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Dedicated to Search and Rescue as a Public Service for Pierce County and Washington State, USA.

Serving the People of Pierce County and Washington State Since 2000

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Training Program

Revised January 29, 2007

This training outline is designed for RRAMSAR, a SAR ATV and Snowmobile Team. RRAMSAR intends to use instructors within its membership to teach Training Modules. Where RRAMSAR instructors are not qualified, RRAMSAR will seek out the best instructors available from outside sources to train its members.

In addition RRAMSAR will meet and exceed the levels of training required by WAC 118-04, RCW 38.52 and the Pierce County Emergency Worker Standards for Search and Rescue dated September 27, 1988 as adopted by the Pierce County SAR Council. RRAMSAR will also meet and exceed the level of training required by SARVAC for out of county missions as they relate to RRAMSAR's disciplines.

RRAMSAR's training consists of Training Modules that are divided into Training Elements. This is the best way to track training progress so we can ensure our member's receive the highest level of training possible. This system also allows the flexibility to expand our training to meet growing needs.

COURSE 1

10 Hours of Classroom Training

Module 1
Intro to Ground SAR (Classroom Module)
0101     Introduction to Advanced Ground SAR
0102     Personal Equipment Lists: Base Pack, Extreme Fast Packs, Wilderness Fast Packs
0103     Gear, Clothing and Food Management
0104     SAR Readiness (Tips & Techniques for a 15 minute mission response time)
0105     Pre-deployment Check Lists
0106     Teamwork Philosophy
0107     ICS
 

Module 2
Wilderness Safety and Survival (Classroom Module)

0201     Wilderness Safety and Survival (body and equipment management)
0202     Techniques, Winter Camping and Back-Country Travel
0203     Self Rescue and Self Survival
0204     Psychological/Stress (both subject and mission related)
0205     HazMat/Drug Lab (recognition and safety)

Module 3
Hypothermia/Hyperthermia (Classroom Module)

0301     Hypothermia: Symptoms, Prevention, Treatment, and Clothing Techniques
0302     Hyperthermia: Symptoms, Prevention, Treatment, and Clothing Techniques

Module 4
Communications (Classroom Module)

0401     Basic Theory, Operation and Frequencies Used
0402     Radio Procedures
0403     Radio Equipment and Mobile Repeater System
0404     HAM No-Code

COURSE 2

2 Day 1 Night Classroom and  Field Exercise

Module 5
Practical Wilderness Navigation (Classroom and Field Module)

0501     Proper Map Usage, Table Top Map Work Lat/Long, Township/Range, UTM, UMS, FastFind® by RRAMSAR
0502     Map and Compass, Field Instruction, Stride Course, Triangulation, Compass Legs (Control setting)
0503     Wilderness Navigation on ATV's Day and Night (Classroom)
0504     GPS Usage

Module 6
Rough Land Evacuation (Field Module)

0601     Rough Land Evacuation

Module 7
Ground Search Techniques (Classroom and Field Module)

0701     Search Tactics: Preliminary Mode, Confinement Mode, Detection Mode, Tracking Mode, and Evacuation Mode
0702     Ground Type 1 (Hasty) RRAMSAR's Primary Search Mode
0703     Ground Type 2 (Open Grid)
0704     Ground Type 3 (Closed Grid)
0705     Ground Type 4 (Evidence)
0706     Urban
0707     ATV/Snowmobile Search Techniques
0708     Clue Awareness (what/where are clues)
0709     Sign Cutting Introduction
0710     Crime Scene Identification

COURSE 3

2 Day 1 Night  Field Exercise

Module 8
Advanced Ground SAR Certification Exercise (Field Module)

0801     Practical Field Certification Exercise

Module 9
Mock Search and Rescue Field Exercise (Field Module)

0901     RRAMSAR's Mock Search Exercise

Module 10
Area Familiarity and Preplan Field Exercises (Field Module)

1001     Greenwater Area
1002     Greenwater Area (winter)
1003     Elbe Hills
1004     Elbe Hills (winter)
1005     Evans Creek ORV
1006     Evans Creek ORV (winter)

Additional Required Training

Module 11 Must acquire First-aid card within your first three months of membership.
First Aid (Classroom Module)

1101     Basic First Aid and Blood Born Pathogens (will be a minimum of 8-hours in length)
1102     Wilderness First Aid (this is not a required training at this time)

Module 12 Must be complete within your first 12 months of membership.
Helicopter (Classroom Module)

1201     Basic Helo Element (will be a minimum of 2-hours and is required)
1202     Intermediate Helo (this is not a required training at this time)
1203     Advanced Helo (this is not a required training at this time)

       National Incident Management System (NIMS)

        (Must complete and pass the following NIMS online training before membership and background checks)

        FEMA Independent Study Program: IS-100 Introduction to Incident Command System, I-100

        FEMA Independent Study Program: IS-200 ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents
        FEMA Independent Study Program: IS-700 National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction
       

The following training must be completed when required and available.

Module 13
Avalanche Safety (2 Day 1 Night Classroom and Field Module)

1301     Recognition
1302     Locator Beacons and Usage

 

Module 14
SAR Management (Classroom Module)

1401     Mini SAR Management
1402     RRAMSAR Operation Leader (OL) Training

 

Module 15

Pierce County Sheriff's Snow Certification (2 Day 1 Night Field Exercise)

1501    Winter Conditions On Snowmobiles

 

Module 16

Pierce County Sheriff's ATV Certification (2 Day 1 Night Classroom and Field Exercise)

1601    On ATV's