Team Leader Lecture Outline

SARBC

Search and Rescue Society of British Columbia

Friday Night

- Basic SAR Review

- Search Patterns: all type 1,2,3, leap frog, forward creeping line, contour, flying V, critical spacing, calibrated spacing theory

- Base Camp [group discussion] map

- Radio Communications, phonetic, speed, rhythm

- Search layout, whistle signals, rules

- Personal Protective Equipment

- Urban Search

Break

- Map and Compass review, UTM, lat + lon, status maps

- Redundant Navigation, dead reckoning, GPS, altimeter, landmark

- Knot review

END part 1

Saturday

- Review

- R.A.P.I.D., C.A.T.S., S.T.O.P.

- TL's responsibilities

- Advanced Intro

Break

- S/M Intro, POA, POD, POS, CPOD

- Leadership

- Briefing, debriefing

- Interviewing skills

Lunch

- CIS review

- Rescue plans

- Demobilization

- Outside agency interfacing / ICS

END part 2

Sunday

- Review of TL's responsibilities

- Review TL's documentation

- Review POE

- Video taping of mock briefings [2 min. each student]

- Full class review of each students briefing

Lunch

- Problem solving [problem searchers, outside interference, etc.]

- Mock problem scenarios

student - a

ELT from RCC down town Victoria

physical search action plan / electronic search action plan {dog leg}

other agency coordination / logs

once using Air radio [1.5 km circle centre at inner harbour]

TL switch to physical search with CCG doing water

Must layout assignments, mapping, briefing, debriefing, reports

student - b

Confined space and urban building/s combination search assignment

TL assigned class as searchers and 2 F.D. SCBA members to rule out an area - [old gas works], must have building search plan, rescue plan

map of building and confined spaces given to TL

once searching no other resources available

child found unconscious in confined space by 1 FD member

communication prob if rope signals not pre-planed to outside SCBA

stand-by helps primary and passes to ground SAR for treatment

TL make report to send thank you to F.D. etc..

student - c

TL assigned to school gym to organize 200 volunteers for type 3

rest of class problem civilians that want to go / some not suitable

3 buses ready and available for 30 min. only

2 areas 1 easy [Durrance lake park] 1 difficult [Cole hill] 92B/11

must use load volunteers to assist in dividing group into 3 levels

best to area 1, moderate to area 2, rest to base camp

give volunteer briefing and manage

student - d

TL must instruct and organize searchers for critical space search

rest of class are searchers that do not know critical spacing

area beacon hill park, full documentation required

student - e

TL organize a contour search from forward base camp

forward camp @ 3091 - 92 B/12 / 2 altimeters available

TL to realize searchers must be expected for night camp [72 hr packs]

Once away at top of Waterloo 1 searcher down with blown knee

TL to handle / poss split teams to carry on, get evac for searcher

ensure TL sets up bivouac for downed searcher ASAP

finish search and paperwork on all

student - f

TL organize full Type 2, all aspects, outside team

once under way problem searcher, must deal with

send back and reorganize, document

student - g

TL emergency response hasty to North Hill park, police confining

9 person team [1 is TL], to phone in to base once on scene for plan

{get gear and go !!} once on scene total loss of communications

TL should plan and mobilize into 3 hasty teams R.A.P.I.D., C.A.T.S.

leave note at parking lot in case of radio fail

Trail and likely spot search, subject elderly diabetic wandered away from Ferry terminal, poss hypoglycemic, very confused

subject found by hasty, TL must activate Rescue Plan

student - h

TL set up, brief, deploy night hasty team for Fork Lake

92 B/11 @ 6574 - full mapped search plan, transportation plan, tactics

communications plan, equipment plan, no find, document and conduct debrief, fill out report

student - i

TL set up organize response to James Island for missing mentally challenged child, all aspects, reports etc.

break

- Spot quiz

- Wrap up

- Close course