by admin | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
The most important piece of equipment for the individual member of a Search and Rescue Team is the backpack that he or she carries when they go into the wilderness searching for missing or lost people. This backpack has gone by a few names over the years,obviously it...
by admin | Sep 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
The term ‘Keep it simple’ has always been used when it comes to achieving specific goals, and rope rescue is no exception. Rope rescue is a technical skill where often the main goal is to remove the patient from danger. For example, a patient may have climbed up the...
by admin | Aug 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Search teams can sometimes be assigned by the Search Manager to search areas that involve heavy or thick bushland. It is these types of areas that can involve a different approach by search teams. Heavy bushland has a lot of vegetation which makes it difficult to get...
by admin | Aug 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
A call comes out that a person has fallen off a cliff and your rope rescue team has been requested to respond. As you start driving towards the rescue site with your team you receive more information about the incident via the radio. This includes the information that...
by admin | Jul 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
In this instance, when we talk about rescuing people in a canyon, we are talking about ‘wet canyons’. The type of canyon that involves waterfalls and water continually flowing through the canyon (sometimes it can be a lot of water that is flowing), unlike ‘dry...
by admin | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
A patient needs to be rescued after falling off a cliff. You and your team are called to attend. But do you have the right amount of people in your team to conduct a rope rescue?What is the correct number of rescuers required to successfully complete a rope...
