A.V.S.A.R.
ALAMOSA VOLUNTEER SEARCH AND RESCUE
2009 Calendar
2009 AVSAR SCHEDULE LAST UPDATED: January 5, 2009 Training: 1900-2100 Hrs, Tuesday, January 20, 2009 -Adams State College, Richardson Hall 231 -Avalanche Awareness Class -Presented by the American Avalanche Association�s Executive Director, Mark Mueller -Date, time, and location are tentative based on Mark�s ability to get over Wolf Creek Pass &/or his avalanche control work responsibilities Meeting: 1800-2100 Hrs, Tuesday, January 27, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -Pro deals for AVSAR active members (see website & bylaws for active members) -Participation will require the signing of a contract -Four Rigging for Rescue trainees for 2009 -2008�s training attendees and mission responders received preference -Participation will require the signing of a contract -Short classroom training -Winter survival expectations for Jan. 31st overnight & missions Training: 0900-1300 Hrs, Sunday, February 1, 2009 (Optional Start: 1500 Hrs, Saturday, January 31, 2009) -Field training location to be announced at January meeting (email will be sent too) (Wolf Creek Pass area or Rock Creek depending upon weather) -Optional winter survival training / overnight starting 1500 hrs Jan. 31 -Winter shelters and sub-zero survival -Glissading, skiing, and snow shoeing -Crampon and ice ax competency -Self belay and self arrest -Roped team travel -Placing anchors (pickets, flukes, deadmen, ice screws, bollards, etc.) -Focal point skills: equalizing anchor points, analyzing systems -Vertical ice climbing skills (top roped) -"Cornice spelunking" -Level I avalanche beacon use Sunday 0900 -Objective: Be able to find a buried beacon in a mock avalanche in under 90 seconds Supplemental Training: All Day, Sat. February 14 � Mon. February 16, 2009 -Wilderness First Aid (WFA) Certification, location on ASC campus to be announced -This training is optional and is offered to leadership and SAR personnel who can pay the $200 certification fee -Offered through Adams State Adventure Program Meeting: 1800-2000 Hrs, Tuesday, February 24, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -Review 2008-2009 DOLA grant proposal -Go over 2009-2010 DOLA grant proposal Training: 0900-1300 Hrs, Sunday, March 1, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -Basic wilderness survival & the 24-hour SAR pack -SAROP Lecture -Wilderness search operations -Call out procedures -Organization (incident command procedures, planning and strategy, probability analysis, attraction tactics, briefings, hasty tactics, line / grid searches, etc.) -Radio communication procedures -Interviewing and intelligence gathering -Tracking -Body recovery procedures -Debriefing procedures -Public relations and media communication procedures Meeting: 1800-2000 Hrs, Tuesday, March 24, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -2009-2010 DOLA grant application submittal by April 1 Training: 0900-1500 Hrs, Sunday, March 29, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -First-aid and CPR training Meeting: 1800-2000 Hrs, Tuesday, April 28, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -Pro deals for AVSAR active members (see website & bylaws for definition of active members) -Land navigation overview Training: 0900-1500 Hrs, Sunday, May 3, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -Classroom & Field -FFL Lift Ticket Certifications -Field location to be announced -Land Navigation Meeting: 1800-2100 Hrs, Tuesday, May 26, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom training -Material strengths, static system analysis, SAR safety factors -Knots, bends, and hitches for technical rescue -Field safety expectations regarding edges, gloves, helmets, edge protection Training: 0900-1500 Hrs, Sunday, May 31, 2009 -Field location: Bishop Rock area of Rock Creek -Individual (100 kilogram load) technical climbing skills -Individual rappel with knot pass -Individual prusik ascent with knot pass -Individual belay techniques Meeting: 1800-2000 Hrs, Tuesday, June 23, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -2008-2009 DOLA grant expenditure report due Training: 0900-1500 Hrs, Sunday, June 28, 2009 -Field location: Bishop Rock area of Rock Creek -Team technical rescue skills -Mechanical advantage systems -Rescue (200 kilogram load) belays -540 belay technique -Main line lowering and raising systems -Mock pick-off Meeting: 1800-2000 Hrs, Tuesday, July 28, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -August fundraiser planning Training: 0900-1500 Hrs, Sunday, August 2, 2009 -Field location: Bishop Rock area of Rock Creek -Team technical rescue skills -Mechanical advantage systems -Rescue (200 kilogram load) belays -540 belay technique -Main line lowering and raising systems -Mock pick-off or Stokes litter lower & raise Meeting: 1800-2000 Hrs, Tuesday, August 25, 2008 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -Annual officer nominations for September�s elections Training: 0900-1800 Hrs, Sunday, August 30, 2008 -Field training fundraiser -To be planned and announced Meeting: 1800-2000 Hrs, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -Annual officer elections at meeting -Annual awards nominations Training: 0900-1500 Hrs, Sunday, September 27, 2009 -Field location: Bishop Rock area of Rock Creek -Team technical rescue skills -Mechanical advantage systems -Rescue (200 kilogram load) belays -540 belay technique -Main line lowering and raising systems -Mock pick-off or Stokes litter lower & raise or -Kootenay highline system or -Fourth class lead climbing Meeting: 1800-2100 Hrs, Tuesday, October 27, 2009 -Location to be announced (2008�s was at The Bridge) -Annual awards ceremony Training: 0900-1500 Hrs, Sunday, November 1, 2009 -Field location: Bishop Rock area of Rock Creek -Individual (100 kilogram load) technical climbing skills -Individual rappel with knot pass -Individual prusik ascent with knot pass -Individual belay techniques Meeting: 1800-2100 Hrs, Tuesday, November 17, 2009 (NOTE 3RD TUES.) -Alamosa Sheriff�s Office Classroom -Discussion of next year�s trainings, goals, planning, etc. -Executive committee members, leaders and interested parties must attend No December Meetings or Trainings -Happy Holidays and Happy 2010! -Executive committee responsible for 2010 mailings, emailing, etc. by Jan. 1, 2010
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