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Category
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Event date
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- 2.00 Operations
$0.00
Effective coordination with partners is crucial to the success of search and rescue missions. We will discuss interagency relationships through the evolution of an incident. These will include sheriffs, emergency managers, other policy makers, incident management teams, emergency operations centers, joint information centers, state/federal agencies, and other support organizations. The goal is to increase understanding of these relationships so effective communications and support can be maintained as we provide critical search and rescue capabilities to our communities and beyond.
- 1.00 Operations
$0.00
The use of winches for technical rope rescue in the backcountry is becoming more and more prevalent. This 50-minute presentation will utilize hands-on demos to compare and contrast winches with traditional descent control devices and mechanical advantage systems for raising and lowering.
- 1.00 Operations
$0.00
Parameters of a wide area search, specific types of search and corresponding search techniques. This will be an introduction to a wide area search is, and what the commonalities vs. differences are compared to a more typical wilderness or urban SAR environment.
- 1.00 Operations
$0.00
In partnership (cooperation) with the high angle rescue training, drones will be utilized to assist in locating the subject, providing context to inbound and evacuation routes, while also providing command with real time situational awareness. Various drones will be used to demonstrate technology differences.
- 1.00 Operations
$0.00
Search and rescue operations from a federal perspective involve the coordinated efforts of various government, state, and local agencies at the national level to locate, assist, and extract individuals in distres
- 1.00 Trauma
$0.00
Extremity fractures are a common occurrence in backcountry rescue events. These injuries can make the care and movement of the patient very difficult. The Flight For Life team will review common splinting challenges and offer an opportunity to practice creative and efficient ways to immobilize extremity fractures.
- 1.00 Operations
$0.00
No trailers needed: An option for transporting a patient in a litter via a single ATV. Please bring a DOT approved full face helmet.
- 1.00 Operations
$0.00
Strong interagency relationships are critical to the work of BSAR teams. Join a panel presentation and discussion to learn some of the ways in which Colorado BSAR teams form and maintain successful partnerships with their sheriff’s offices and EMS organizations, and the nuts and bolts of how they operate together.
- 1.00 Operations
$0.00
Presentation of initial test findings from drop testing and slow pull of Sterling Tactical Response and VT eye to eye cords.
- 1.00 Operations
$0.00
Interested in learning how other teams do things differently and what kinds of challenges they face? Participate in discussions on how Alamosa and Mesa County SAR teams operate, obstacles they face, and successes they celebrate. Interaction encouraged!