SAR Acronyms
D4H is an example of this system.
What is a DMS? (Data Management System)
A volunteer from the public. Such volunteers may have certain skills of value or may be completely untrained and unskilled. In SAR, such volunteers may include friends and family of the subject.
What is a Convergent Volunteer?
GSAR volunteers, including convergent volunteers during operational responses, are automatically eligible for this, including wage loss coverage, as long as they are signed-in to the authorized event.
What is workers Compensation benefits?
Walking like this flight-less bird helps to prevent slips, trips and falls on a slippery surface.
What is a Penguin?
BCSARA's monthly newsletter.
What is the Navigator?
It is what Snowmobiles, ATV's, UTV's, motorcycles, bicycles and tracked vehicles are referred to as.
What are ORV's? (Off Road Vehicles)
The determination of the characteristics of the terrain in and around a geographic area based on an analysis of topographic variables, the snow climate, the estimated return periods and magnitudes of avalanches, and the type of activity that is to be done in that area.
What is Avalanche Risk Assessment?
Three types of recordable Incidents.
What is Near Miss, Incident with Loss and Incident with Injury.
The majority of slips occur at _______, like entering or leaving buildings and vehicles.
What is a Transition Zone?
The year that the SAR Safety Program Guide was created.
What is 2009?
One of the ways that risk management may be conducted is with this tool.
What is RADeMS? (Response Assessment Decision Making Support)
The plan for the response including the objectives. Must be flexible, updated, and the only one.
What is the Incident Action Plan?
Upon being informed of a serious Incident with loss or injury, this person must immediately ensure injured volunteers receive necessary medical care, and risk from any persisting hazards is mitigated.
Who is the SARM (Search and Rescue Manager)
Even with dedicated preventative measures, slips that could lead to a fall may occur. A last resort mitigative strategy to reduce the potential of injury would be.
What is knowing how to fall?
*Protecting your head with your hands
*Falling on your side rather than on your back
*Try to roll with the fall to minimize blunt forces.
The condition that SAR Volunteers are responsible for ensuring that they are in before agreeing to participate in a call-out or training exercise.
What is Fit for service?
O.G. 1.15
Identify the 3 “P” acronyms in the following sentence.
EMCR supports all appropriately trained members in wearing a life jacket for their protection during a task or practice on Dutch Lake.
What is PEP, PFD & PPE?
(Provincial Emergency Program, Personal Floatation Device, Personal Protective Equipment)
To maintain effective supervisory levels within the command and leadership structure. This is the maximum number of units a manager or leader can effectively manage. The range is 3 to 7 with 5 considered being optimal.
What is Span of Control?
After an Incident with damage, this is the step where you study the damage done to equipment, gear, vehicles, etc. and determine what the physical evidence indicated happened and, if possible, why.
What is Investigating the physical damage?
It is in these two seasons that most slips occur for GSAR Members.
What is Spring and Winter?
The year that the BCSARA Joint Health and Safety Committee was formed.
What is 2012?
Three avalanche acronyms used in SAR.
What are AST, CAA and OAR?
(Avalanche Skills Training, Canadian Avalanche Association and Organized Avalanche Response)
This occurs at the end of a SAR response and includes sign‐out procedures, return of equipment, debriefings as well as the reorganization of personal gear for the next response.
What is Demobilization
Ensuring the names and contact information of any injured GSAR Volunteer and all witnesses are obtained, is part of this process.
What is Securing the Scene?
In order to prevent slips, trips and falls on slopes, GSAR members have a basic understanding of this discipline.
What is Ropes?
GSAR Members with basic training can use ropes for handlines on slopes, for shelter or as a safety line for stretcher carrying.
When using RADeMS for your SAR Operational Risk Score, this is the category where 3-12 searchers who are exposed for 1-4 hours is considered at Moderate risk.
What is Vulnerability?