[SaraHap] SARA Happenings March 2007

Thu Mar 15 20:30:20 MDT 2007

Hi All: 

This is our regular mailing intended to improve communication within the Search and Rescue community in Alberta. It is going to 328 e-mail addresses that are listed as the primary contact of SAR Alberta member groups or which were requested to be added to the mailing list.

Subscription and unsubscription information is at the end of the newsletter. 

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10TH ANNUAL ALBERTA SEARCH & RESCUE CONFERENCE 

SAR Alberta with Rocky Mountain House Search and Rescue Invite you ..

To the 10th Annual Alberta Search and Rescue Conference in Rocky Mountain House, June 1 - 3, 2007. The speakers are lined up, the entertainment is ready and we are set to let loose and celebrate Search and Rescue in Alberta. Registration packages have been sent to all of the teams in the province, so check with your team leaders, or you can go to www.rockysar.com to download the registration as well. It is going to be a good time, with some great entertainment and festivities for Saturday night. So come out, learn a little, mingle a little and party a lot! 

We are still looking for a few more crests from teams, so if you haven't got yours in, please send it to xtreme11 at telusplanet.net ASAP. We are also looking for any interested volunteers and if you are interested you can also e-mail the above the address. 

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SCENT DOG NEWS 

The March 2007 issue of SARDAA's SCENT DOG NEWS is now available on our web site _ www.sardaa.ca 

Feedback welcome. __ 

Michelle L. Limoges Search & Rescue Dog Association of Alberta Web site _ http://www.sardaa.ca 

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HINTON CAVE RESCUE WORKSHOPS, MAY 4_8, 2007 

These workshops are a joint effort between BC Cave Rescue (part of their Provincial Emergency Program), Hinton Search and Rescue, the Alberta Cave Rescue Organization (which is, as we speak, being re-built, structured and strengthened) and Inroads Mountain Sports (a member of all these organizations). 

For full details about these workshops -- Companion Cave Rescue Workshop and Rope Rescue Response Workshop -- 

contact Jerry Fochler jerry at inroads.ca Director of Operations, Inroads Mountain Sports (780) 963-7675 (Stony Plain) (780) 817-1512 (Hinton) www.inroads.ca 

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SAR 1ST RESPONSE TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES 

The following item was submitted by Michelle Hebert sar1st at yahoo.ca Please direct any enquiries to the submitting organization. 

To: All Alberta SAR Regional Groups. March 3, 2007 

SAR 1st Response is all about tracking and training. 

Who> SAR 1st Response is composed of volunteer mantrackers, sign-cutters, like-minded individuals and local SAR units who dedicate their time to train and continuously develop the search skills of tracking, and evidence (clue) gathering. 

What> SAR 1st Response promotes tracking as a viable and needed part in the total collection of skills and knowledge pertinent to search and rescue activities. SAR 1st Response Society advocates that tracking skills be one of the first resources dispatched to help find clues to solve search and evidence handling scenes. 

When> SAR 1st Response is a non-profit society incorporated under Alberta Registries, August 12, 2005. 

Where> SAR 1st Response trainers will come to your area to hold tracking sessions. The multitude of different terrains in Alberta makes any districts' tracking session a challenge for trackers. 

Why> Tracking has proven to be a valuable resource that is most effective when applied early in the events of search and rescue activities. 

How> SAR 1st Response:

1. Facilitates communication at the local level to establish the respect and rapport with local tasking agency members to have sufficient confidence in tracking skills and personnel to actually use them;

2. Assists local SAR groups to develop qualified tracker teams to be available on 30-minute response, seven days a week; and,

3. Commits to training groups and individuals in the accomplishment of the vision. 

Vision> Trackers will be the first response team called by the tasking agency to searches, providing tracking scene management. The intention is to significantly cut down the time period between the tasking agency being notified and the local SAR groups being tasked. 

Call today to schedule a training tracking session in your area.

Respectfully,

Les Brace, President

Cell: (780) 983-2674 

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