Available courses

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Welcome to MCSAR

Summary of the general training requirements for all levels.

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.

Discussion of liability within Search and Rescue.


Requirements to reach and maintain Probationary, Associate, and full Membership levels.

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.

Uniform Standards - See Paul Royce with questions

Listing of the members by search roles.  Note the effective date on the report.

Probationary

∗ Requirements to Achieve

· Must pass initial interview ∗ Requirements to Maintain

· Must move out of this level within 12 months or lose membership

Missing Persons Cases.  Both MCSAR and non-MCSAR cases.

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.

A course requirement for those wishing to act as MCSAR Staging Manager

General process followed when a subject is located and MCSAR is tasked with extricating, or assisting in the extrication of the subject.

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!


Drill sheet from our Feb 2017 Drill in the City Forest.

Discussion of pacing and Ranger Beads / Integer Beads designs.

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Course covers the operation of SAR Directed Nets.

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.

Course reviews John Hutcheson's view of the general stages of a search. 

Process used at MCSAR to create sectors for search.

Meeting Minutes and associated documents from meetings.

List of Handy Docs for BOD Members

SARTECH II Tally and Theoretical maximum membership with 60% SARTECH LEVEL.


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Updated Membership Lists

by John Hutcheson -
Picture of Training Team Members

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,

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