WELCOME TO THE PRSAR NEWS
Chief Editor: Doug Logan ------- duglogan@hotmail.com
supporting editors ------- T.B.A.
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This is issue No. 2 of The PRSAR News.
This newsletter belongs to the membership of PRSAR.
"QUOTE OF THE DAY"
A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the circumstances are. A true champion works hard and never loses sight of her dreams.--Dot Richardson
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Nov 18-19 Task No. 520-3525
Correction: The name of the RCMP Officer that assisted on the search near Nassichuk road area was Cpl Bob Plankenhorn. Bob's K9 partner's name is, Brew. Bob is also the RCMP Officer in charge of testing all search dogs in BC. He works quite closely with many SAR groups in developing highly effective search dogs. Bob is well known to the dog handlers in PR Trackers.
January 2002
Jan 5/6 Search
Jan. 5th, 15:30 hrs, -91 year old resident was last seen, at Olive Devaud Residence,
22:30 hrs, -12 teams deployed, focused on road searching and dog team searches in immediate area,
02:02 hrs, -returned to base,
Jan 6th, 08:05 hrs, -Expanded operation included mutual aid teams from Vancouver Island,
10:45 hrs, -subject found 200 feet into bush beyond Manson Ave.
Key factors -subject's clothing description inaccurate, mobility and mental state obscure.
-late callout prevented door-to-door searches and resident contact that lead to
detection the next day,
Jan 8th Regular meeting and Training
Basics of Avalanche Awareness(Randy Mitchell),
Review on Search on Jan. 5th/6th,
Cleanout and re-organized Equipment Storage room, SAR Truck, and First Aid Response pack.
Jan 10th Team Leader meeting,
Confirmed training plans for 2002,
Reviewed needs and supplies from searches and cleanouts,
Jan 15th Rope Team training night
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Embankment Basics
TIP OF THE MONTH
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PowellRiverSAR.com
Powell River SAR will be getting it's own website. Strait Talk Computing from Powell River has offer to build and host our own website, at no cost to us. Robert Colasanto lives on Nassichuk road. He is an retired airborne sar tech off USS Independence and pulled duty as water rescue technician off the coast of Florida, when the big boat was not at sea. He also has a father that was a NYC Fireman. Robert has donated his time and skills to develop and maintain a website for PRSAR. Our only cost will be to register and maintian out domain name. $50 to register, $15 per year to maintain it.
PowellRiverSAR.com will take some time to build, but it will be quite similiar to other SAR websites from this area. They are listed in the Links section of this newsletter.
We are plannng pages covering information about our group, contact information, and some links. As the site builds, we will add pictures, wishlists, newsletter archives, and searches. As with this newsletter, this is your website. Your input is essential. The website will be constantly evolving. We want to hear your opinion on its content. What it needs. What needs to be changed. What you've seen in other sites that we should do.
Strait Talk Computing
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The following link is an article about the dangers of contracting Hepititus C as an Emergency worker and their fight for compensation. It is from the States, but it serves as a reminder that SAR members are at risk. As is anyone that puts themselves in harms way to help others. What the article doesn't mention is that the risk is there to contract the disease from anyone. Not just the 'bad guys'. While contact has to be 'blood-to-blood', protection has to become a habit.
www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/legislature/article/0,1299,DRMN_37_954615,00.html
While searching in the bush and the urban realm, nicks, cuts, and scrapes happen. Wear thin leather gloves as much as possible. I have seen people where surgical gloves inside their gloves, but unless you keep your nails very short, the tips will tear. Always have a few pairs ready.
Where do you keep your protective gloves? How long does it take you to get the leather gloves off, find your surgical gloves, get them on, and be ready to attend to your subject? Try it out.
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Coming Events
Feb 5/02 - PRSAR Meeting/Training Night - 7 p.m.
(USUALLY FIRST TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH - PRSAR/FIRE HALL)
AGENDA
Recent Events and Issues, (Don, Karen)
Presentation by Dean Gerhart, PR Fire Chief, on:
-Improvements to Fire, Rescue and SAR Response,
-ICS and expanding operations,
-Open questions.
Review of local maps,
Review of Fanny (First Aid) Packs
(No special gear or packs required)
Feb19/02 - Rope Team Meeting/Training Night - 7 p.m.
(USUALLY THIRD TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH - PRSAR/FIRE HALL
(CONTACT - Doug Logan - Rope Team Manager)
AGENDA
-Detailed work with embankment operations,
-GSAR Rope Evaluations,
(indoors, gloves and 'climbing clothes')
Feb23-24/02 - Comox Valley SAR Snow Weekend
(CONTACT - Scott Larsen, 250-338-7377, or Doug Logan, 604-485-4834)
Leave Saturday 08:00am ferry to Courtenay, return Sunday 7:15pm ferry,
Two days snowshoeing with many Island SAR Groups, (Having fun required)
For details, ash for the email or the printed copy, or contact the above.
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Acronymphobia
This is a 'challenge' section.
There are many acronyms in SAR. Much to the frustration many people.
We'll start with few easy ones.
PLS - LKP - IPP
Right from the GSAR Manual:
Point Last Seen
Last Known Position
Initial Planning Point
We all knew those, didn't we.
So, without looking what is:
L A S T
(answer below)
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"Thought for Today"
Adventure isn't hanging on a rope off the side of a mountain.
Adventure is an attitude that we must apply to the day to day
obstacles of life -- facing new challenges, seizing new
opportunities, testing our resources against the unknown and
in the process, discovering our own unique potential.
- John Amatt, organizer & participant in
Canada's first successful Everest expedition
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BE RESPONSE READY!