Attached is the current training schedule for 2024. Any updates will be communicated here
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MCSAR training is held monthly in the field and classroom and are by invitation only to members and guests. Please don't hesitate to ask if you would like to participate.
A summary of some recent searches within 100 miles of Midland
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- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Welcome to MCSAR
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Link to MCSAR ByLaws
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
This course outlines basic training for all MCSAR members. Currently the course is required to be taken on an annual basis and includes an on line test. The course all aspects of Search and Rescue through MCSAR at a cursory level. More study is required and expected for personnel going into the field.
Please see a member of the training team with comments or questions.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Requirements to reach and maintain Probationary, Associate, and full Membership levels.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
A number of listings to help contact and manage membership. Listings of all members, phone numbers, amateur radio calls, and other contact data in addition to roles.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Uniform Standards - See Paul Royce with questions
Listing of the members by search roles. Note the effective date on the report.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Probationary
∗ Requirements to Achieve
· Must pass initial interview ∗ Requirements to Maintain
· Must move out of this level within 12 months or lose membership
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Missing Persons Cases. Both MCSAR and non-MCSAR cases.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
A listing of the training requirements for each of the named roles in the organization.
Information about call outs.
Best practices for interview training for MCSAR.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
General process followed when a subject is located and MCSAR is tasked with extricating, or assisting in the extrication of the subject.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
FreePlane (Freemind) SAR Docs
D878 Code Plugs
This course is a collection of compass courses that members can shoot at will. The included forms can be printed off and used in the field to record the results of taking the prescribed bearings.
Bearings are usually shot by lining up 2 objects in the field - a position object and a target object. The bearing is the corrected grid bearing (magnetic bearing - grid convergence) for the area covered. (In Midland, 9 deg West declination).
Please take the bearings, write them up on the sheets, and then turn them into a member of the training team.
And don't forget to explain to anyone who asks what you're doing, why you're doing it, and who you're doing it for.
Have fun!
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Discussion of pacing and Ranger Beads / Integer Beads designs.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
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- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Course covers the operation of SAR Directed Nets.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
Collection of useful forms and guides for various aspects of communication
Searcher Behavior driven by Koester Behavioral Categories.
Why Average Maximum Detection Range matters in a search.
Stuff and Stuff
Course reviews John Hutcheson's view of the general stages of a search.
Process used at MCSAR to create sectors for search.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
List of Handy Docs for BOD Members
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
SARTECH II Tally and Theoretical maximum membership with 60% SARTECH LEVEL.
- Course creator: John Hutcheson
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Contact Dos and Call List updated
Contact Dos and Call List updated to include the newe SARTECH II certifications.
Updated Membership Lists
I've Updated Membership Lists. Havent' gotten to the call out lists yet, which is mostly taken care of via active 911. Will do that later in the month. Have fun,