https://www.missionsar.com/education daily 0.75 2022-07-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/0137a116-0032-4a4c-aae3-79c53b6b46fd/image00009.jpeg Education - Member Courses SAR Specialty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/e0476431-26c9-4de6-8a66-aeb99260985f/image00037.jpeg Education - Members in Training SAR Fundamentals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/1637859779885-GQ3ME1PC07BC48J6RGU5/unsplash-image-bw8EETl5YW0.jpg Education - Survival Guide Don’t forget your essentials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/a7cfb2ec-92a4-4a99-a076-dbb95bdb4381/image00014.jpeg Education - Hug a Tree Helping children survive in the woods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/d5c1de43-8995-4d52-8a70-32b42ee775d3/image00012.jpeg Education - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/54b0a724-e356-4586-93b5-ef6132617ec4/image00005.jpeg Education - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/2ec9cb38-13f1-430a-b012-f2589865c9dd/SRT.jpg Education - Swift Water Rescue Technician Three instructional days for techniques in self and subject rescue, in moving water environments that are classified from low to high risk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/1637860175008-ZUVOD7XMZDZGZ9HF1HG9/unsplash-image-UWS8R9U8NYQ.jpg Education - Track Aware Three instructional days in identifying signs of human presence, and using those signs to find the missing person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/a28a5c8d-b76a-496a-a26a-d1fbd668cc06/URBAN.jpg Education - Urban Search and Rescue Following a major disaster, your community or workplace may be on their own for 72 hours or more. This course combines hands-on learning and classroom instruction to prepare community members or employees for an event where they must conduct a basic Urban Search and Rescue in a safe and effective manner as part of a neighbourhood or workplace team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/fb4dcbec-fb54-4d58-9e01-067a6279b3d4/EducationSubBanner_4.jpg Education - Avalanche Response The Avalanche Response course provides participants with the necessary skills in safely responding to avalanche incidents, as part of an inter-agency team, in potentially unstable terrain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/ad6702e6-69f1-4643-b188-0a2daa35d250/ROPE.jpg Education - Rope Rescue Get introduced to the standards of an organized rope rescue, the rescue cycle, the forces involved, required gear, communications, and rope inspection practices.Three days of formal instruction is followed by 20 hours of training and three days of evaluation. This course prepares members for slope and high angle top-down rope rescue techniques. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/635864d3-1e57-4aaa-a5bd-6df504eaf032/SARManage.jpg Education - SAR Management Learn about SAR as an Organization in B.C. and the role of Manager within the Organization. You will be introduced to: pre-plans, stages of a response, ICS roles, documentation, interviewing, investigation, team callout and lost person behaviour. SAR management principles, search theory and probability, working with the media, and risk assessment are also covered. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/26404e9f-dc66-44b1-b579-6395e41a44b3/TL.jpg Education - Ground Search Team Leader Trained GSAR volunteers are provided with the knowledge and practical team-leader skills necessary to safely and effectively plan, organize, lead, supervise and execute a ground Search and Rescue team assignment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/353d3217-126e-4212-9c69-a2fcf51c1938/MAT.png Education | Fire-making kit Water proof matches, a lighter, fire starter, candle, even dryer lint are great options to bring. 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You can also carry some powdered energy drinks, which are high in sodium, to help you replenish electrolytes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fb40f9743607b5c4723efe8/05149d35-1877-439d-bcac-ad1a9b84f8fe/CLOTH.png Education | Extra Clothing (Rain, wind, water protection & toque) Breathable, layers of clothing are essential. In winter weather, be careful not exert yourself too much as sweating can cause hypothermia when you start to cool down. 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