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Helicopter Hover Entry and Exit Training - Prince George and Multi Teams - July 2023
Overnight Rope Practice at Esler Bluffs with CCSAR and SCSAR
BC Tracking Association Training - Prince George - June 2023
Wildland Technical Rope Rescue Practice with CCSAR
Wilderness Advance First Aid Training - March 2023
In-House Wildland Technical Rope Rescue Practice
Swift Water Rescue - Operations and Technician 1 Training
May 2023
Quesnel Trade Show - April 2023
Medical Emergency Extrication Mock Scenario
with Ministry of Forests
Flat Ice Rescue Training - February 2023
Mark Forsythe Throw Bagging
Flat Ice Rescue Training Exercises
Gordie Roy adjusting the Skimmer
February 2023
Snowmobile Operator Practice
ATV Operator Training Fall 2022
UTV Operator Training Fall 2022
Wildland Technical Rope Rescue Technician - Level 1 Practice with CCSAR
A Special Thank You Goes Out to Dawn and Kevin Unruh and the Central Cariboo SAR Team for playing a huge role in helping get Lana Johnson ready for the Tech 1 Training Evaluation Weekend that was held in Fort Saint John in September.
Setting up for Dual Capability Two-Tensioned Haul Systems
Lana Johnson and Tatiana Olfert
Stretcher Team
Brandon Spooner as the Foot Attendant, Ted Olfert and CCSAR's as Side Attendants
Patient Packaging and Stretcher Rigging
Using QSAR's Ruth Lee Doll as the Subject
Tracking:
One Step at a Time
Quesnel attended training in Mackenzie this year, as well as hosted a BC Trackers’ Association training weekend in Quesnel compliments of the hard work of Carol Reid and Wade Sharp for all the preplanning, food arrangements, etc., and to the volunteers who helped with the cleaning workbees, food service, and more. Some of our QSAR Team Members also participated in a Mutual Aid Task upon completion of the Mackenzie Training putting their skills immediately to practical use in the field.
Congratulations to all of the recipients within Quesnel SAR and all the other teams who received certificates in the various levels. Several QSAR members received Track Aware certification including Johnathan Grieve, Lana Johnson and Brandon Spooner. Grant Johannesen and Wade Sharp received Tracker Certification.
BC Trackers’ Association Training Weekend hosted by QSAR in Quesnel – September 23-25, 2022
Hover Exit Training
Several of QSAR’s Team Members and Members-in-Training attended a Hover Exit Training Session in August 2022 hosted by Prince George SAR, also attended by Nechako Valley SAR.
Overnighter - May 7 & 8, 2022
Setting up Base
Double checking ready pack
Ready to head out to set-up camp
Camp set up
Mock search for a missing subject using the new Ruth Lee doll.
Subject packaging for stretcher carry via wheeled ground transport
Morning after survival camping
First Aid Rope Rescue Training – March 3, 2022
Subject Stretcher Packaging
Using the new Ruth Lee Doll in the stretcher to practice securing a subject needing to immobilized for transport using webbing.
Once secured in position, the team members tested various positions and tilting angles of the stretcher to guarantee that there the Ruth Lee Doll did not shift ensuring that their subject was secured in place effectively.
February 24, 2022 Winter Survival Training
Quesnel Search and Rescue Members participated in a cold subject packaging in a hypothermic wrap training session using the new Ruth Lee Doll.
Preceding this hands-on session, members have taken the Baby Its Cold Outside training as well as in classroom informational sessions regarding various types of winter rescue scenarios that may be experienced finding or rescuing individuals who have been exposed to extreme heat loss risks, and how to respond accordingly in order to provide the best possible outcomes for each situation.
On Saturday October 24th, Quesnel SAR and Prince George SAR participated in Hoover Exit training. The SAR members were training to enter and exit a helicopter while the helicopter is hoovering about 1 metre off the ground.
The maneuver can be a bit tricky as the volunteers must be very careful not move the helicopter suddenly as they board or step off the helicopter.
It is not easy to hold a helicopter. It is a balancing act while adding or subtracting weight of passengers.
Training by the pilot also includes showing where the first aid kit and ELT are located. A demonstration of how to open and close the cargo compartment and the passenger doors was shown. Special attention is to be given to seatbelt use and storage.
Thankfully the weather held up.
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