2011 Classes
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| Dog Track | HAM |
| Haz Mat | ICS 300 |
| Man Tracking | |
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. More will be posted as soon as they are available.
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Instructor: Kimberly Kelly
Duration: 16 hours
Greetings - as with all, all-volunteer, unpaid professional SAR conferences with instructors traveling and covering their own costs, schedules are often fluid until the last minute.
FYI: +++ indicates a BRAND NEW class
***** indicates a class that has not been given in recent years
At this time, we are looking at:
Friday Night:
* Jo-Anne Brenner, "K9 Medic Essentials," 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm (CLASSROOM) *****
Saturday:
* Natalie Castle, "Advanced Human Remains Detection," 8:00 am - 12:00 pm (FIELD) +++
* Kayla Hardin, "Understanding Autism for K9 Handlers," 8:00 am - 10:00 am (CLASSROOM)
* Juanita Smith and Jim Frank, "Trailing Search Dogs: Trailing Characteristics/Trailing Behavior," 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (CLASS/FIELD) +++
LUNCH
* Shay Cook and Greg Slavit, "Knowledge of Scent," 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm (CLASS) +++
* Shay Cook, "Canine Nonverbal Communication," 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm (CLASS) +++
EVENING DINNER AND PROGRAM (*Don't forget our K9 "Crappy Raffle!" - we're giving away all kinds of good stuff including a brand new Garmin NUVI 1450T with all the doodads!)
Sunday:
* Lori and Bob Wells, with assistants, "Beginning and Intermediate Trailing," 8:00 am - 11:00 am (FIELD)
* Cindy McArthur, "Solid SAR Dog Performance," 8:00 am - 12:00 pm (FIELD) +++
* Lou Castle, "Building Search," 8:00 am - 10:00 am, (BUILDING)
NOTE:
#1 - Kayla Hardin will be offering AKC Canine Good Citizen Test by appointment; please sign up on the poster next to the schedules at the auditorium. There is NO charge for this testing. +++
#2 - Jorene Downs has previously offered her wonderful class on partnering Mounted teams and K9 teams; please look for class information to be posted, either in the K9 Track or in General Track (classroom limitations).
Can't wait to see you at SAR CIty 2011!
Instructor: Cliff Cheng
Instructor: Mort Arditti
Instructor: Joseph Schweitzer
Instructor: Carl Gardenias
Instructor: Cathy Gardenias
Duration: 16 hours
Full HAM Track Description
By appointment, Fri., Oct., 7, 2011 to Sun. Oct. 9, 2011 – 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 for you. Please make an appointment with them, preferably before SAR city. Once at SAR City, these hams will be helping people who made appointments, as well as teaching, and examining. If time permits we will help walk-ins. Some of us will get there Friday night. We will monitor 147.51 simplex (alternate FLASH 2 Repeater 147.180 pl. 151.4). 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). You will need to prepare by:
Bring your valid amateur radio license.
Bring your radio, instruction booklet, power source (charged battery or power supply if it is a mobile rig).
Bring a list of amateur radio frequencies you want programmed – get this info 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. [Note – We run a legal operation. We can not program frequencies that are not legal for us to transmit on; ones outside the ham bands. If you request us to show you how to program your own radio, when you are back home using your own computer, software and cable, we urge you to only program in transmit frequencies you are legally authorized to transmit on]. Please bring a flash drive so we may help you store your program file.
If you have a modified radio, board banded to transmit beyond the ham bands (which is illegal unless you have an appropriate license), your radio may accept a file written to its memory. In some cases, attempts to program modified radios, may result in the radio becoming damaged.
By asking us to program your radio, you agree we are not responsible for any damage which may be caused to your radio.
Elmer (mentor) and Radios:
Mort Arditi, NA6MA, marditi@arrl.net, make appointment once at SAR City. Wouxun: KGUV1D, KGUV2D. Yaesu: FT-7900, VX3, VX7-R.
Cliff Cheng, AC6C, C er t S p O N S o r AT G m a I L -dot- Com. Yaesu: FT-60R, FT-7800, VX-150, VX-170/FT-250, VX-177/FT-277R.
(Saturday)
Sat., Oct., 8, 2011, 8am. Welcoming Remarks by Cliff Cheng, Ph.D., AC6C, Communications Track Chairman.
Sat., Oct. 8, 2011, 8:00am to 2:30am – 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., 8, 2011, 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 the wrong 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 chargers and what their proper use. If you can - bring your radios, batteries, chargers and owner's manuals to the session.
Sat., Oct., 8, 2011, 2pm to 3pm, 1hr. APRS for SAR: Automatic Packet Reporting System: An Overview, Joseph Schweitzer, KG6L, Orange County Sheriff's SAR. What if you never had to call in your position to the CP again? Do you get Confused between Latitude, Longitude, Northing, Easting, Zone, Degrees, Minutes, Seconds? An Automatic Position Reporting System is the answer for you. This class will introduce how your team can communicate positions without confusion, and update the CP on your progress automatically. This class is for anyone from the first time volunteer to seasoned radio experts, team leaders and search managers. A non-technical introduction will be followed by technical information on how to get a system working and a live demonstration.
Sat., Oct., 8, 2011, Approximately 2:30pm 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.
All exams must be started no later than 1/2hr. After the exam starts. 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, Norm Odette, K6UO, Jim Laage, KG6SUA, Joe Schweitzer, KG6L, and Cliff Cheng, AC6C, Examiners. Test takers are welcomed to leave when they finish. People who earn a a pass certificate need to come back at the end of the session for graduation. Most people finish in about 20-30mins.
Sat., Oct., 8, 2011, 5pm to 6pm, 1hrs. 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 2011 have more capabilities and complexities 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., 9, 2011, 9am-11am 2hrs. - Carl, WU6D & Cathy, K6VC Gardenias. New Ham Orientation. Mobile rigs and their installation, hands-on operating procedures exercise, hand-held radios.
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 7hrs. 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 7 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. 10 passed in 2010. 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.
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://glaarg.org/forms.htm. 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, you can so long as it is a simple calculator with no memory. Using cellphone, PDA or calculators or your computer is not allowed. The exam is closed book (of course you already had 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.
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: Eric Matusak
Duration: 18 hours
Course Description: The Intermediate Incident Command System for Expanding Incidents course provides training on and resources for personnel who require advanced application of the ICS. The course expands upon information covered in the ICS 100 and ICS 200 courses.
Target Audience: Law Enforcement, Search & Rescue, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Management Agency, Fire Service, Hazardous Materials (HAZMAT), Public Works, Government Administrative, Public Safety Communications, Health Care, and Public Health.
Prerequisites: ICS 300 is designed for candidates that have successfully completed the ICS 100, and ICS 200 courses offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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.
Instructor: Andy Avery
Duration: 1 hours
Forensics for SAR 1 is for the SAR team member who wants to be able to identify types of deaths, injuries, and how to proceed with your local law enforcement as the in field expert.
Instructor: Andy Avery
Duration: 2 hours
Forensics for SAR 2 is a hands on course where the student finds decedents and must identify if the death was on natural, suicide, or homicide.
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: Dr. Debbie Bervel
Duration: 2 hours
This class is geared towards the EMT, Paramedic and other Health Care providers. It will examine High Altitude Physiology with particular attention towards High Altitude Illness dealing with cause and effects. Diagnosis, treatment and patient care as well as appropriate medication intervention will be discussed. *ICEMA CE's will be given for those that need them. Please bring your certification and/or license to class*
Instructor: Wes Podboy
Instructor: Marie Podboy
Instructor: Debbie Bervel
Duration: 2 hours
This class explores the origin and the function of the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician as it applies to Search and Rescue.
Covered in the class will be the state regulations and requirements as well as advanced medical skills. Permitted under this new state certification.
In addition local protocols will be presented and explained as well .
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
This course discusses the types of shock, assessment and treatment of Shock. We will define anatomy and physiology of shock, exploring why the body reacts to shock.
Instructor: Lou Castle
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Chuck Christman
Duration: 2 hours
This class will cover the hazards of rescue work in an abandoned mine, as well as rescue techniques unique to this type of operation.
Instructor: Natalie Castle
Duration: 4 hours
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.
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: Joseph Schweitzer
Duration: 2 hours
What if you never had to call in your position to the CP again? Do you get Confused between Latitude, Longitude, Northing, Easting, Zone, Degrees, Minutes, Seconds? An Automatic Position Reporting System is the answer for you. This class will introduce how your team can communicate positions without confusion, and update the CP on your progress automatically. This class is for anyone from the first time volunteer to seasoned radio experts, team leaders and search managers. A non-technical introduction will be followed by technical information on how to get a system working and a live demonstration.
Instructor: Sam Chan
Duration: 2 hours
Take your medication, have a drink, or do whatever you need to do cope with your pushdabuttonphobia. This two hour class will be hands on with your GPS. No death by PowerPoint. We will push every button and go through every screen that is of use for SAR application. Every setting, screen, menu and display will be explored and an explanation on what is being shown and how to use it will be provided. You will need a GPS for the class.
Instructor: Charles Arbaut
Duration: 1 hours
This course is a basic knot class, includes hands on with the members. (hasty harness, fig. eight, overhand, etc.)
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: Bob Wells
Instructor: Lori Wells
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: Lou Castle
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Matt Scharper
Duration: 2 hours
Changes are coming! National, State, Local SAR - This is your chance to hear what is happening as a result of national as well as statewide efforts with SAR. Your State SAR Coordinator will present a briefing as to what is happening Nationwide and how it WILL effect the State SAR program and you. From FEMA/NIMS resource typing, to FEMA/NIMS SAR credentialing, to California’s Mutual Aid Guidelines to Legislation. Your State SAR Coordinator, your County SAR Coordinators, and your Sheriffs are very busy protecting and improving upon the State SAR program and it WILL effect you! This session will give you the details as well as give you the opportunity to share your concerns, opinions, or ideas. This is your chance to spend time with your State SAR Coordinator and view the “Big Picture” as well as have the opportunity to express your thoughts.
Instructor: Shay Cook
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Roxanne Bessinger
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: 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: Bob Stine
Duration: 1 hours
A presentation about the under water Search and Recovery team.
Instructor: JC Blankenship
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: Jorene Downs
Duration: 2 hours
Effective Partnering: Mounted SAR & SAR Dogs. Mounted SAR and SAR Dogs are two resources that include use of domestic animals, and both animals have natural senses very useful for searching. 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 potential crime scenes discovered during the search process.
Instructor: Majid Sabetzadeh
Duration: 1 hours
This is an introductory level lecture for SAR members who are interested on becoming involved with field based leadership. What does your boss in incident command expect from you and how do you use your resources to get the job done. Delegation of responsibilities among your team members, managing on-scene situations, dynamically changing over to backup plans B and C, instructing team member issues about tactical decisions and much more will be covered on this course.
Instructor: Dave Nicolet
Instructor: Mike Ward
Instructor: Frank Kams
Duration: 2 hours
This class will be designed to instruct students how to start, set up, and conduct the first few hours of a search operation. The proper use of ICS management techniques and how they are to be implemented will be discussed pertaining to the first critical hours of the first operational period. Proper Intel, documentation, sign-ins, planning, team assignments and how to determine the needed logistics for a search will be addressed.
Instructor: Paul Doherty
Duration: 1 hours
Instructor: Arnold Gaffrey
Duration: 1 hours
This class will introduce the student to the free MapSAR tool. Designed specifically for wilderness search incidents, MapSAR will help search planners draw search segments and assignments. It will also keep track of clues and track logs. The product of this tool is printed maps for use by field crews and in the command post. This introduction will help you decide if this is a tool you can use.
Instructor: Arnold Gaffrey
Instructor: George Durkee
Instructor: Jon Pedder
Duration: 2 hours
The student will learn how to use the free MapSAR tool with ESRI's ArcGIS Desktop product. GIS has become the way to map emergency incidents. This class will show you how to create search segments, draw search assignments and print maps for field crews and the command post. You will also learn how to use MapSAR to track incident activities like clues, field team status, debriefing information and GPS track logs. At the conclusion of this session, students will be able to use MapSAR to help manage their next search.
Instructor: Tom Patterson
Instructor: Matthew Baker
Duration: 3 hours
In this session participants will learn how GIS can be used as a decision support tool in a search and rescue operation to help decision makers determine areas where the lost person may be located. In the search scenario, a 10 year-old boy has wandered off from a camp ground and is lost.
The exercise contains the following applications:
1. Select the resources for the search and rescue operation and route those resources to the incident location.
2. Determine a suitable landing site for a helicopter; this utilizes Model Builder.
3. Check the radio reception in a 5-mile radius of the incident location to determine if there could be problems with communication between teams.
4. Model various landscape parameters such as slope, vegetation, etc., to determine the amount of time it would take the lost child to travel across the land. A Cost Distance function is used to determine the area that the child could have traveled given an elapsed time since he was last seen.
5. Calculate a viewshed from buildings to determine the area that the light from houses may be seen at night.
6. Calculate a viewshed from a point. This would give the coordinator an idea where to place a person as a lookout so that they can see a broad view of the area.
7. For the search coordinator, there is an application to create a search area layer which can be used to assign resources to an area and to maintain the search status in that area.
8. Create a map book (map series) from the search area layer.
9. Finally, view the data in 3D in ArcGlobe.
Other topics will include:
How to start a hasty search in ArcGIS Explorer and download a GPS track (Paul Doherty.)
Tips and tricks for editing (Matt Baker)
Create an ArcGIS Online User Account (Paul Doherty)
Make a SAR web map (Matt Baker)
Upload data to ArcGIS Online Group (Paul Doherty)
How to prepare a spatial briefing in ArcGIS Explorer and on ArcGIS Explorer Online (Paul Doherty)
All course materials will be provided. Come to the computer lab and learn how these techniques are used to help find lost individuals and mange search resources more efficiently.
Instructor: Paul Doherty
Instructor: Matthew Baker
Duration: 1 hours
How to start a hasty search in ArcGIS Explorer and download a GPS track (Paul Doherty.)
Tips and tricks for editing (Matt Baker)
Create an ArcGIS Online User Account (Paul Doherty)
Make a SAR web map (Matt Baker)
Upload data to ArcGIS Online Group (Paul Doherty)
How to prepare a spatial briefing in ArcGIS Explorer and on ArcGIS Explorer Online (Paul Doherty)
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
Instructor: Kimberly Kelly
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Mike St. Clair
Duration: 1 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: Mike St. Clair
Duration: 1 hours
IMPROVE YOUR HIKING WITH POLES, Mike St. Clair This course is a continuation of Improve your hiking. In this course we will cover the use of 2 poles, the different techniques for moving up and down hills. Most of the class will be outside so Please be prepared for the desert environment and afternoon temperatures. Prerequisites: Improve your hiking
Instructor: Joseph Saddler
Duration: 1 hours
This is a non-technical class designed to help field searchers use their radios in "seemingly impossible" poor coverage areas. The factors that impact radio coverage will be discussed and helpful tips and techniques will be provided.
Instructor: Joanne Brenner
Duration: 4 hours
Instructor: Shay Cook
Instructor: Greg Slavit
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Sam Chan
Duration: 2 hours
Basic Land Navigation for Search and Rescue Module 1 — Maps
This course is designed to teach basic navigation skills through a four module program assuming the students have no prior experience. Each two hour module will cover a specific topic with sufficient detail and attention to the students to allow mastery of the subject. Although it is best to take the classes in sequence, this is not a Track class and you may take any and all modules as you wish.
Module one will begin with topographical maps. Topics covered will include source of maps and aerial photos, map preparation and care, reading the map legend, scales, datum's and coordinate systems, symbols, contour lines and terrain features, declination, and azimuth.
Instructor: Sam Chan
Duration: 2 hours
Basic Land Navigation for Search and Rescue Module 2 — Magnetic Compass
This course is designed to teach basic navigation skills through a four module program assuming the students have no prior experience. Each two hour module will cover a specific topic with sufficient detail and attention to the students to allow mastery of the subject. Although it is best to take the classes in sequence, this is not a Track class and you may take any and all modules as you wish.
Module two will focus on the magnetic compass. Topics covered will include various directional references, declination, plotting azimuth using a protractor, various types of compasses, parts of the baseplate compass, taking bearings on a map and in the field, reverse bearings, compass checks in the field, dead reckoning with compass and pace count, resection and intersection. This module will include hands on exercises to familiarize the students with the operation of a baseplate sighting compass. It is recommended the student have a combination UTM interpolator/protractor such as the Map Tool UTMSlot24 and a compass such as the Silva Ranger, Sunnto Navigator, or the Brunton 15TDCL.
Instructor: Sam Chan
Duration: 2 hours
Basic Land Navigation for Search and Rescue Module 3 — GPS
This course is designed to teach basic navigation skills through a four module program assuming the students have no prior experience. Each two hour module will cover a specific topic with sufficient detail and attention to the students to allow mastery of the subject. Although it is best to take the classes in sequence, this is not a Track class and you may take any and all modules as you wish.
Module three will cover the GPS receiver. Topics covered will include commonly used datums, UTM/MGRS/USNG, common interpolator tools, concise and precise grid coordinates, ASTM standard for communicating UTM coordinates, benefits and limitations of civilian handheld GPS units, bearing, heading, and course, basic setup and operation of handheld GPS units, radio phraseology, and GPS errors. This module will include hands on exercises to familiarize the students with the operation of their GPS receiver and plotting coordinates on a map. It is recommended that students bring a GPS receiver and a UTM interpolator tool such as the MapTool UTMSlot24.
Instructor: Sam Chan
Instructor: Remi Rundzio
Instructor: Al Lenning
Instructor: Cedric Swirsky
Duration: 3 hours
Basic Land Navigation for Search and Rescue Module 4 — Field Exercise
This course is designed to teach basic navigation skills through a four module program assuming the students have no prior experience. Each two hour module will cover a specific topic with sufficient detail and attention to the students to allow mastery of the subject. Although it is best to take the classes in sequence, this is not a Track class and you may take any and all modules as you wish.
Module four will be a field exercise designed to apply basic navigation skills to typical search operations. Student will practice map orientation with compass and terrain matching, compass check in the field, navigation by dead reckoning, position fix using resection, marking waypoints and entering waypoints and navigating to a waypoint using GPS and compass.
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: Sam Chan
Duration: 2 hours
Basic Land Navigation for Search and Rescue This course is designed to teach basic navigation skills through a four module program assuming the students have no prior experience. Each two hour module will cover a specific topic with sufficient detail and attention to the students to allow mastery of the subject. Although it is best to take the classes in sequence, this is not a Track class and you may take any and all modules as you wish. Miscellaneous Topics in Land Navigation: This two hour module will cover certain topics touched on in the Basic Land Navigation for Search and Rescue course but in more detail. Topics will include datums, standardizing to the USNG, issues with MGRS/USNG at grid and zone boundaries, different interpolator tools, waypoints by projection, bearing and distance between waypoints, GARS, MGRS grid in Google Earth, and post processing of waypoints and tracks.
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: Dave Nicolet
Instructor: Mike Ward
Instructor: Frank Kams
Duration: 2 hours
Instruction and discussion of the various communication systems used in San Bernardino County during Search & Rescue operations. The use of our stationery repeaters, mobile repeaters, 155 and 800 hand-held radios will be explained along with the various other options that are available during actual search missions.
Instructor: Michael Losquadro
Instructor: Mike Steinkraus
Duration: 1 hours
SAR missions require organization and management that is flexible, adaptable, scalable and easily understandable. In this one hour course you will learn the national standard for organizing under the incident command system (ICS); how each function is used in various scenarios; and learn why common terminology and asset typing is essential in the "mutual aid" world. This course will cover the learning objectives for Chapter 3 of the SAR Tech II program.
Instructor: Michael Losquadro
Instructor: Liam Murphy
Duration: 1 hours
SAR missions require resources of human, animal and technology. In this one hour course you will learn the types of resources required for different types of searches. Subjects covered will include types of searches, human and animal resources, and search management. We will have hands-on examples of technical search equipment including specialized listening devices, search cameras, and other SAR resources. The course will cover the learning objectives for Chapter 11 of the SAR Tech II program.
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: Oscar Vera
Duration: 1 hours
Class will discuss basics of satellite communications and how they can be used in search and rescue. Basics of how satellite communication work, different systems available, and associated overhead from power consumption, costs, and software. We will discuss how satellite systems are used, who uses them, and how useful they are. We will discuss how Search and Rescue teams can use Satellite Communication from off the shelf systems to making and deploying Amateur Radio systems.
Instructor: Remi Rundzio
Duration: 2 hours
This module is going to cover the searcher safety topics as they relate to various SAR environments. Wilderness and urban safety/awareness will be discussed.
Instructor: Duane Dickerson
Duration: 1 hours
In this course we will go over Android and iPhone uses in SAR. Applications that you might find useful, Battery life and how to maximize it, and SAR specific topics. If you are one of those propeller heads, or just happened to get talked into an Android or iPhone at the store, this course will help you get that micro computer you have been carrying around some more use. You might just find out that there is more to your little toy than playing "Angry Birds." With the one hour class it will be limited to Android and iPhones. No blackberries, palm, or rotary cell phones will be covered.
Tablets use the same apps so if you have giant pockets, or if you prefer to carry a iPad or Android tablet most of this would also apply as well.
Instructor: Cindy MacArthur
Duration: 4 hours
Instructor: Juanita Smith
Instructor: Jim Frank
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Kayla Hardin
Duration: 2 hours
Instructor: Mike St. Clair
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: Bernie Kerkvliet
Duration: 1 hours
In this class you will walk around campus with the instructor I.D. Plants, plant parts, and possibly tap a tree to get drinking water. A pen, notebook, and camera will be helpful. A plant list will be provided by the instructor.
Meet in front of the gym at the amphitheatre.
Instructor: Bernie Kerkvliet
Duration: 2 hours
This class will cover the safe use of plants, collecting and processing, which parts of the plants to use, plant communities, and what you can expect to find in them, edibility rules and even fire starting without matches.
Plant specimens will be brought in for inspection. You can expect to see plants from the mountain and desert area and some that grow just about anywhere in north America.
Food samples will be available for you to try in class
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.