[SARA-Members] Candidates for Newfoundland

[monica]

Hi Everyone,

 

Three people have been chosen from the search and rescue community in
Alberta to represent the province at a special training session in
Newfoundland prior to the national convention -SARSCENE. They are Natasha
Jensen from Little Divide SAR - Lac La Biche, Carianne Budalich  - Grande
Prairie SAR and Ian Oxton - Calgary SAR.

 

The two day training session they are attending is sponsored by SARVAC
through a grant from the federal NIF program. There are two components to
the program  - the first is to train them to present a new program developed
in British Columbia called Adventure Smart. The second component will teach
them how to set up search and rescue exercises.

 

These three will then be expected to bring these programs back to Alberta to
use in our training programs here. A second NIF Project is also being
applied for which would see money being made available for large scale
exercises to be set up in each province and a more formalized process being
put into place to present the Adventure Smart program to the public. 

 

The current NIF project has been set up for three years so next year and the
year after a new group of people will be selected to go.

The three people chosen from Alberta all have at least five years in search
and rescue and are all instructors of programs already. Two of them have
belonged to more than one team and each is affliated with other
organizations outside of SAR that could also benefit from these programs.

 

SAR Alberta thanks all those that applied - it was a challenging decision as
there were many great candidates. 

 

We appreciate the timelines were short for this and that information was
somewhat limited. However, after this first session I'm sure SARVAC will be
able to refine the process and provide more detail for what they require
next year. SAR Alberta will also be able to refine the application process
and selection process to make that easier for everyone as well.

 

I'm sure the candidates we have selected will do a great job for us and I
look forward to them sharing their training with the rest of search and
rescue in Alberta.

 

Sincerely.

Monica Ahlstrom

President, SAR Alberta

 

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