie Talkie, Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., AC6C. Whether you have a ham radio license or have not yet gotten one, please take advantage of this session being offered and learn how to buy a handheld transceiver (“walkie talkie”). The presentation will help new/old hams understand what the important criteria and pitfalls are to buying a handheld transceiver (HT). Many new hams make the mistake of buying a HT which is far too complicated for them. The HTs of 2010 have more complexities and capabilities than a desk full of equipment from decades past. New hams who buy radios who are too complicated likely will not use them since they can not program or operate them. They give up on ham radio. Avoid the pitfalls and come to the session. This session can save you money, grief and from having communication failures on searches.
(Sunday)
Sun., Oct., 10, 2010, 8am-10am, - Carl, WU6D & Cathy, K6VC Gardenias. New Ham Orientation. Mobile rigs and their installation, hands-on operating procedures exercise, hand-held radios.
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Detailed Information of Technician Class Study Hall and FCC Exam
Technician Study Hall. Our Technician study hall prepares participants to take exam for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) entry level Technician class amateur radio license in the space of 3hrs. This is not a traditional lecture class. It is a study hall. Participants come and read the question pool. Every hour, there will be a 15 minute demonstration or lecture. After 3 hours of reading, the volunteer examiners (VE) will come in and give the exam.
There is no Morse code requirement.
The question pool is published. All the questions and answers you could possibly be asked are published . You can study (memorize) them. The pool consists of 350 questions. You will be asked 35 questions. You can missed 9 of them and still pass.
At SAR City 2007, 16 people took the Technician exam and 15 passed. In booth 2007 and 2008, 13 people took the Technician exam each year and 11 passed. All 11 people passed in 2009. Over the years, of the few people who failed one had failed multiple times at locations prior to SAR City. Another person kept saying “I’m going to fail, I’m going to fail.” That person failed. Another person failed for they came in late and only read ¼ of the questions. One person who failed the first time, re-tested immediately and passed. So far, no one has taken a General or Extra exam a SAR City.
To improve your chances of passage, we ask participants to come having studied the question pool and to the point they are passing on-line practice tests. You can download the question pool for free at: http://bb.qualitymatrix.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30. Please download, print out and study; and bring with you to our SAR City Study Hall. Bring your questions. Please visit: www.NERP.myEweb.net, click Ham Exams. Take practice Technician exams. These tests are from the same questions as the exams we give. If you pass a few on-line tests, you can easily pass the exam at SAR City.
People who have not done this preparatory work may still take part in the study hall but may not have as strong a chance to pass as those who prepared. Again the passage rate is typically in the high 90th percentile. If you can pass a driver’s license test you can pass a code-free Technician test. Of course to pass a driver’s license test, we had to study.
Technician Exam at SAR City. A team of Volunteer Examiners (VE) will give the Federal Communication Commission’s amateur radio licensing examination.
The exams need to be prepared ahead of time. We get them from our Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC). We need enough time to order the exams, for the VEC to make and send them to us. Please pre-register for the Technician exam. If you wish to take the General or Extra exams, we are happy to accommodate you. We will not have these exams with us unless they are requested ahead of time. To be sure we have one for you, please let us know you need one at least one full week ahead of time that you need one. Note, the Technician study hall prepares people for only the Technician exam. It does not prepare people for the General or Extra exams.
If you pass your Tech. you are welcomed to take the General exam at no additional fee, if there is sufficient time left in the session. Some hams say since you are already at the exam, why not try the higher exam? You might pass. If you pass you are welcome, providing there is enough time in the session to take the Extra. If you do not pass, you will get experience and which will help you pass the next time.
If you do not pass your Tech. and there is time left in the session, you are welcome to re-take it. We however are required to charge you another $4. And, you will need to fill out another form. [Note – While we want you to pass, please note we run a legal and ethical examination].
Pre-Exam Administrative Details – Its been our experience that those who come having taken care of two administrative details are more relaxed, better able to concentrate on studying and the passing the exam, and get their license faster. Please download and fill-out GLAARG application Form 605X and bring it to the session at SAR City: http://bb.qualitymatrix.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30 . Please get your Federal Registration Number (FRN) and use it for Item #4 on the application by going to the FCC website ahead of time at https://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/coresWeb/publicHome.do or and click on FRN Registration on the left side of the screen. Two forms of government issued ID are required to take the exam. We need to ask for your contact information in case there is a problem with your application.
A calculator is unnecessary on the Technician exam. If you would like to bring one, it must be a simple kind with no memory. Using cellphone, PDA or calculators or your computer is not allowed. The exam is closed book (of course you have the benefit of having studied the actual question pool).
The test fee will only be $4. Pay at the exam. None of the Volunteer Examiners (VE), even the ones who have traveled from far away to get to SAR City at their own expense will receive any compensation or even reimbursement for their expenses. The $4 fee will go solely to administrative costs of the Volunteer Examiner Coordinator (VEC), Greater Los Angeles Amateur Radio Group (GLAARG). GLAARG is the only VEC still charging only $4, the original fee when the VE program was started in 1984. The other VECs are charging the full $19 fee the FCC authorizes! GLAARG also tends to be quicker in processing exams which means your license will be issued faster. Licenses will typically by granted by the FCC by the end of the week. Once You Get Your License. Once you received you call sign you can enjoy your newly acquired privileges! We are happy to help you once you get your license. Please email Dr. Cliff Cheng, AC6C, ac6c at arrl dot net and tell him you have received your license and what you callsign is. He will help you find a local amateur radio club where you can get help program your radio. He can also give you contact information for your local amateur radio emergency communication organization; if you want to be in communication during an emergency, you will need someone on the other end to talk to.
Please do attend your new ham orientation classes at this SAR City or you are welcome to do it the next time you come to SAR City. We want you to get your license, if this is what you desire and you can pass the test. A caveat is appropriate here. The entry level Technician license standard has been reduced to a fraction of their former requirements. Most people get licenses by mere memorization. With the license and our new ham orientation, most people will be able with some practice, to use their radio as an “appliance operator” – someone who uses ham radio as if it were an appliance like a cell phone, toaster or refrigerator. Appliance operators have little or no understanding how their radio works let alone the ability to independently get on the air and establish an emergency communications links after a major disaster damages the communications infrastructure. Such a ham is dependent on ham radio stores and old school hams to help them. These resources may not be available to you after when you are responding to an emergency or after a major disaster has occurred. We are happy to refer you to resources in your area which can help you further train and practice.
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Instructor: Ben Boswell
Duration: 16 hours
First Responder Operational (FRO-R) Refresher – Friday, October 8th, 18oo hrs to 2200 hrs.
(4 hour certified course)
First Responder Operational (FRO) – Start Friday, October 8th, 1800 hrs to 2200 hrs.
Saturday, October 9th, 0800 hrs to 1700 hrs. end Sunday, October 10th, 0800 hrs to 1200 hrs.
(16 hour certified course)
Instructor – Ben “Boz” Boswell, CSTI Certified Instructor, #1156
Boz is once again offering this State Certified course, to meet Federal and State OSHA requirements for anyone requiring certification. These courses cover both refresher and initial training. Both courses begin on Friday. Refer to the course dates and times above. If you are taking the initial FRO certified course, you must register on Friday at the beginning of the course and you must complete the required 16 hour instruction and pass a written exam. The Refresher course is for those students who already possess a FRO certificate and are in need to complete annual recertification. If you are unable to attend the FRO-R recertification on Friday evening, contact the instructor anytime during the weekend to setup a time to complete the required training.
There is a $10 registration fee, per student. The cost covers the materials for FRO trainees and FRO-R’s. ERG’s are a separate fee. If you possess an ERG (2008 is the latest version) bring it. Otherwise you can either purchase or borrow one from the instructor.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the instructor at:
Ben “Boz” Boswell, cell 909-266-7739 or e-mail him at bozphd@roadrunner.com
Until then, “Click, Click.”
Instructor: Darryl Heller
Duration: 16 hours
This course will present basic tracking techniques that will be useful to the beginning as well as the seasoned tracker. There will be classroom discussion, lecture, field demonstration and a practical. Students will demonstrate how to locate, identify, document, and follow foot, boot, shoe impressions and sign, and identify and process tire tracks. This course will run Friday 1800-2200, Saturday 0800-1700, and Sunday 0800-1200. Students must be present for the entire course to receive certification. NOTE: Come prepared to go into the field and practice tracking: wear sturdy shoes. Bring water, and bring a tracking stick. THIS IS NO LONGER A POST CERTIFIED COURSE. DARRYL HELLER HAS RETIRED FROM THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT.
Duration: 16 hours
Scanner and Observer Training: 8, 9 and 10 October 2010
SARCity is hosted by the Barstow Desert Rescue Squad in conjunction with the San Bernardino County Sheriff, OES, and Barstow College. As part of SARCity, Civil Air Patrol conducts a Mission Scanner class, which is open to non-CAP attendees.
Saturday class will be held at Daggett Airport (DAG); specifically at the Headquarters of
NTC Aviation Company, US ARMY
39500 National Trails Highway
Daggett, CA 92327-4595
This is a military installation. All participants are required to wear a uniform in accordance with CAPR 39-1and, in the tradition of the United States Military, be cleaned, boots polished, hair cut, etc.
The first 10 MO & MS registrants will each be scheduled for two training flights. Those flights commence Sunday, 0730 thru 1600. The crew will be a well qualified MP and a MO/MS trainer. The MO student will fly right front; the scanner trainee will ride right back, and instructor left back. That instructor will train both the MO & MS student.
MS and MO prerequisites: minimum age 18, wear a Nomex flight suit (sometimes the label will state “Aramid”) with all-leather boots, and have Nomex or leather gloves.
I encourage you to attend this event!
Bryan LaPlante, Capt., CAP
SAR City Registration Coordinator
Instructor: Ed Bronowicki
Duration: 2 hours
Used all of your medical supplies already? Are you looking at a pile of stuff that your victim brought with them as “weight” for your egress back to civilization? You’d better figure out how to stabilize that femur fracture your team member just got during patient egress. And how will you get him to safety? When to move and when to bivouac; that’s the question. Not your common improvisational Wilderness Medicine course.
Instructor: Ed Bronowicki
Duration: 2 hours
Pediatrics are the most complicated patient group known to rescuers. Their age, prior learning, and ability to deal with complicated circumstances often inhibit and complicate their own rescue and medical treatment. This course focuses on the key elements to in dealing with this age group in the wilderness setting. Topics include;
Age appropriate assessment
Common and uncommon childhood disease processes found in the wilderness setting
Helpful treatment/intervention methods
Maintenance level treatment for long duration extrication.
Instructor: Josh Richling
Duration: 2 hours
This class teaches how to identify the rattlesnakes of the area. You will learn how and why they bite, tips to avoid being bitten, signs and symptoms of envenomation, the treatment of rattlesnake bites, and MUCH, MUCH, MORE.
Instructor: Ed Bronowicki
Duration: 2 hours
“How many different ways can you use a SAM Splint?” Did you know that there are several different sizes of this most ingenious stabilization device? Most rescuers feel fairly well versed in the use of splints, and perhaps rightfully so. This course will take you from beginning to end on the applications and uses of the venerable SAM Splint. How can we fill an hour and a half with this device? Come and see.
Instructor: Ross Kocen
Duration: 1 hours
Instructor: Ed Bronowicki
Duration: 2 hours
Your team is carrying a litter to a patient along a hiking trail when a member of your team slips and falls. She only falls 1 or 2 feet, but she “belly flops” onto a rock and has the breath knocked out of her for a minute or two. Insisting that she feels fine, she gets back she continues with the team and the litter to the patient. After picking up the patient, the 2-mile trek back to the trailhead begins with the patient who has an isolated ankle fracture. Along the way, the woman who did the “belly flop” starts complaining about nausea dn some pain in the left shoulder, them some lightheadedness. Upon examination, she is pale, has a fast pulse but with a normal blood pressure, and has some left upper quadrant tenderness.
What injuries could this rescuer have sustained? How does the team now divide their efforts to manage two patients? What additional arrangements should be made for transportation of the two patients?
This course is designed to help the rescuer identify and prioritize treatment and transport of the injured in a rapid and efficient manner. Team dynamics and decision making are core components and are also discussed within the framework of this program.
Instructor: Chuck Christman
Duration: 2 hours
This class will cover the hazards of rescue work in an abandoned mine, as well as cover rescue techniques unique to this type of operation.
Instructor: Kimberly Kelly
Duration: 2 hours
"Far From Home: Understanding and Managing the Alzheimer's Search and Rescue Incident" was designed to fulfill a void in SAR and law enforcement knowledge about Alzheimer's disease and its effect on the afflicted subject's behaviour. With your prior knowledge and the information provided in this program, you will better understand and thus manage the search for the wandering Alzheimer's person.
Instructor: Carl Gardenias
Instructor: Cathy Gardenias
Instructor: Bernard Falkin
Duration: 3 hours
The course will be round table discussion utilizing Amateur Radio with Search and Rescue operations. We will discuss the fun aspect of the hobby as well as serving the community as a volunteer. What type of radio equipment, antennas, (mobile v. base station or HT), can be used in many different operations. This course will demonstrate a mobile unit in a car that is be used to talk locally, across the country, and internationally. There will also be informational handouts on radios, antennas, etc.
Instructor: Kenneth N. Laidlaw
Duration: 1 hours
ANALYSIS OF A HIGH PROFILE SEARCH IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA:
The search and rescue community should learn more from failed searches than from successful ones. Over 6,000 hours were spent looking for a subject. A lot of information was available when the search started but it seemed to be ignored. Analysis of that information might have predicated where the subject would have been found. Six months later his remains were found within 400 meters of where his car had been parked.
Duration: 4 hours
This is the standard ATV training course, four hours in length. It will be offered at 0800 on Sunday morning; meet in from of the gym. Maximum of 8 students per class. Quads will be provided but students must bring helmets, gloves, goggles, long sleeve shirt and long pants, high top shoes over the ankles.
Instructor: Bill Gookin
Duration: 2 hours
This class will cover the basics of map and compass use and meet CARTA requirements. Topics will include reading topographic maps, understanding the legend, contour lines, different coordinate systems (grid, latitude & longitude and UTM), locating yourself on the map, orienting your map to your location, reading the terrain, relating it to your map and communicating this information to others. It will include a brief discussion of GPS use. This a hands on "learn how" class and will include field practice; bring your compass (a limited number of "loaners" will be available).
Bill has set a short orienteering course near the campus so you can get in some more practice at your convenience during the weekend. See him at the class or at the Gookinaid Vitalyte booth in the Gymnasium lobby for more information and the map.
Instructor: Scott Armstrong
Duration: 2 hours
Basic Survival is the best life insurance you can get! Survival has several important components - knowledge, material or resources, practical experiences and your attitude. Learn why some people live and and some people die, and why. learn more about the rules of life: l .)"Be here now" - pay attention: 2.) Keep an up to date mental model of where you are and what's happening around you. Ninety percent of people have an emotional response when put under stress and are unable to think clearly or solve simple problems. Learn how to stack the odds in your favour for survival. The handouts from this class will be a good source to start you out in advancing your survival abilities and how you can make a 72 hour survival experience a piece of cake!
Instructor: Lori Wells
Instructor: Richard Davis
Duration: 3 hours
Beginning Trailing Dog and Intermediate Trailing Dog will be taught simultaneously. “Ok, so you’ve got a dog and want to trail people with it – now what? This fun group participation class may be just what you need to jumpstart your career in Canine Search and Rescue!”
Beginner and Intermediate Trailing Dog is an outdoor “Hands On” class for both the student and dog. Students with dogs should bring a harness, 15’+ lead, water bowl, water and gear to keep both student and dog comfortable outdoors for the duration of the class. Students should also come to class with an idea of where they are in their training to date. After a brief orientation, the class will be split into two groups – one Beginner and the other Intermediate.
The goal of this course is to familiarize the student with specific techniques that can be employed to effectively determine a “Baseline” for where they are with their dog and then expand upon that Baseline by setting up training more clinically. Students will be challenged to assess their knowledge of how trailing dogs work and their relationship with their dog. Students will also be asked to create a plan for future training within their local training group. The instructors will work with each handler individually on short pre-set trailing scenarios as others in the class look on. The instructors for this class will be available after the class to work with handlers that have special needs. Field work.
Instructor: Debbie Harris
Duration: 2 hours
This class will concentrate on the differences between human bone and other skeletal remains common to Western North America. Ms. Harris will also discuss sex and age determination of human skeletal remains.
Instructor: Lou Castle
Duration: 3 hours
Instructor: Kenneth N. Laidlaw
Duration: 2 hours
CAVE SEARCH, RESCUE, AND RECOVERY:
Underground rescue and recovery presents special challenges. Caves and mines are both underground, dark and have constant temperatures. These are the only conditions both have in common. This presentation, with an emphasis on cave rescue, provides a background into what to expect underground. The origin of caves is briefly outlined and terms defined. A video is shown to establish a baseline for rescue conditions found underground. Opportunities for cave rescue training will be presented.
Instructor: Kenneth N. Laidlaw
Duration: 2 hours
ROPE RESCUE CONSIDERATIONS:
Rope rescue presents special challenges, especially in remote areas. With new equipment constantly appearing on the market and techniques continuously being refined, the craft is a very dynamic experience. This presentation will expose new students to safe, basic fundamentals. Advanced students will increase their knowledge of proper techniques. All experiences are based on current testing and review the techniques of application used by different groups, from cave explorers to mountain rescue personnel. OSHA considerations will be considered. Many of the principles can be applied for team or small party self rescue. At the end of the presentation, each participant should be able to make safe decisions based on their needs and budget restraints. They will also know the best references for additional information.
Instructor: Debbie Harris
Duration: 3 hours
Any Search and Rescue person can, and often are, the first to find a lost subject, clue or evidence. SAR teams must be conscious of the potential evidence and the handling and documentation of this evidence in the event this becomes a crime scene. Included in this class will be securing a scene, handling evidence, documentation of evidence or clues, body handling and packaging of evidence.
Duration: 2 hours
In this basic course, students will learn about the child abuse laws and mandated reporting laws. There will be a slide presentation showing various degrees and variety of child abuse and how to recognize and report it. ****SOME OF THE MATERIAL WILL BE OFFENSIVE AND SEXUALLY EXPLICT; NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18, PLEASE****
Instructor: Bill Gookin
Duration: 1 hours
How much water do you really need to keep going? What else does your body need? What happens to your ability to function as you become dehydrated? Most SAR personnel are familiar with the symptoms and treatment of victims of dehydration and exposure but how does this affect your ability to function on your mission? This is your chance to help you understand what is happening to your system, how to recognize the symptoms in yourself and in your team-mates and how effective are the various fluid replacements.
Instructor: Scott Armstrong
Duration: 2 hours
Learn some survival techniques for a very unique and harsh environment. When you are dumped into a survival situation, the fly of emotions, adrenaline, fear and the physical changes that happen in your body because of the fight or flight' response is like getting into a knife fight in a phone booth. Don't be caught in that phone booth unprepared. Learn about signalling, shelters, water collection, clothing and much more.
Instructor: Angel Duarte
Duration: 2 hours
This course is primarily about clandestine meth lab awareness. An introduction to the chemicals and equipment used in the manufacturing of meth will be covered. Safety issues will include discussion for when SAR personnel come across lab dumps. A Power Point program, videos, and discussion are involved. The course is designed to give a basic understanding of the processes, chemicals and equipment involved in illicit drug manufacture. Students will learn how to identify drug labs and implement a basic safety plan in accordance with the hazards they observe. The course will consist of slide presentation, videos and lecture.
Instructor: Lou Castle
Duration: 8 hours
There is no better way to learn to use an Ecollar or to troubleshoot your K-9 training than a Lou Castle seminar. Discover the methods you, your department or your group can use to increase your efficiency and decrease training problems.
Instructor: Bernie Kerkvliet
Duration: 1 hours
Instructor: Bernie Kerkvliet
Duration: 3 hours
Instructor: Jorene Downs
Duration: 2 hours
Effective Partnering: Mounted SAR & SAR Dogs Mounted SAR and SAR Dogs are two obvious search resources that include use of domestic animals. Learn how the combination of the handler with dog and rider with equine can be partnered effectively in the field to take advantage of each resource's strengths. Advantageous knowledge for SAR management, SAR Dog handlers and Mounted SAR riders.
Instructor: Remi Rundzio
Duration: 2 hours
Class is going to cover topics relating to managing and preserving evidence found during search as well as protection of crime scenes.
Instructor: Bob Wells
Instructor: Jerry Volkenant
Duration: 1 hours
An Introduction to Technical Support for Ground Teams Deploying with K9
Instructor: Andy Avery
Duration: 1 hours
One hour power point show covering
- Blood spattering
- GSW's
- Injuries
- etc.
Instructor: Andy Avery
Duration: 2 hours
Prerequisite
Forensics for SAR I
Hands-on with five round robin stations
- Bone searching
- Different stages of exposure
- Human vs. animal
- Collection
- Advanced blood spattering interpretation (two stations)
- Victim
- Patterns
- Assailant
- Patterns
- Gun Shot Wounds (GSW)
- Holes, soot, and stippling on clothing
- Spattering on weapon and hand
Instructor: Kenneth Cheng
Duration: 1 hours
Harness Suspension Trauma, also known as Harness Hang Syndrome and Harness Induced Orthostasis, is a medical emergency that can be fatal to the unsuspecting victim. Most of the published studies regarding this condition are from Europe with few military studies in the US. Harness Suspension Trauma is not limited to recreational climbers; everyone putting on a harness, whether it be an experienced climber, utility worker or rescuer needs to also be aware of the symptoms of Harness Suspension Trauma.
Course Goals:
Understand the physiology of Harness Suspension Trauma
Understand the conditions that cause Harness Suspension Trauma
Be able to prevent Harness Suspension Trauma
Be able to provide medical support for Harness Suspension Trauma
Duration: 2 hours
This course will cover the following topics: Safety considerations, Helicopter descriptions, Helispot considerations, Helibase operation, Injured person care and evacuation and liability issues. This course is sponsored by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Air Rescue Team who provide technical rescue and Advanced Life Support to the residents of San Bernardino County at no charge.
Instructor: Wes Podboy
Duration: 2 hours
What you are going to learn: I teach more than hand signals. You need to understand how and why helicopters fly. You also need to know what affects operations and what Limitations they have and most importantly you need to have "Good Helicopter Sense".
Instructor: Ross Kocen
Duration: 2 hours
His informative interactive session will teach you how to do plan a disaster drill. In this session you will learn how to plan and execute a disaster drill with victims. Learn where to get victims and how to protect yourself and your victims from liability issues. The session will cover how to write a victim scenario to match the moulage and injuries of your victims. Lessons learned from previous drills will be covered so you do not make the same mistakes. How do define goals for disaster drill How to define critiques for your evaluators Where to get victims Victim legal issues (release of liability photo releases) How to write a START Triage scenario Example of a Drill (Video of Ventura County Operation Sunrise)
Instructor: Cliff Cheng
Duration: 2 hours
Duration: 3 hours
Instructor: Mike St. Clair
Duration: 2 hours
This course covers the techniques on making hiking more efficient, easier on the knees, better concentration, and better stability. This course will be in the classroom a short time and most of it will be outside moving up and down hills. Please be prepared for the desert environment and afternoon temperatures. Hiking poles recommended.
Instructor: Joseph Saddler
Duration: 1 hours
Instructor: Bob Wells
Instructor: Jerry Volkenant
Duration: 3 hours
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Instructor: Christopher Young
Duration: 2 hours
Interviewing is an important part of search investigation and yet is often a hastily done and incomplete task. In an urban search, an interview may be the largest generator of clues on where to search. This paper and presentation will discuss why we need to interview and compare and contrast interview and interrogation in law enforcement and the unique requirements and needs in the SAR world. It will probe the "how to" mechanics of conducting a good interview from the setting for the interview, to the demeanor of the interviewer, to the type of in depth questions and how the information gathered can be used to paint a mental picture and profile of the missing subject. This information can then be used to assist the planning function in establishing where to look and the best use of SAR resources. The discussions will include initial and post search interviewing, as well as telephone and door-to-door interviewing. Topics will also include how to set up and conduct interview exercises to practice what we have learned.
Instructor: Christopher Young
Duration: 2 hours
This presentation will prepare managers and searchers for the specific tasks and special techniques needed for searching in the Urban Environment. This will include comparing and contrasting the Urban/Suburban/Rural Interface with the Wilderness Search Processes, from Pre-plan through managing Urban Incidents, Special Investigation considerations, as well as the use of SAR Resources, and Documentation requirements. This presentation also covers an introduction to special considerations in Child Abduction Searches.
Instructor: Bernie Kerkvliet
Duration: 2 hours
In this class, you will learn edibility rules, general collecting and preparation techniques, plant environments and samples to eat and identify. Class includes a field trip to Lucerne Valley.
Duration: 1 hours
Instructor: Christopher Young
Duration: 2 hours
Lost person behaviour is the cornerstone of search and rescue efforts. Based upon a landmark study, this course is based on the book Lost Person Behaviour – A Search and Rescue Guide on Where to Look - for Land, Air, and Water by Robert Koester (published 2008 by dbS Publications), and is the definitive guide to solving the puzzle of where a lost person might be found. This course will cover the latest information and research found in the book regarding the lost person behavioural profiles. Particular emphasis is placed on the latest research concerning Alzheimer's, despondents, mentally retarded, psychotic, abducted children, cross-country skiers, mountain bikers as well as 41 separate categories of lost or missing persons. The participant will learn important background information, its implications for search and rescue, how to establish a prevention program, search statistics, behavioural statistics, and how to plan a search for each subject type. Additional discussion will cover behavioural profiles, urban verses wilderness statistics, suggested initial tasks, and specialized investigative questions. The participants will have the opportunity to work several practical scenarios.
Instructor: Jody Miller
Duration: 1 hours
This course covers issues in media relations as they pertain to search and rescue operations. Topics that are discussed include: Crime scene considerations; managing the media at command posts and searches; controlling information that goes to the media and using the media to your advantage.
Duration: 1 hours
Instructor: Frank Tullo
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Stephen Sutherland
Duration: 2 hours
Spontaneous impromptu makeup for SAR simulations and training so as to be quickly effective and easily removed. Realistic ejects will be (discussed including simulation of shock, minor cuts and abrasions, contusions and bruises, lacerations, compound fractures, amputation, etc. Cleanup techniques will be included in the discussion.
Instructor: Wes Podboy
Duration: 2 hours
In this class you will learn the principals for accurate Night Navigation. A short lecture will be given before adjourning to the field. ***Students need to have basic compass experience for this class. Students should also wear good footwear, have a flashlight and a quality compass. Silva Ranger is suggested but any compass with rotating bezel and delineated in 2 degree increments will do.
Instructor: Jody Miller
Duration: 1 hours
This course covers issues in media relations as they pertain to search and rescue operations. Topics that are discussed include: Crime scene considerations; managing the media at command posts and searches; controlling information that goes to the media and using the media to your advantage.
Instructor: Brad Bonnet
Duration: 1 hours
The presentation will include History of the Dive team, Member Information, Equipment, Capabilities and Recent Operations of the Dive team.
Instructor: Bill Lakow
Duration: 1 hours
This course will help you identify visible signs that an illegal commercial marijuana grow may be near when you are performing your duties in the wilderness. Some of the tactics that eradication teams use to find these grows, you could employ to avoid them for your safety. You will see the components of many typical grow sites that have been raided in California Wilderness areas.
Instructor: Christopher Young
Duration: 1 hours
As technology and the information super highway advances, so has its use in the search for a missing person. Recent documented cases have shown that pure investigation using the Internet have resulted in the location of missing persons, thus preventing unnecessary use of valuable resources in the field, giving the phrase “Internet Search” a whole new meaning. While today’s younger generation is adept at moving around the social networks of cyber space, like the popular “MySpace” ‘Facebook” and “Twitter”, many of us “troglodytes” need some guiding through the immense maze of information. This presentation will explore a multitude of social networks, blogs, wiki sites; the terminologies; the mechanics of moving around in these new cyber spaces; where to look for pertinent information that may be related to the missing person disappearance, and how to apply the information in building the missing person profile and investigation.
Instructor: Dana Kirsch Ray
Duration: 2 hours
This class is for the handler who is preparing to become mission ready. This class offers a "reality check" in how well you are doing at reading your dog. It provides both a classroom portion and a field evaluation of how to know if you are reading your dog well. This class is for both trailing and area dogs.
Duration: 2 hours
Duration: 1 hours
Instructor: Bob Miller
Duration: 4 hours
The ELT class will be a 2 part class; first looking at the new technologies available today for both ELTs and ELT locations, and secondly will be a hands-on practice session with a number of direction finding units ranging from the original "L-PER" through the MK4 to the latest TigerStrike.
Instructor: Martin Canty
Duration: 3 hours
2010 has seen a quiet fire season so far, however, the fire season is far from being over; according to predictions it has just been delayed a month or so. We hope that we will not have another season like 2003 or 2007 but we can never accurately predict the future.
This class is intended to promote Wildland Fire safety for SAR personnel assisting with evacuations. Based on DVD material used in our county fire departments' annual Wildland Refresher training, the course will comprise of short safety videos along with discussions about the tools, techniques & consequences relating to operating near the fireline.
The class will introduce recognized wildland techniques such as 10&18's and LCES (along with the history of these procedural tools), as well as helping teams in creating pre-plans, organizing team structures, preparing team members in terms of physical conditioning and appropriate clothing.
Instructor: Mike St. Clair
Duration: 4 hours
This course will cover winter survival, snow shelter Construction, what goes inside a winter SAR pack, winter equipment, Avalanche awareness and use of Avalanche beacons and search techniques.