TR Base Camp
Only road we use when driving a van and trailer with students.
What is: The Lower Road
What I'm saying after I call the E-line and make a connection.
Color, Location, Name/Crew #, Why I'm calling, Any Requests.
Daily Double 200!
Signs and Symptoms of a Communicable Disease.
Fever over 100.3, cough, shortness of breath, rashes, lesions, body aches/fatigue, vomiting, diarrhea, chills,headache, sore throat, or loss of taste/smell.
Daily double 300!
Bring minimum 2 orange vests.
Tell your students its hunting season so they are prepared to encounter hunters in the forest.
What do the colors mean on the GRD Helene Map?
Green - Open, but there could still be some obstacles. Safe to travel.
Yellow - Closed due to minor damage. Not safe for Program/Institutional travel.
Red - Closed due to major hazardous damage. NOT SAFE!!
Wilderness Area Restrictions
What is:
10 people max
3 days/2 nights max
True or False? Changing your campsite location is a suitable reason to call-in.
True!
Top reasons to call-in:
Any emergency, planned deadline is missed, route change, you are lost, any severe weather event, or any agreed upon call-ins/check-ins.
You arrive at your campsite for the night and have done your campsite selection. You have decided as a group that it is unsafe. Or maybe someone took it!!!
What do you do?
Call-in. Notify base you are changing campsite locations.
Continue to a new location that you determined is safe.
Call-in or ping location to basecamp of new campsite.
What are our high public use sites?
Common hazardous conditions this time of year and impacts/considerations.
Weather temperatures can vary greatly. Hot to Cold. Bring appropriate clothing for both and have cold weather evening strategies.
Acorns are a slip hazard. Tell your students to step with care.
Hurricane season still. Do your daily ping ins.
Can be dry. Impacts water sources that tend to be small.
Colors we use and what they mean when calling in.
Green - everything is good. Calling to give info or receive info.
Yellow - There is a non-life-threatening emergency that requires an evac in the next 24 hours.
Red - Life/Limb threatening emergency that requires a rapid evac.
Wags bags sites this season.
What is:
TR Climbing Sites, TR Summit, 5 points, TR Lot
How long I have to find my missing student before I call in.
Up to 2 hours or after a hasty search has been completed. Whichever comes first.
Confusion at a trail junction. After scouting both groups believe their trail is the correct one. Now what?
Choose one path and set a time limit to hike. Check for backstops and stop action if you reach a backstop. Reassess.
Bears start to do what, and how should we prepare.
Bears become more active. Be uber conservative with kitchen locations and bear hang location.
When should someone with s/s of a communicable disease be evaced.
Patient has acute respiratory distress or altered mental status - rapid evac.
Patient has mild symptoms and can't maintain adequate self-care - non-urgent evac.
Fever of 102 or higher with no improvement for more than 24 hours.
S/S of Measels.
Resource I can use to check for trail openings and closures in the area.
What is:
GRD Helene Google Map
*Ask me if you need it*
Daily Double Bonus 100
I'm at Sunny Ridge and I have a student with a suspected broken ankle. Fastest way to communicate for support from base.
Run into base to notify about a Yellow Call emergency.
Check on-call board in Dalton then proceed to find the person on-call for that day.
Daily Double 500!
Why is it important to ping in your location each night.
So base camp knows your location in case we need to find you for a number of reasons.
-Severe weather incoming
-Personal new updates for students or self
-Pranking
-Parents ease of mind
It's getting cold, so we like fires!
What are some trends this season with kitchens and fires that we should be aware of?
Adults lighting stoves, ground fires from stoves, fuel mix ups, campfires being left unattended.
Not a trend for us but the public. Campfires restarting the next day. Please help put those out if you see them.
First 48 hour lessons.
Lightning, hydration/nutrition, hygiene/bathroom, lost&alone, sanitation, specific bear and bug protocols, course behavior standards.
Examples of course behavior standard lessons?
Low-Ropes/Impact Elements I can use this season for fun.
Up and Over Log
Up and Over Wall
Bonus 100 - what should I use to increase safety for these activities?
When(what time of day) the emergency cell phone and the E-Line should be called.
E-Cell: Between the hours of 5pm to 8:30am the next day.
E-Line: between 8:30am and 5pm.
Your vehicle just got damaged.
Take pictures, record damage in vehicle binder, notify basecamp.
Call for police if this was a vehicle accident with another party in order to get a police report.
The mice will continue to infiltrate! How can we protect our vehicles?
No food inside vans. Clean out vehicle after every use.
Daily Double! 400
If I'm calling in about an injured student and requesting an evac, what info should I have ready to deliver to the on-call person?
My location and Evac pick-up location and estimated time of arrival. Requests for assistance if needed to get to evac location.
Students full name and a medical report of their current condition (SOAP note, vitals, head to toe, etc.). Brief summary of how the injury occurred if asked.