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TRAINING

Classroom

Classroom sessions (Late September-Early April) on Monday evenings at 7-9 PM

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  • Introduction to SAR & Mission Basics

  • Survival Skills 

  • Search Techniques: 

    • Types 1-3 (Hasty, etc)

    • Type 4 (Evidence)

    • Bones 

    • Safety

    • Urban Searches

  • CPR/AED​

  • Packaging and Evacuation

    • Evacuation Packaging​

    • Litter and wheel​

  • Basic Rescue Knots: 

    • Useful Knots 

    • Basic Low Angle Rope Assists

  • Helicopter Safety

  • Navigation: 

    • How to Read Maps 

      • Topography

      • Grid Location

      • UTM/USNG

    • How to Use a Compass

      • Bearings and Back-Bearings​

      • Triangulate Position

  • GPS Usage

  • Basic Mapping Technology

    • SARTopo​

    • Avenza

  • Legal Issues with SAR in WA State

  • Communication (Radios, location etc)

  • Man Tracking​

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Field

Weekend field training sessions

(4-5 overnight)​

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Survival and Search Weekend​​

  • Basic Survival

  • Search Skills:

    • Search Types 

    • Strategies

    • Terminology​

  • Team building​

  • Mock Search​

 

​Wilderness First Aid​ Weekend

Classroom:  2 - eight hour days

No overnight

  • Subject Assessment

  • Subject Stabilization (inc. Hypothermia Protocol)

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Rescue Skills Weekend

  • Subject Assessment

  • Subject Stabilization

  • Evacuation and Field Practice

  • PPE, BBP

  • Mock Search

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Field Navigation I Weekend

  • Field Navigation Skills and Exercises

  • Compass Use

  • Map Use

  • Pacing

  • Triangulation

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Field Navigation II Weekend

  • Map and Compass Final Exercise

  • GPS Use

  • Radio Use

  • Mock Search Practical

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 County-wide Mock Search Exercise

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Searchers are required to provide their own equipment. Check out the equipment list.

Additional Requirements

Complete one time, no renewal required:

Complete every year:

Complete every two years:

Complete every three years:

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