SAR Meeting Minutes 27 July 2008

[K7CSL]

7/27/08 - SAR Meeting at LRS

Meeting was called to order at 1430 on 27 July 2008 at conference room at Land Rover South by Tony Martineau

Present: Henry Thome, Jayson Stangel(K7ROV), Jennifer Verstreken(KE7UGM), Mike Buckner(KE7GRM), Stephen Thomas(KE7TLS), Virgil Silhanek(K7AZV), Craig Ludwig(K7CSL), Tony Martineau(WB7PZH)

• Minutes were approved from last meeting
• We reviewed training to take from last meeting.
o FEMA ICS – Online should be taken by all members
o CPR and First Aid – awaiting details from Amber however this is what is known.
 First Saturday of every month
 Scottsdale
 4 Hours
 $15
• Wilderness First Aid class is an option and will cost $60 from Dallas Lane – it is a 20 hours/ 2.5 day class the following dates will be proposed on the virtualjeepclub.com, azlro.org, and the copper state 4x4 site.
o Propose August 15, 16, 17 and September 5, 6, 7
o Depending on the number of people interested two classes could be held if necessary.
• Wilderness Survival Training- Report Outstanding
• Landing Zone Training- Steve will get more details
• Activation Process was discussed in detail
o We need a list of top individuals to call to start activation
o We need to get a list of volunteers for call takers who in turn will make the calls to get help
o We will also need to get a list of those willing to act as chat moderators once an activation has occurred
o The VJC site will be used for the chat and message boards as most people are familiar with the site already
o We need to determine the best way to activate members ideally that would be through a text message to individuals celll phones. It may be possible for us to use gmail, yahoo or another mail server to accomplish these goals.
• From the list of volunteers we should propose a list of 5 people for leadership of the SAR mission
• MCECG / AEN - MAR – Is willing to provide on-air support to SAR activities. This could be manning the radio for teams in the field, keeping track of who is out, where they are, and when they are due for next radio contact and well as taking ops normal reports from hams in the field. MCECG/AEN-MAR would also like to participate in training activities with SAR as well as other trail outings that are appropriate.
• Contact sheets and standard interview forums need to be created, approved and submitted to the team. This work could be done through the message boards.

• The next meeting is scheduled for August 24th at 1400. Meeting place TBD.
• If you had a report pending, please submit it.

Meeting was adjourned at 1556

Minutes submitted by: Craig Ludwig
Approved By: awaiting approval

[amber.hodge]

I have been working with Grunt on this issue (CPR/first aid) - he can get the fire dept to do it for 25.00 per person...it looks like the 15.00 fee for the every saturday may work better. :confused:

[rangers_range]

I failed to say at the meeting that Dallas Lane also is one of two people in the state who is authorized to administer the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) SAR Tech II test. He will present Fundamentals of Search and Rescue tailored to our needs if we want. We can talk about this at the next meeting when we revisit classes and scheduling.

[Stickbuddy]

I failed to say at the meeting that Dallas Lane also is one of two people in the state who is authorized to administer the National Association for Search and Rescue (NASAR) SAR Tech II test. He will present Fundamentals of Search and Rescue tailored to our needs if we want. We can talk about this at the next meeting when we revisit classes and scheduling.

Just from my perspective on what we are trying to do/accomplish; I think the way to go is with Dallas Lane. I like the September date.

Obviously most everyone on VJC is ready to "saddle up" if there is an emergency; that being said, the more proficient we are, organizationally and otherwise, the more potential we have to be effective.

My dos centavos